Explore Philadelphia building permits, police crime data, and RSA-3 and RSA-1 zoning in Penn Knox, on Germantown Avenue.
Search this neighborhoodPenn Knox is a Germantown neighborhood of about 3,100 residents on the lower part of Germantown Avenue, between Wister and Southwest Germantown. RSA-3 lots cover about 23% of it, RSA-1 19%, and CMX-2.5 commercial land along the avenue 15%.
The Germantown White House, the Deshler-Morris House that President Washington used during the yellow fever epidemics of 1793 and 1794, is at 5442 Germantown Avenue. Germantown Friends School, the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf, the Conyngham-Hacker House and Howell Park are also inside the boundary. SEPTA routes 23, 26, 41, 53, 71, 81 and K serve it.
CivicScout shows Philadelphia Police Department reported incidents within a half-mile of any address in Penn Knox. Philadelphia publishes no neighborhood field for crime, so counts near the edge of Penn Knox include adjacent neighborhoods. Crash data is not available for Philadelphia.
View safety data →L&I issued 191 permits in Penn Knox from January 2024 through October 2026, 34 of them building permits (2 for new construction); the rest are trade, zoning and site permits. Most building permits are for alterations and additions to existing buildings, with new construction about 6% of them.
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View new construction →The largest zoning district in Penn Knox by area is RSA-3 (attached single-family houses and rowhouses), covering about 23% of the neighborhood, followed by RSA-1 (attached single-family houses and rowhouses) at 19% and CMX-2.5 (commercial mixed-use) at 15%.
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