Explore Pittsburgh building permits, police incident data, and GT-C zoning in Downtown, the Golden Triangle where the Allegheny and Monongahela meet.
Search this neighborhoodDowntown, which the city's neighborhood map calls the Central Business District, is the Golden Triangle between the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, ending at Point State Park where they form the Ohio. The park holds the Fort Pitt Museum and the Fort Pitt Block House, and Mellon Square and Market Square sit in the street grid.
The Cultural District along Penn Avenue includes Heinz Hall, the Benedum Center and the Byham Theater, and the August Wilson African American Cultural Center is on Liberty Avenue. The Golden Triangle zoning districts A, B and C cover nearly all of the land. The Steel Plaza, Wood Street, Gateway and First Avenue T stations are here, along with most PRT bus routes.
CivicScout tracks Pittsburgh Bureau of Police reported incidents that carry a location and open code enforcement cases for any searched address in Downtown. 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 Downtown 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 Downtown is mostly Golden Triangle District C (GT-C), Golden Triangle District B (GT-B), and Golden Triangle District A (GT-A), by area; the exact district varies by parcel.
View zoning →The zoned public schools assigned by attendance boundary.
View schools →A CivicScout report for any Downtown address combines permits, police incidents, 311 requests, code violations, parks and zoning within a half mile.
Search an address →Search an address in Downtown to see building permits, safety data, zoning details, and AI-powered neighborhood reports.
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