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5933 S Prairie Ave

Washington Park, Chicago IL 60637 20153040090000 6 units · 1908

This building has a higher-than-average number of open problems nearby. A handful of unresolved issues. Worth a careful walk-through and pointed questions.

Building Violations (7y) vs. neighborhood
Compared to a typical building in Washington Park
At or below average
avg 4.8
0
FewerMore

This building has 0 building violations (7y), at or below the Washington Park average of 4.8.

Building characteristics
Units6
Year built1908
Stories
Building area9,415 sq ft
Property class211
PIN (Cook County parcel)20153040090000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Owner name
Nvr Prop Series 5933
Mailing address
4318 S Prairie Ave#3

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Initial analysis

The six-unit residential building at 5933 S Prairie Ave in the Washington Park neighborhood is a century-old property, constructed in 1908 and currently owned by NVR Prop Series 5933. Over the past seven years, the property has generated a total of five service requests through the 311 system, with the most recent two incidents occurring in April 2025 involving stray animal complaints. Prior to these, there was a notable cluster of environmental concerns in 2024, including three fly dumping incidents reported between July and November of that year. Going further back in the building's history, there was an illegal dumping complaint recorded in July 1997, though no other significant issues have been documented in recent decades. The frequency of fly dumping incidents in 2024, along with the more recent stray animal complaints in 2025, suggests ongoing concerns with waste management and the surrounding environment around the property, though all documented incidents have been officially closed through the appropriate city channels.

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Risk rating

How 5933 S Prairie 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
48thpercentile

Out of 598 buildings in this neighborhood, 311 are predicted to be safer.

RiskiestSafest
Predicted 12-month outcome
41%
No code
violation
59%
Code violation
likely
Model explanation

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Location

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Building size

Total building square footage is a proxy for property scale and management complexity.

Number of units

The number of units affects how the model reads complaint and violation totals — more units means more potential sources.

12-Month severity forecast
No violation 30.6%
Moderate concern 27.7%
Severe concern 41.7%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months at each severity level.
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5933 S Prairie Ave event timeline

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

2025
311 Request Apr 09
Stray Animal Complaint
311 City Services
311 RequestApr 05
Stray Animal Complaint

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