Explore Philadelphia building permits, police crime data, and CMX-3 and RSA-5 zoning in Northern Liberties, beside Rivers Casino.
Search this neighborhoodNorthern Liberties is a former industrial neighborhood just north of Old City, between Spring Garden Street and Girard Avenue, with about 9,500 residents and a median household income near $138,000. CMX-3 commercial mixed-use is the largest zoning district at 26%, with RSA-5 rowhouse lots at 15% and SP-ENT entertainment land (Rivers Casino Philadelphia) at 6%.
Yards Brewing Company on Spring Garden Street, Indy Hall, Immaculate Conception Church on North Front Street, St. Andrew's Russian Orthodox Church and the Spring Garden station on the Market-Frankford Line are inside the boundary. The Route 15 trolley and bus routes 5, 25, 43, 57 and 76 serve it.
CivicScout shows Philadelphia Police Department reported incidents within a half-mile of any address in Northern Liberties. Philadelphia publishes no neighborhood field for crime, so counts near the edge of Northern Liberties include adjacent neighborhoods. Crash data is not available for Philadelphia.
View safety data →L&I issued 1,357 permits in Northern Liberties from January 2024 through October 2026, 184 of them building permits (27 for new construction) and 7 for demolition; the rest are trade, zoning and site permits. Most building permits are for alterations and additions to existing buildings, with new construction about 15% of them.
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View new construction →The largest zoning district in Northern Liberties by area is CMX-3 (commercial mixed-use), covering about 26% of the neighborhood, followed by RSA-5 (attached single-family houses and rowhouses) at 15% and SP-ENT (entertainment venues) at 6%.
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