Explore Philadelphia building permits, police crime data, and RSA-5 and I-2 zoning in Nicetown, in North Philadelphia.
Search this neighborhoodNicetown is a small North Philadelphia neighborhood of about 3,000 residents, between Logan and Tioga. RSA-5 rowhouse lots cover about 28% of it and medium industrial land 23%.
Nicetown Park is the neighborhood's public green space. SEPTA routes 1, 2, 23, 53, 82 and 447 serve it.
CivicScout shows Philadelphia Police Department reported incidents within a half-mile of any address in Nicetown. Philadelphia publishes no neighborhood field for crime, so counts near the edge of Nicetown include adjacent neighborhoods. Crash data is not available for Philadelphia.
View safety data →L&I issued 332 permits in Nicetown from January 2024 through October 2026, 47 of them building permits (1 for new construction) and 11 for demolition; the rest are trade, zoning and site permits. Building permits are almost all for alterations and additions to existing buildings, with little new construction.
View permits →Major construction and high-impact permits — see what’s changing across the neighborhood.
View new construction →The largest zoning district in Nicetown by area is RSA-5 (attached single-family houses and rowhouses), covering about 28% of the neighborhood, followed by I-2 (medium industrial land) at 23% and SP-PO-A (parks and open space) at 7%.
View zoning →The zoned public schools assigned by attendance boundary.
View schools →Location reports for Nicetown addresses surface City of Philadelphia L&I building permits, code violations, 311 requests, nearby parks and the applicable Philadelphia Zoning Code district.
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