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2857 W Polk St

Garfield Park, Chicago IL 60612 16133150020000 3 units · 1899

This building has more problems than most buildings in this 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 Garfield Park
At or below average
avg 1.9
0
FewerMore

This building has 0 building violations (7y), at or below the Garfield Park average of 1.9.

Building characteristics
Units3
Year built1899
Stories
Building area3,534 sq ft
Property class211
PIN (Cook County parcel)16133150020000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Owner name
Northern Asteri Proper
Mailing address
188 N Wells St 300

Landlord portfolio

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

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Initial analysis

The three-unit building at 2857 W Polk Street in Garfield Park, owned by Northern Asteri Proper, is a 124-year-old property that has maintained basic compliance with housing and municipal requirements over the past seven years. The building's record shows minimal regulatory activity, with only three building violations noted during this period, along with just one building permit obtained. The property has generated 29 total 311 service requests at the building level, with the current owner's total 311 service requests numbering 59.

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Risk rating

How 2857 W Polk 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

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
23rdpercentile

Out of 3992 buildings in this neighborhood, 3074 are predicted to be safer.

RiskiestSafest
Predicted 12-month outcome
49%
No code
violation
51%
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.

311 calls (past 7 years)

311 service requests tied to this address over 7 years.

Code violations, owner's portfolio

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

12-Month severity forecast
No violation 43.8%
Moderate concern 42.6%
Severe concern 13.6%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months at each severity level.
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The story over time

2857 W Polk St event timeline

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

2026
311 Request Apr 19
Sign Repair Request - Stop Sign
311 RequestFeb 17
Fly Dumping Complaint

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