Explore Philadelphia building permits, police crime data, and RSA-3 and RSA-5 zoning in Tacony, on the Delaware River.
Search this neighborhoodTacony is a Lower Northeast neighborhood of about 19,400 residents on the Delaware River, built around the Henry Disston saw works in the 1870s. Zoning is mixed: RSA-3 and RSA-5 housing lots cover about 14% and 13% of it, with medium industrial land at 9% and industrial-commercial (ICMX) at 7%.
Disston Park, a 23-acre sports complex, Joseph F. Vogt Playground, Disston Recreation Center, the Tacony Boat Launch and Lardner's Point Park on the river are inside the boundary, along with the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge. The Trenton Regional Rail Line and bus routes 56, 66, 70 and 84 serve the neighborhood.
CivicScout shows Philadelphia Police Department reported incidents within a half-mile of any address in Tacony. Philadelphia publishes no neighborhood field for crime, so counts near the edge of Tacony include adjacent neighborhoods. Crash data is not available for Philadelphia.
View safety data →L&I issued 873 permits in Tacony from January 2024 through October 2026, 96 of them building permits (5 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 Tacony by area is RSA-3 (attached single-family houses and rowhouses), covering about 14% of the neighborhood, followed by RSA-5 (attached single-family houses and rowhouses) at 13% and I-2 (medium industrial land) at 9%.
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