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3801 S Albany Ave

Brighton Park, Chicago IL 60632 16363170010000 3 units · 1911

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 Brighton Park — not a forecast
Above average
avg 0.8
15
FewerMore

This building has 15 building violations (7y), above the Brighton Park average of 0.8.

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Initial analysis

The three-unit residential building at 3801 S Albany Ave in Brighton Park, owned by Victor M Mercado, is over a century old, having been constructed in 1911. The property has experienced several concerning issues in recent years, with an open cluster of six complaint-driven inspection violations dating from October 2021 that remain unresolved as of the latest data. While the building has had relatively few overall incidents over the past seven years—totalling 15 violations and 24 service requests—most of the current concerns center around these 2021 inspection violations. The only building permit filed during this period was recorded as 1 permit, though specific details about its purpose are not provided in the available data.

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Building characteristics
Units3
Year built1911
Stories—
Building area3,180 sq ft
Property class212
PIN (Cook County parcel)16363170010000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Owner name
Mailing address
3059 W 38Th St

Landlord portfolio

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

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Risk rating

How 3801 S Albany 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
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Out of 3962 buildings in this neighborhood, 3962 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
27%
No code
violation
73%
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.

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.

Violation rate, owner's portfolio

Per-property violation rate across the owner's portfolio.

12-Month risk forecast
High failure risk 73%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months.
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The story over time

3801 S Albany Ave event timeline

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

2022
311 Request May 03
Rodent Baiting/Rat Complaint
Streets and Sanitation

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