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228 N La Crosse Ave

Austin, Chicago IL 60644 16094110180000 4 units · 1888

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
Units4
Year built1888
Stories
Building area1,536 sq ft
Property class211
PIN (Cook County parcel)16094110180000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Owner name
Mailing address
P O Box 44099

Landlord portfolio

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

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Initial analysis

The four-unit residential building at 228 N La Crosse Ave in Chicago's Austin neighborhood, owned by Joseph Radice, has a relatively sparse service request history over the past seven years, with only three requests logged directly against the building address. The property, constructed in 1888, is part of a larger property ownership that includes three total parcels, with the owner having submitted a combined total of 17 service requests across all properties in the past seven years. The most recent recorded service requests from September 2024 include an open sign repair request and a closed tree emergency, while the property was also associated with a closed abandoned vehicle complaint from September 2025. The building's service request history shows limited maintenance or incident reports directly related to the building itself, with most recent concerns being related to external elements like signage and tree management.

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Risk rating

How 228 N La Crosse 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
44thpercentile

Out of 7223 buildings in this neighborhood, 4045 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
73%
No code
violation
27%
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.

Location

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

Number of units

The number of units affects how the model reads complaint and violation totals — more units means more potential sources.

Owner's portfolio size

The number of parcels this owner is registered on — larger portfolios can mean more management complexity.

12-Month risk forecast
Low failure risk 27%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months.
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