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5340 S Kedzie Ave

Gage Park, Chicago IL 60632 19114180430000 4 units · 1930

This building has more problems than most buildings in this 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 Gage Park
At or below average
avg 1.6
0
FewerMore

This building has 0 building violations (7y), at or below the Gage Park average of 1.6.

Building characteristics
Units4
Year built1930
Stories
Building area3,196 sq ft
Property class212
PIN (Cook County parcel)19114180430000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Owner name
Jaime Alvarez
Mailing address
5340 S Kedzie

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AI summary

The four-unit residential building at 5340 S Kedzie Ave in Chicago's Gage Park neighborhood, owned by Jaime Alvarez, has been in existence since 1930. The property has generated 11 311 service requests over the past seven years, with the owner having a total of 27 service requests across three parcels during this period. The most striking recent pattern involves multiple graffiti incidents, with six separate graffiti removal requests logged between 2025 and 2026, all of which have been resolved. The only other recent service request was for a dead animal pick-up in May 2026, which was also closed. Looking further back in history, the building had one documented environmental complaint regarding illegal dumping in February 2003. The building's documented service request history shows most issues have been addressed promptly through appropriate city services, though the cluster of graffiti incidents in recent years may indicate ongoing challenges with property maintenance.

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Risk rating

How 5340 S Kedzie 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

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
23rdpercentile

Out of 1776 buildings in this neighborhood, 1368 are predicted to be safer.

RiskiestSafest
Predicted 12-month outcome
48%
No code
violation
52%
Code violation
likely
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Location

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

311 calls (past 7 years)

311 service requests tied to this address over 7 years.

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 severity forecast
No violation 34.4%
Moderate concern 34.9%
Severe concern 30.6%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months at each severity level.
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The story over time

5340 S Kedzie Ave event timeline

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

2026
311 Request May 27
Dead Animal Pick-Up Request
311 RequestApr 16
Graffiti Removal Request

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