City In Review: Chicago

Brighton Park · Then vs Now

Brighton Park: 2024-12 vs 2025-12

A side-by-side look at how Brighton Park shifted between two periods.

2024-12 2025-12 Change
Building permits 13 16 +23%
Construction value ($) $298,300 $2,007,533 +573%
New business licenses 13 14 +8%
Business closings (proxy) 0 0
311 service requests 903 975 +8%
Reported crimes 193 177 -8%
Violent crimes 68 63 -7%
Failed food inspections 0 0

2024-12

Brighton Park gets a sushi spot and a horse stable

December brought 13 new businesses to Brighton Park, down from 20 the month before. The mix is all over the place: Hachi Sushi and Que Rico! on the food side, Memory Lane Stables with an animal care license, T-Rex Tech Repair, and a laundromat called Lavanderia La Perla. Permit value dropped 32% to about $298k, mostly express permits and signage. Graffiti removal requests led 311 calls at 318, with tree trims and abandoned vehicles rounding out the top three. Crime ticked up 7%, with violent incidents up from 61 to 68. No food inspection failures.

2025-12

Brighton Park permit value jumps to $2M

Brighton Park logged $2 million in permitted construction work in December, a twelvefold jump from November's $156k. The spike came from just 16 permits—one fewer than the prior month. Ten were express permits (fast-track reviews for smaller jobs), four were renovation-alterations, and one each for demolition and elevator equipment. No new business licenses or closures showed up in the data. The numbers don't specify which projects drove the dollar surge.

New businesses — 2024-12

  • NEW LOOK HAIR SALON INC. (Limited Business License)
  • MEMORY LANE STABLES (Animal Care License)
  • T-REX TECH REPAIR (Limited Business License)
  • PURPLE MIKROKOSMOS (Regulated Business License)
  • DELGADOS AUTO REPAIR (Motor Vehicle Services License)
  • Y & V TRANSPORT, INC. (Limited Business License)
  • F & W General Contracting Inc (Regulated Business License)
  • QUE RICO! (Retail Food Establishment)
  • LAVANDERIA LA PERLA, INC. (Regulated Business License)
  • HACHI SUSHI, LLC (Retail Food Establishment)

New businesses — 2025-12

  • ALTERNATORS & STARTERS EL CHANGARRO (Limited Business License)
  • BOOST GROUP INC. (Manufacturing Establishments)
  • TOPNOTCH SILKSCREENING INC (Limited Business License)
  • PLS CHECK CASHERS - 47TH & WESTERN (Limited Business License)
  • PLS CHECK CASHERS - 43RD & ARCHER (Limited Business License)
  • RALLY AUTO REPAIR (Motor Vehicle Services License)
  • LA FLOR DE PINA RESTRAURANT (Retail Food Establishment)
  • Domino's (Retail Food Establishment)
  • MASTER TRUCK SERVICES INC (Motor Vehicle Services License)
  • FEDERACION DE CLUBES UNIDOS ZACATECANOS EN ILLINOIS (Raffles)