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2826 W Adams St

Garfield Park, Chicago IL 60612 16131110290000 2 units · 1898

This building has a substantial enforcement record over the last seven years, and our model predicts continuing maintenance failures over the next 12 months. Read the records below before you sign. Ask which issues were resolved, get repair commitments in writing, and inspect the unit yourself.

Building Violations (7y) vs. neighborhood
Records already on file, against a typical building in Garfield Park — not a forecast
Above average
avg 1.9
16
FewerMore

This building has 16 building violations (7y), above the Garfield Park average of 1.9.

Building characteristics
Units2
Year built1898
Stories
Building area2,512 sq ft
Property class211
PIN (Cook County parcel)16131110290000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Mailing address
2826 W Adams St

Landlord portfolio

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Initial analysis

The two-unit residential building at 2826 W Adams St in the Garfield Park neighborhood, owned by Jonnie Crockette, is a 125-year-old structure with a concerning pattern of recent violations and service requests. Most notably, the building currently has six unresolved complaint-driven violations as of October 2025, which represent a significant and concerning cluster of open issues. While there were two building violations recorded in 2025 (one in August and another in October), other recent service requests have been more routine in nature, such as garbage cart maintenance and recycling services in February 2026, and a tree-related issue in November 2024 which was resolved. The property has seen a total of 16 building violations and 9 service requests over the past seven years, but the most pressing concerns are clearly the current unresolved violations from October 2025.

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Risk rating

How 2826 W Adams 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
10thpercentile

Out of 3998 buildings in this neighborhood, 3598 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
34%
No code
violation
66%
Code violation
likely
Model explanation

What's driving this score

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Code violations, owner's portfolio

Building violations across all properties this owner is registered on — a signal of systemic maintenance issues.

Code violations (past 7 years)

City of Chicago Department of Buildings violations issued at this address over the last 7 years — a direct record of enforcement activity.

Location

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

12-Month risk forecast
High failure risk 66%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months.
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The story over time

2826 W Adams St event timeline

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

2025
Building Violation Oct 14 Serious
COMPLAINT
OPEN
Building ViolationOct 14
COMPLAINT

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