City In Review: Chicago

Riverdale · 2026-04

Riverdale 311 calls jump 26%, potholes lead

Service requests climbed to 134 in April, up from 106 the month before, with pothole complaints accounting for 20 of them. Water-on-street and streetlight-out calls followed. Crime dropped a third, from 88 incidents to 59, though violent offenses ticked up slightly to 33. The neighborhood logged one permit—a $33,000 express filing—and no new businesses opened.

By the numbers

Building permits1
Declared construction value$33,000
New business licenses0
Business closings (proxy)0
311 service requests134
Reported crimes59
Violent crimes33
Failed food inspections0

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