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Zoning · Approved

Zoning: Zoning Permit

856 E THOMPSON ST

FOR THE ERECTION OF ACCESSORY ROOF DECK (FOR RESIDENTIAL USE ONLY) WITH ROOF ACCESS STRUCTURE AS PART OF AN EXISTING ATTACHED STRUCTURE. SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN IN THE APPLICATION / PLAN.

Council district
District 5
Developer / applicant
J Design and Consultants LLC
Property owner
856 THOMPSON LLC
OPA account
181388900
ZIP
19125-3528
Approved
2026-02-02
First seen in feed
5/16/2026
Your council representative
Jeffery Young, Jr.
District 5 · D
215-686-3438
City Hall Room 577
900 projects in this district
4828 housing units approved
Registered Community Organization
Fishtown Neighbors Association
The RCO that gets formal notice of zoning changes here. Going to them first is how most organizing on a project starts.
Contact: Robert Everett
2156075711
Meets: Fishtown Recreation Center 1202 E Montgomery Ave Philadelphia, PA 19125
Neighborhood context (census tract 015800)
Median income
$123,431
Renter occupied
43.71%
Rent burdened
37.58%
(of renters, 30%+ of income)
Population
6,849
ACS 5-year 2022

Nearby projects

within 400m walk

Displacement signal

L&I demolition permits, last 3 yrs, within 400m

Philly doesn't publish eviction filings, so this uses demolition permits as the closest proxy for housing stock loss in the immediate area. 6 permits found.

1355 E HEWSON ST2025-12-03
850-56 MOYER ST2025-05-07
1328 E BERKS ST2024-04-29
1330 E BERKS ST2024-04-04
845-47 ALMOND ST2023-07-03
843 ALMOND ST2023-06-29
Data source · last refreshed 5/16/2026, 6:20:02 PM
Zoning Permits (last 2 years)
Philadelphia L&I

Pulled from the city's Carto SQL API. Capped at 5000 most-recent permits per refresh. Geocoding is by the city L&I system and is decent but not perfect; ~1% of permits fall outside Philadelphia bounds and get dropped. Status field is normalized from L&I's free-text values with a best-effort mapping. The Zoning Board of Adjustment decisions dataset (which would have been a better fit) appears to have been retired from OpenDataPhilly.