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1817 S Ruble St

Lower West Side, Chicago IL 60616 17213170110000 2 units · 1878

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 Lower West Side — not a forecast
At or below average
avg 0.9
0
FewerMore

This building has 0 building violations (7y), at or below the Lower West Side average of 0.9.

Building characteristics
Units2
Year built1878
Stories
Building area2,400 sq ft
Property class211
PIN (Cook County parcel)17213170110000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Owner name
Mailing address
1817 S Ruble St

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Initial analysis

The two-unit residential building at 1817 S Ruble St in Chicago's Lower West Side represents a historically significant property, having been constructed in 1878 and currently owned by Bernardo Medina. Over the past seven years, the property has generated five documented 311 service requests, all of which have been addressed and closed. Notably, all these complaints were related to abandoned vehicles, with an unusual cluster of four identical complaints occurring within a single week in November 2024. The most recent complaint was filed in January 2025, suggesting a continuing pattern of vehicle-related issues in the vicinity of the property. While none of the service requests directly pertain to the building's structural conditions or resident services, the concentration of recent complaints may indicate a specific neighborhood issue rather than a building-specific problem. The building's documented service request history, spanning both 2024 and 2025, shows no recorded complaints prior to this period, marking a relatively abrupt emergence of these particular neighborhood concerns.

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Risk rating

How 1817 S Ruble 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
57thpercentile

Out of 3683 buildings in this neighborhood, 1584 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
71%
No code
violation
29%
Code violation
likely
Model explanation

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Location

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Location

Precise location is a proxy for area-level risk — some Chicago zip codes have systematically higher code-enforcement activity.

Year built

The year a building was constructed is a proxy for its maintenance challenges.

12-Month risk forecast
Low failure risk 29%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months.
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