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5961 W Erie St

Austin, Chicago IL 60644 16082110030000

Nothing on record for this building in the last seven years, and our model puts it at a low risk of maintenance problems over the next 12 months. No public enforcement record to go on. Walk the building, ask the current tenants how repairs get handled, and get any promises in writing.

Building Violations (7y) vs. neighborhood
Records already on file, against a typical building in Austin — not a forecast
At or below average
avg 1.6
0
FewerMore

This building has 0 building violations (7y), at or below the Austin average of 1.6.

Building characteristics
Units
Year built1911
Stories
Building area2,508 sq ft
Property class211
PIN (Cook County parcel)16082110030000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Owner name
Mailing address
2001 Windstone Dr

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Initial analysis

The three-story building at 5961 W Erie Street in Chicago's Austin neighborhood is a century-old property constructed in 1911 and currently owned by James L Jackson. The building's service request history over the past seven years shows relatively minimal activity, with only two recorded incidents requiring municipal attention. The most recent service request, from November 2025, concerned garbage cart maintenance and has since been closed. Prior to that, in May 2024, there was a complaint about a pothole in the street near the property, which has also been resolved. Given the building's age and typical urban context, the limited number of service requests on record suggests either good property maintenance practices or potentially incomplete reporting of issues, though this cannot be determined from the available data alone.

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Risk rating

How 5961 W Erie 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

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
99thpercentile

Out of 7223 buildings in this neighborhood, 72 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
87%
No code
violation
13%
Code violation
likely
Model explanation

What's driving this score

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Location

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

Lot size

Total lot square footage is a proxy for property scale.

Property class (211)

Assessor class 211 — small residential (roughly 2–6 units). The assessor's property-class code, which correlates with building type and the violation rates the model expects.

12-Month risk forecast
Low failure risk 13%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months.
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5961 W Erie St event timeline

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2021
311 Request Oct 20
No Water Complaint
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