Explore Philadelphia building permits, police crime data, and I-2 and CA-2 zoning in West Parkside, beside West Fairmount Park.
Search this neighborhoodWest Parkside is a small West Philadelphia neighborhood of about 2,000 residents next to West Fairmount Park, between West Park and Mill Creek. Medium industrial land covers about 36% of it, auto-oriented commercial (CA-2) 18% and CMX-3 commercial 9%.
The Route 15 Girard Avenue trolley, the Subway-Surface trolleys and bus routes 40, 43, 52 and 64 serve the neighborhood.
CivicScout shows Philadelphia Police Department reported incidents within a half-mile of any address in West Parkside. Philadelphia publishes no neighborhood field for crime, so counts near the edge of West Parkside include adjacent neighborhoods. Crash data is not available for Philadelphia.
View safety data →L&I issued 113 permits in West Parkside from January 2024 through October 2026, 18 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 11% of them.
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View new construction →The largest zoning district in West Parkside by area is I-2 (medium industrial land), covering about 36% of the neighborhood, followed by CA-2 (auto-oriented commercial) at 18% and CMX-3 (commercial mixed-use) at 9%.
View zoning →The zoned public schools assigned by attendance boundary.
View schools →Location reports for West Parkside 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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