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1118 W 18Th St

Lower West Side, Chicago IL 60608 17204010500000 5 units · 1921

This building has far more open problems than almost any other in the neighborhood. A handful of unresolved issues. Worth a careful walk-through and pointed questions.

Building Violations (7y) vs. neighborhood
Compared to a typical building in Lower West Side
Above average
avg 0.9
1
FewerMore

This building has 1 building violations (7y), above the Lower West Side average of 0.9.

Building characteristics
Units5
Year built1921
Stories
Building area4,876 sq ft
Property class212
PIN (Cook County parcel)17204010500000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Owner name
Alfonso Longoria
Mailing address
5417 S Long Avenue

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Initial analysis

The five-unit residential building at 1118 W 18th Street, located in Chicago's Lower West Side neighborhood, is a 1921 construction currently owned by Alfonso Longoria. The building's official records over the past seven years show minimal documented issues, with only one building code violation recorded in July 2019 related to a complaint-driven inspection, and notably, this violation remains open and unresolved as of the latest records. The property has generated six 311 service requests in the same period, with the most recent being a water on street complaint filed in April 2026 that remains open, indicating an ongoing infrastructure issue. The other service requests, which have been resolved, include a September 2025 graffiti removal request, an August 2025 sewer cleaning inspection request, a June 2025 consumer fraud complaint, a February 2025 graffiti removal request, and a July 2024 fly dumping complaint. While the number of service requests and violations is relatively low for a multi-unit building, the persistence of both the 2019 building violation and the 2026 water-related complaint may warrant attention.

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Risk rating

How 1118 W 18Th 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

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
9thpercentile

Out of 3674 buildings in this neighborhood, 3343 are predicted to be safer.

RiskiestSafest
Predicted 12-month outcome
39%
No code
violation
61%
Code violation
likely
Model explanation

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Building size

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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.

12-Month severity forecast
No violation 24.7%
Moderate concern 50.8%
Severe concern 24.5%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months at each severity level.
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1118 W 18Th St event timeline

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

2026
311 Request Apr 16
Water On Street Complaint
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