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5850 N Broadway St 2

Edgewater, Chicago IL 60660 14053150250000 2 units · 1893

A handful of records on file over the last seven years, and our model puts this building at a low risk of further maintenance problems in the next 12 months. A few records worth reading before you sign. Check whether they were closed out, and ask what was actually fixed.

Building Violations (7y) vs. neighborhood
Records already on file, against a typical building in Edgewater — not a forecast
At or below average
avg 2.1
2
FewerMore

This building has 2 building violations (7y), at or below the Edgewater average of 2.1.

Building characteristics
Units2
Year built1893
Stories
Building area1,969 sq ft
Property class211
PIN (Cook County parcel)14053150250000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Mailing address
37 S Ashland Ave

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Initial analysis

The two-unit residential building at 5850 N Broadway St in Chicago's Edgewater neighborhood is a 1893 structure currently held in the Nicholas Penef Trust. The property has experienced several notable issues over the years, with particular concentration on recent concerns. Most prominently, there are two open periodic routine inspection violations recorded in August 2024 that remain unresolved. The building has been the subject of multiple 311 service requests, totaling 19 over the past seven years, with the most recent cluster of activity occurring in 2026 when three graffiti removal requests were made in March and one in November 2025, along with requests for yard waste pick-up and water lead testing.

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Risk rating

How 5850 N Broadway St 2'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

Lower risk — safer than most nearby

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

Typical — about average for the neighborhood

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

Higher risk — riskier than most nearby

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

Neighborhood percentile
74thpercentile

Out of 1377 buildings in this neighborhood, 358 are predicted to be safer. The band is relative to this neighborhood, so a share of every neighborhood falls in each colour.

RiskiestSafest
Predicted 12-month outcome
77%
No code
violation
23%
Code violation
likely
Model explanation

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Location

Precise location is a proxy for area-level risk — some Chicago zip codes have systematically higher code-enforcement activity.

Number of bedrooms

Total bedroom count is a proxy for property scale.

Township: Lake View

Located in Lake View. The township captures local housing-market and code-enforcement patterns that affect all properties in the area.

12-Month risk forecast
Low failure risk 23%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months.
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5850 N Broadway St 2 event timeline

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2025
311 Request Nov 14
Water Lead Test Visit Request
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