Explore Philadelphia building permits, police crime data, and RSA-1 and CA-1 zoning in West Torresdale, in the far Northeast.
Search this neighborhoodWest Torresdale is a small far Northeast neighborhood of about 1,650 residents, between Morrell Park and Academy Gardens, near Northeast Philadelphia Airport. Attached RSA-1 lots cover about 82% of it.
SEPTA routes 20 and 50 serve the neighborhood.
CivicScout shows Philadelphia Police Department reported incidents within a half-mile of any address in West Torresdale. Philadelphia publishes no neighborhood field for crime, so counts near the edge of West Torresdale include adjacent neighborhoods. Crash data is not available for Philadelphia.
View safety data →L&I issued 15 permits in West Torresdale from January 2024 through October 2026, only 3 of them building permits; most activity here is trade work (plumbing, electrical and mechanical) on existing buildings.
View permits →Major construction and high-impact permits — see what’s changing across the neighborhood.
View new construction →The largest zoning district in West Torresdale by area is RSA-1 (attached single-family houses and rowhouses), covering about 82% of the neighborhood, followed by CA-1 (auto-oriented commercial) at 6%.
View zoning →The zoned public schools assigned by attendance boundary.
View schools →Location reports for West Torresdale 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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