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Problem Organization Phone number  
Abandoned property Police 215.686.2463
Abandoned vehicle Police 24-hour Abandoned Auto Hotline: 215.683.CARS
Auto repair in public street L&I Services and Operations 215.686.2463
Beavers Game Commission 877.877.9470
Belligerent person Police 911
Broken alley light Streets Department 215.686.5560 or *FIX on cell
Broken pay phone Verizon Repair Department 800.275.2335
Broken street light Streets Department 215.934.5030
Broken traffic light Streets Department 215.686.5560, 911 after 7 PM
Building is about to collapse L&I Services and Operations 215.686.2463
Car and building alarms Health Department (Air Management) 215.685.7580
Collapsed street (due to water or sewer main break) Philadelphia Water Department 215.685.6300
Cougars Police 911
Damaged bus shelter Chris Zearfoss, Transit Department 215.683.4667
Damaged bus shelter between 6th and City Hall on Market Nancy Goldenberg, Center City District 215.440.5548
Damaged mailbox Postal Service (maintenance) 215.895.8331
Dead animal in abandoned building L&I Services and Operations 215.686.2463
Dead animal in your house Animal Control 215.685.9040
Dog doo Philadelphia More Beautiful Committee (PMBC) 215.685.3969
Foul odor Health Department (Air Management) 215.685.7580
Gas leak Philadelphia Gas Works (PGW) 215.235.1212
General block cleanup Philadelphia More Beautiful Committee (PMBC) 215.685.3981
Graffiti Philadelphia Anti-Graffiti Network 215.686.2114
Hazardous sidewalk Streets Department 215.686.5560 or *FIX on cell
Heat assistance L&I Services and Operations 215.686.2463
Illegal dumping Environmental Response Unit 215.686.3082
Leaflets left on doors and car windshields L&I 215.685.3730
Loud noises Health Department (Air Management) 215.685.7580
Missing manhole cover Depends Depends
Missing/broken street sign Streets Department 215.686.5560
Mosquitoes Health Department - Vector Control 215.685.9027
Nuisance bar State police, Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement 800.932.0602
Open drug dealing Police 911
Open fire hydrant Philadelphia Water Department 215.685.6300
Overflowing dumpster Sanitation Department 215.686.3096, 215.686.3097
Pay phone used by drug dealers Police 911
Potholes (city street) Streets Department 215.686.5560 or *FIX on cell
Prostitutes Police 911
Public buildings that seem to be firetraps L&I Services and Operations 215.686.2463
Rats Health Department (Vector Control) 215.685.9719
Snow and ice on roads Streets Department 215.686.5560 or *FIX on cell
Suspected arson activity Fire Department 215.546.TIPS
Trash-strewn lot L&I Services and Operations 215.686.2463
Tree limbs in contact with electrical wires PECO 800.494.4000
Uncollected trash or recyclables Streets Department 215.686.5560 or *FIX on cell
Underage drinking State police, Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement 888.UNDER21
Unshoveled sidewalks Sanitation Department 215.686.3096, 215.686.3097
Water smells funny Philadelphia Water Department 215.685.6300


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