Explore Pittsburgh building permits, police incident data, and R1A-VH zoning in Central Northside, the North Side home of the Mexican War Streets.
Search this neighborhoodCentral Northside is a North Side neighborhood of brick rowhouses, including the Mexican War Streets, with Allegheny General Hospital on East North Avenue. The Mattress Factory museum is on Sampsonia Way, and Randyland, a folk-art house and garden, is on Arch Street.
The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh's Allegheny branch is on Federal Street, the Garden Theater and the Allegheny YMCA are also here, and Jefferson Park and Alpine Gardens Park are among its small city parks. Single-Unit Attached Residential Very High Density is the largest zoning district at about 45%. PRT routes 11, 8, 15, 13 and 16 serve the neighborhood.
CivicScout tracks Pittsburgh Bureau of Police reported incidents that carry a location and open code enforcement cases for any searched address in Central Northside. Police publish no location for sex offenses, so located counts understate violent crime. CivicScout does not have traffic crash data for Pittsburgh.
View safety data →Permits filed in Central Northside since mid-2024 are mostly building and development applications and electrical permits.
View permits →Major construction and high-impact permits — see what’s changing across the neighborhood.
View new construction →Zoning in Central Northside is mostly Single-Unit Attached Residential Very High Density (R1A-VH), Urban Industrial (UI), and Educational/Medical Institution (EMI), by area; the exact district varies by parcel.
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View schools →A CivicScout report for any Central Northside address combines permits, police incidents, 311 requests, code violations, parks and zoning within a half mile.
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