Explore Pittsburgh building permits, police incident data, and R1D-VL zoning in Squirrel Hill North, the East End home of Carnegie Mellon University.
Search this neighborhoodSquirrel Hill North is the northern half of Squirrel Hill, the East End neighborhood along Forbes and Murray avenues. Carnegie Mellon University occupies its western edge, including Hunt Library on Frew Street. The neighborhood has long been a center of Pittsburgh's Jewish community.
The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill branch is on Forbes Avenue, Central Catholic High School is on Fifth Avenue at the Oakland end, and Wightman Park is a city park. Single-Unit Detached Residential Very Low and Low Density districts cover almost half of the land, and Educational/Medical Institution zoning about 20%. PRT routes 67, 69, 64, 61A-61D and 74 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 Squirrel Hill North. Police publish no location for sex offenses, so located counts understate violent crime. CivicScout does not have traffic crash data for Pittsburgh. University police departments patrol their own campuses, so incidents there may not appear.
View safety data →Permits filed in Squirrel Hill North 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 Squirrel Hill North is mostly Single-Unit Detached Residential Very Low Density (R1D-VL), Single-Unit Detached Residential Low Density (R1D-L), and Educational/Medical Institution (EMI), by area; the exact district varies by parcel.
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View schools →A CivicScout report for any Squirrel Hill North address combines permits, police incidents, 311 requests, code violations, parks and zoning within a half mile.
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