Explore Philadelphia building permits, police crime data, and RM-1 and RSA-5 zoning in Queen Village, beside Sparks Shot Tower.
Search this neighborhoodQueen Village is a South Philadelphia neighborhood between Society Hill and Pennsport near the Delaware River, with about 7,700 residents, a median household income near $131,000 and a median home value near $684,000. Multi-family RM-1 zoning covers about 21% of it, RSA-5 rowhouse lots 20% and RM-2 10%.
The Sparks Shot Tower, built in 1808, the Theatre of Living Arts on South Street, the William M. Meredith School, Shot Tower Recreation Center and I-95 Park are inside the boundary. SEPTA routes 40, 57 and 64 serve the neighborhood.
CivicScout shows Philadelphia Police Department reported incidents within a half-mile of any address in Queen Village. Philadelphia publishes no neighborhood field for crime, so counts near the edge of Queen Village include adjacent neighborhoods. Crash data is not available for Philadelphia.
View safety data →L&I issued 923 permits in Queen Village from January 2024 through October 2026, 166 of them building permits (8 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 5% of them.
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View new construction →The largest zoning district in Queen Village by area is RM-1 (multi-family housing), covering about 21% of the neighborhood, followed by RSA-5 (attached single-family houses and rowhouses) at 20% and RM-2 (multi-family housing) at 10%.
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