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3859 W Ogden

North Lawndale, Chicago IL 60623 16233230010000 6 units · 1910

This building has significantly more problems than most nearby buildings. A handful of unresolved issues. Worth a careful walk-through and pointed questions.

Building Violations (7y) vs. neighborhood
Compared to a typical building in North Lawndale
At or below average
avg 2.0
0
FewerMore

This building has 0 building violations (7y), at or below the North Lawndale average of 2.0.

Building characteristics
Units6
Year built1910
Stories
Building area6,934 sq ft
Property class318
PIN (Cook County parcel)16233230010000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Owner name
Lawndale Comm Church
Mailing address
3827 W Ogden Av

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AI summary

The six-unit residential building at 3859 W Ogden, located in Chicago's North Lawndale neighborhood, is a 1910 structure currently owned by Lawndale Community Church. Over the past seven years, there have been a total of 16 service requests recorded through the 311 system, with the most recent cluster of activity occurring between January and February 2026, primarily related to graffiti removal. During this period, three graffiti-related incidents were reported and addressed, along with two sign repair requests - one for a stop sign which was successfully closed, and another for all other signs that remains open as of the latest data. Other service requests in the past two years included a closed report of an injured animal (October 2025) and a successfully addressed pothole complaint (May 2025). The building's 311 service request history appears to be relatively low in volume for a six-unit structure over this time frame, with most issues being maintenance-related rather than safety concerns, and with the majority of recent requests being successfully resolved.

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Risk rating

How 3859 W Ogden'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
14thpercentile

Out of 3670 buildings in this neighborhood, 3156 are predicted to be safer.

RiskiestSafest
Predicted 12-month outcome
37%
No code
violation
63%
Code violation
likely
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Building size

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Number of units

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

Location

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12-Month severity forecast
No violation 26.5%
Moderate concern 41.8%
Severe concern 31.6%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months at each severity level.
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3859 W Ogden event timeline

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2026
311 Request Feb 18
Graffiti Removal Request
311 RequestJan 12
Graffiti Removal Request

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