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5048 W Altgeld St

Belmont Cragin, Chicago IL 60639 13284210230000 2 units · 1930

This building has significantly more problems than most nearby buildings. A handful of unresolved issues. Worth a careful walk-through and pointed questions.

Building Violations (7y) vs. neighborhood
Compared to a typical building in Belmont Cragin
Above average
avg 0.9
1
FewerMore

This building has 1 building violations (7y), above the Belmont Cragin average of 0.9.

Building characteristics
Units2
Year built1930
Stories
Building area2,112 sq ft
Property class211
PIN (Cook County parcel)13284210230000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Owner name
Mailing address
5048 W Altgeld St

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Initial analysis

The two-unit residential building at 5048 W Altgeld St in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood, owned by Celia Tello, is a 1930 structure with a relatively straightforward record over the past seven years. The property has one noted building code violation from October 2021, which remains unresolved as of the current date, representing the only building-specific violation on record. The service request history shows more activity, with a total of eight 311 service requests logged since 2017. Most of these requests pertained to tree-related issues, including four separate tree removal inspections and one tree debris clean-up request between June 2024 and February 2025. The only non-tree-related service requests involved two instances of garbage cart maintenance, with the most recent occurring in February 2026. While the tree-related issues suggest ongoing maintenance needs around the property's green space, the relatively few building violations and 311 requests over this period indicate no major patterns of concern regarding the building's overall condition or resident safety.

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Risk rating

How 5048 W Altgeld St's risk score is calculated

We trained a model on 7 years of Chicago code enforcement data — building violations, 311 complaint history, environmental enforcement, and owner track records. It estimates the probability that the City of Chicago will find a code violation at this address in the next 12 months. Lower % = safer.

What the score means for you

Grade A–B — Low risk

City inspectors rarely find violations here. Strong maintenance history and a clean complaint record.

Grade C — Moderate risk

Some past violations or complaints on record. Worth asking the landlord about any open issues before signing.

Grade D–F — High risk

Elevated violation and complaint history. City inspectors have found issues here before and are statistically likely to again.

Neighborhood percentile
13thpercentile

Out of 4437 buildings in this neighborhood, 3860 are predicted to be safer.

RiskiestSafest
Predicted 12-month outcome
49%
No code
violation
51%
Code violation
likely
Model explanation

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The data points that most influenced this building's risk rating — ranked by the weight the model placed on each one.

Code violations (past 7 years)

City of Chicago Department of Buildings violations issued at this address over the last 7 years — a direct record of enforcement activity.

311 calls (past 7 years)

311 service requests tied to this address over 7 years.

311 call rate, owner's portfolio

Per-property 311 call rate across the owner's portfolio.

12-Month severity forecast
No violation 55.7%
Moderate concern 38.4%
Severe concern 5.9%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months at each severity level.
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The story over time

5048 W Altgeld St event timeline

Building violations, environmental complaints and enforcement, permits, scofflaw listings, and 311 calls — most recent records in order.

2026
311 Request Feb 27
Garbage Cart Maintenance

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