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1937 W Division St

East Village, Chicago IL 60622 17064000520000 4 units · 1894

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 East Village — not a forecast
Above average
avg 0.9
5
FewerMore

This building has 5 building violations (7y), above the East Village average of 0.9.

Building characteristics
Units4
Year built1894
Stories
Building area3,354 sq ft
Property class212
PIN (Cook County parcel)17064000520000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Owner name
Mailing address
96 Old Creek Road

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Initial analysis

The four-unit residential building at 1937 W Division St in the East Village, owned by 1937 Division LLC, is a 129-year-old structure with a documented history of maintenance and compliance issues. Most notably, there remain five open building code violations from a September 2019 periodic routine inspection, suggesting possible ongoing safety or maintenance concerns that have yet to be addressed. The property has generated 13 service requests through the City of Chicago's 311 system over the past seven years, with the most recent requests occurring in May 2026 for fly dumping and February 2026 for graffiti removal. The building experienced multiple snow-related complaints in December 2025, with three separate reports of uncleared sidewalks within a single week. While the timing of these issues and their potential impact on residents is notable, it's worth mentioning that all 311 service requests from this period have been resolved. The building's historical record also shows a single environmental complaint from July 2001 regarding illegal dumping, though this incident is now over two decades old.

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Risk rating

How 1937 W Division 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
5thpercentile

Out of 583 buildings in this neighborhood, 554 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 (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.

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.

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

1937 W Division St event timeline

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2022
311 Request Sep 24
Rodent Baiting/Rat Complaint
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