Explore Pittsburgh building permits, police incident data, and R1D-H zoning in Mount Washington, the hilltop across the Monongahela with the inclines.
Search this neighborhoodMount Washington is the hilltop south of the Monongahela River, known for the Grandview Avenue overlooks of Downtown and the Point and for the Monongahela Incline, which runs from Station Square to Grandview Avenue. Emerald View Park, a regional park, follows the hillside through the neighborhood.
Chatham Village, a planned garden community of the 1930s, is on the hill, and the Mount Washington branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh is on Shiloh Street. Single-Unit Detached Residential High Density covers about 40% of the land and Parks and Open Space about 30%. The T stops at South Hills Junction and Palm Garden, and PRT routes 40, 43, 44, 39 and 41 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 Mount Washington. 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 Mount Washington 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 Mount Washington is mostly Single-Unit Detached Residential High Density (R1D-H), Parks and Open Space (P), and Two-Unit Residential High Density (R2-H), by area; the exact district varies by parcel.
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View schools →A CivicScout report for any Mount Washington address combines permits, police incidents, 311 requests, code violations, parks and zoning within a half mile.
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