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736 W 61St Pl 2

Englewood, Chicago IL 60621 20163150420000 2 units · 1908

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 Englewood
At or below average
avg 3.0
0
FewerMore

This building has 0 building violations (7y), at or below the Englewood average of 3.0.

Building characteristics
Units2
Year built1908
Stories
Building area2,244 sq ft
Property class211
PIN (Cook County parcel)20163150420000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Owner name
Mozell Barnes
Mailing address
221 E 83Rd St

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AI summary

The two-unit residential building at 736 W 61st Place in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood, owned by Mozell Barnes, has been standing since 1908. The property has experienced multiple regulatory interactions over the past seven years, with a concerning total of 78 building violations recorded under the current ownership. The building's maintenance and service history shows a relatively low number of service requests directly to the city (4 requests in total) compared to the owner's record of 56 service requests. More recently, in the past year alone, there have been four documented 311 service requests, including a plumbing violation in October 2025, a tree trimming request in January 2025, and two other service calls related to garbage cart maintenance and general information in June-August 2024.

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Risk rating

How 736 W 61St Pl 2'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
29thpercentile

Out of 4926 buildings in this neighborhood, 3497 are predicted to be safer.

RiskiestSafest
Predicted 12-month outcome
45%
No code
violation
55%
Code violation
likely
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Location

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Violation rate, owner's portfolio

Per-property violation rate across the owner's portfolio.

311 call rate, owner's portfolio

Per-property 311 call rate across the owner's portfolio.

12-Month severity forecast
No violation 34.4%
Moderate concern 30.0%
Severe concern 35.5%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months at each severity level.
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736 W 61St Pl 2 event timeline

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

2025
311 Request Oct 27
Buildings - Plumbing Violation
311 RequestJan 28
Tree Trim Request (NO LONGER BEING ACCEPTED)

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