Free Chicago apartment background check

4161 N Lincoln

North Center, Chicago IL 60618 14183200010000

This building has far more open problems than almost any other in the neighborhood. A handful of unresolved issues. Worth a careful walk-through and pointed questions.

Building Violations (7y) vs. neighborhood
Compared to a typical building in North Center
At or below average
avg 0.5
0
FewerMore

This building has 0 building violations (7y), at or below the North Center average of 0.5.

Building characteristics
Units
Year built1899
Stories3.0
Building area7,548 sq ft
Property class318
PIN (Cook County parcel)14183200010000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Owner name
Mailing address
4165 Lincoln Av

Landlord portfolio

Other Chicago properties this owner holds, with risk grades for each.

Unlock complete report
Augrented Insights
Initial analysis

The three-story, 1899 North Center building at 4161 N Lincoln, currently owned by E H Streckert, has had a relatively low number of documented service requests over the past seven years, totaling 12, with the most recent activity occurring in 2026. The building's service history reveals a mix of infrastructure-related issues, including a currently open sign repair request from April 2026 and multiple street lighting concerns in 2025, with both a street light pole damage complaint and an outage reported and subsequently closed. The property has also experienced some vehicular issues in the vicinity, with two abandoned vehicle complaints filed in March and April 2025, both of which were resolved. The most notable maintenance-related request on record is a sewer cleaning inspection initiated by the Alderman's office in December 2024, which has since been closed. While the building's service request history shows regular maintenance interactions, the relatively small number of requests suggests no significant or recurring building-specific issues have been reported through the 311 system over this period.

AI-generated · may contain errors · check the source data tables below

Free account unlocks the full analysis — plus 2× more records across all data categories and the complete landlord portfolio.
Risk rating

How 4161 N Lincoln'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
6thpercentile

Out of 2650 buildings in this neighborhood, 2491 are predicted to be safer.

RiskiestSafest
Predicted 12-month outcome
41%
No code
violation
59%
Code violation
likely
Model explanation

What's driving this score

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

Number of floors

Building height is one of the size signals the model uses; taller buildings have more systems that can need maintenance.

Building size

Total building square footage is a proxy for property scale and management complexity.

311 calls (past 7 years)

311 service requests tied to this address over 7 years.

12-Month severity forecast
No violation 25.5%
Moderate concern 67.8%
Severe concern 6.7%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months at each severity level.
Apartment reviews

4161 N Lincoln apartment reviews

Real experiences from people who have lived here. Share yours to help other renters decide.

Share your experience — Help other renters by leaving an honest apartment review

Loading reviews…

On the map

Compare nearby alternatives

This building and nearby alternatives in North Center, color-coded by risk level. Click any marker to explore.

The story over time

4161 N Lincoln event timeline

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

2026
311 Request Apr 01
Sign Repair Request - All Other Signs

See all 5 events

Full history back to 2025 — violations, complaints, permits, and 311 calls.

Unlock complete timeline
Every record we have

Full data for 4161 N Lincoln apartments

Chicago public datasets for this parcel — building violations, permits, 311 calls, environmental complaints and enforcement, scofflaw listings, and vacant building registrations.

Still apartment hunting in Chicago?

Look up the next apartment before you sign

Search any Chicago address free — no account needed to see the risk rating.

Simple pricing

Get the complete picture

Every plan unlocks the complete report: all Chicago datasets, full history, landlord portfolio, and PDF & Excel exports.

Report Bundle

For the buildings you're deciding on right now

$10 one-time

~$3.33 per building. No subscription ever. Each credit unlocks one building's premium report for 30 days.

  • 3 full AI-powered reports
  • Download PDF reports
  • Advanced safety analysis
  • Compare multiple buildings
  • Credits never expire until you use them
  • Full public records (200 rows per dataset)
Buy 3 Reports — $10

Apartment Hunter

For a wide search across many buildings

$39 one-time

30 reports — ~$1.30 each. No subscription ever.

  • 30 full AI-powered reports
  • Download PDF reports
  • Advanced safety analysis
  • Compare multiple buildings
  • Credits never expire until you use them
  • Full public records (200 rows per dataset)
Buy 30 Reports — $39

Cancel anytime · Data sourced from the City of Chicago Department of Buildings, Chicago 311, Cook County Assessor & the Chicago Data Portal

Watch 4161 N Lincoln
Get alerted the moment a new violation or complaint is filed.