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1140 N Lawndale Ave

Humboldt Park, Chicago IL 60651 16023050270000 6 units · 1920

This building has a substantial enforcement record over the last seven years, and our model predicts continuing maintenance failures over the next 12 months. Read the records below before you sign. Ask which issues were resolved, get repair commitments in writing, and inspect the unit yourself.

Building Violations (7y) vs. neighborhood
Records already on file, against a typical building in Humboldt Park — not a forecast
Above average
avg 1.2
39
FewerMore

This building has 39 building violations (7y), above the Humboldt Park average of 1.2.

Building characteristics
Units6
Year built1920
Stories
Building area4,743 sq ft
Property class211
PIN (Cook County parcel)16023050270000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Owner name
Mailing address
4904 W Kinzie St

Landlord portfolio

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

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Initial analysis

The 6-unit building at 1140 N Lawndale Ave in Humboldt Park, owned by Tomasa Garcia, is a 1920 construction that has accumulated a notable record of building violations and service requests over the past seven years. Most concerning are six unresolved complaint-driven inspection violations as of April 2024, all of which were recorded on the same date and remain open at the time of this report. The property has generated a total of 39 building violations over the seven-year period, with 37 of those associated specifically with the owner. Additionally, there have been 24 service requests through the 311 system in the same timeframe, with the most recent being an open vacant/abandoned building complaint from June 2026. The building has also been the subject of multiple parking enforcement reviews in early 2026, with five similar requests recorded and subsequently closed between February 13 and February 24, 2026, as well as one September 2025 request that was closed. The concentration of recent violations, particularly the cluster of open Code violations from April 2024, suggests ongoing regulatory concerns warranting close attention to future compliance resolutions.

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Risk rating

How 1140 N Lawndale Ave'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
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Out of 6229 buildings in this neighborhood, 6229 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
17%
No code
violation
83%
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.

Code violations, owner's portfolio

Building violations across all properties this owner is registered on — a signal of systemic maintenance issues.

Location

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

Violation rate, owner's portfolio

Per-property violation rate across the owner's portfolio.

12-Month risk forecast
High failure risk 83%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months.
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The story over time

1140 N Lawndale Ave event timeline

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

2026
311 Request Jul 03
Vacant/Abandoned Building Complaint
311 City Services
311 RequestJun 02
Vacant/Abandoned Building Complaint

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