City In Review: Chicago

Riverdale · Then vs Now

Riverdale: 2024-04 vs 2025-04

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

2024-04 2025-04 Change
Building permits 1 1 0%
Construction value ($) $2,000,000 $2,900 -100%
New business licenses 2 0 -100%
Business closings (proxy) 0 0
311 service requests 125 130 +4%
Reported crimes 111 101 -9%
Violent crimes 53 39 -26%
Failed food inspections 1 0 -100%

2024-04

Riverdale logs lone $2M renovation permit

Riverdale recorded a single permit in April—a renovation worth $2 million. No new businesses opened or closed. Residents filed 125 service requests, led by 30 tree-trim tickets (a category the city no longer accepts). Eight stray-animal complaints and seven streetlight-out reports rounded out the list. Police logged 111 crimes, 53 of them violent. One food establishment failed inspection.

2025-04

Riverdale's lone April permit: a $2,900 express job

One permit came through in April—a $2,900 express job—while 311 calls climbed 27.5% to 130. Forty-one of those were pothole complaints, nearly three times the next category (street light outages at 15). Tree debris drew 11 calls. Crime rose 6% to 101 incidents; violent offenses stayed flat at 39. No businesses opened or closed.

New businesses — 2024-04

  • CENTERS FOR NEW HORIZONS, INC (Children's Services Facility License)
  • BINECIA R DILLON (Peddler License)