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3513 W Madison St

Garfield Park, Chicago IL 60624 16142000130000 3 units · 1907

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 Garfield Park — not a forecast
Above average
avg 1.9
8
FewerMore

This building has 8 building violations (7y), above the Garfield Park average of 1.9.

Building characteristics
Units3
Year built1907
Stories
Building area6,414 sq ft
Property class212
PIN (Cook County parcel)16142000130000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Owner name
Mailing address
3513 W Madison

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Initial analysis

The property at 3513 W Madison St in Garfield Park is a 3-unit residential building owned by Lawrence Reves, constructed in 1907. The building has a concerning pattern of unresolved issues as of February 2023, with six open violations recorded from complaint-driven inspections on February 17, 2023, all of which remain unresolved. Over the past seven years, the building has accumulated a total of eight building code violations. While these violations require attention, it's worth noting that the majority of the 311 service requests associated with the property have been for street-related issues, including four street cleaning requests, two pothole complaints, and one graffiti removal request. Of these service requests, all have been resolved except for a pothole complaint from April 2026. An environmental complaint from April 1998 is also on record, though specific details about this incident are not available in the current data.

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Risk rating

How 3513 W Madison 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
4thpercentile

Out of 3998 buildings in this neighborhood, 3838 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
25%
No code
violation
75%
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.

Code violations, owner's portfolio

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

Code violations (past 7 years)

City of Chicago Department of Buildings violations issued at this address over the last 7 years — a direct record of enforcement activity.

12-Month risk forecast
High failure risk 75%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months.
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3513 W Madison St event timeline

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2023
311 Request Feb 28
Building Violation
Building ViolationFeb 17
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