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3444 W Polk Chicago

Garfield Park, Chicago IL 60624 16144090460000 1 units · 1993

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 Garfield Park — not a forecast
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
Units1
Year built1993
Stories
Building area1,166 sq ft
Property class396
PIN (Cook County parcel)16144090460000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Mailing address
1509 W Berwyn Ave #200

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Initial analysis

The property at 3444 W Polk Street in Chicago's Garfield Park neighborhood is a single-unit building owned by Homan Square Phase I, constructed in 1993. Over the past seven years, the building has generated five 311 service requests, with the owner’s total parcel record showing 12 properties and a combined total of 37 service requests across all their properties. The service request history indicates that most recent maintenance issues have been external to the building itself, with multiple reports regarding street conditions and tree maintenance in 2025 and 2026, including two complaints about potholes in the street and two tree trim requests. The only building-related incident recorded was an abandoned vehicle complaint in May 2024, which was subsequently closed. The property has shown minimal internal maintenance activity beyond one building permit filed in the past seven years, and while there have been multiple service requests, they appear primarily related to external urban infrastructure rather than the building's condition or operational systems.

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Risk rating

How 3444 W Polk Chicago'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
58thpercentile

Out of 3998 buildings in this neighborhood, 1679 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
66%
No code
violation
34%
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.

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.

Township: Lake

Located in Lake. The township captures local housing-market and code-enforcement patterns that affect all properties in the area.

12-Month risk forecast
Low failure risk 34%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months.
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3444 W Polk Chicago event timeline

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

2023
311 Request Oct 13
Rodent Baiting/Rat Complaint
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