Explore Pittsburgh building permits, police incident data, and P zoning in Duquesne Heights, the neighborhood at the top of the Duquesne Incline.
Search this neighborhoodDuquesne Heights is a hilltop neighborhood on the ridge west of Mount Washington, with the upper station of the Duquesne Incline on Grandview Avenue. Emerald View Park, a regional park that follows the hillside, covers about 30% of the neighborhood.
Whittier Elementary School and Eileen McCoy Park are here, and Parks and Open Space is the largest zoning district at 55%. The rest is mostly single-unit housing. PRT route 40 Mount Washington and the Duquesne Incline 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 Duquesne Heights. 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 Duquesne Heights 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 Duquesne Heights is mostly Parks and Open Space (P), Single-Unit Detached Residential Moderate Density (R1D-M), and Single-Unit Attached Residential High Density (R1A-H), 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 Duquesne Heights address combines permits, police incidents, 311 requests, code violations, parks and zoning within a half mile.
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