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Who owns your block

1500 block of N Sydenham St

An investor-heavy block: 86% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 5 open code violations.

The typical home here is up 1253% since 2016, now about $745K. Property taxes are climbing about 11% a year though the increases have eased lately.

Every parcel on the block, colored by who owns it. Tap a parcel for the owner and its city record.

By the Numbers

Median value
$745K
$158K–$1.3M
ZIP median $167K
Price / sq ft
$245
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
3.3×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$2K
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
6 of 7
$51K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
0%
0 of 7
city 41%
Rentals
86%
6 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
5
L&I code
▲ block 14% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
4
3 homes · ZBA & boards
block 43% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+10%
value · tax +$277
5 years
+22%
value · tax −$987
10 years
+1253%
value · tax +$2K

Assessed-value change for the typical home. Philadelphia taxes a flat 1.3998% of value, so the bill moves with it.

How the block compares

The typical home here is $745K — about 3.3× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19121 median of $167K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19121 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19121Philadelphia
Median home value$745K$167K$223K
Owner-occupied0%20%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 249 reported crimes (78 violent) and 122 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
249
78 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
122
23 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults57
Thefts48
All Other Offenses33
Theft from Vehicle26
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief20
Motor Vehicle Theft19

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint41
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection18
Illegal Dumping12
Sanitation Violation8
Shoveling6
Street Defect6

Philadelphia Police incident reports and 311 service requests within 200m, trailing 12 months. Reported location, not necessarily where an incident occurred.

Schools

The public schools this block is zoned for — its official School District of Philadelphia catchments.

Elementary & Middle · K-8
General George G Meade
1600 N 18th St · 256 students
High
Vaux Big Picture High School

Catchment assignments from the School District of Philadelphia via City of Philadelphia open data. Confirm with the District before enrollment decisions.

What it's worth, and where taxes are going

Median assessed value · 2016–2027

$0$500K$1.0M$745K2016: $55K2017: $55K2018: $69K2019: $143K2020: $652K2021: $611K2022: $611K2023: $783K2024: $783K2025: $677K2026: $677K2027: $745K2016202020232027

▲ +1253% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$2,4892016: $7712017: $7712018: $9712019: $1,9962020: $6,3152021: $3,4762022: $3,4762023: $2,4522024: $2,4522025: $2,2122026: $2,2122027: $2,4892016202020232027

▲ +223% since 2016 · ~+11%/yr

6
6 properties on this block carry a tax abatement or major exemption. New construction and gut rehabs get the improvement value exempted for up to 10 years, so their tax bills sit far below their real value — block-wide, exemptions keep about $51,284 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +26.7% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

95100200020162019202220252027This block 1353 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $1353 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+26.7%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+1253%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+26.7%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+23.7%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+20.2 pts
market 6.5%/yr

Return is from assessed-value history (a proxy for market price, lumpy in reassessment years); rental yield is estimated from ACS area rents. Informational only, not investment advice.

How often it changes hands

This block has recorded 11 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 1 has not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$1.0M$2.0M2005201020152020
11arm's-length sales since 2001
2times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
1homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 7 parcels

Investor / LLC: 6Vacant: 1 7parcels
  • Investor / LLC 6
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels0 parcels1 parcels3 parcels
$158K$889K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Ctw Arlington Llc23$1.8Mphila.gov ↗
1519 Sydenham Development12$1.5Mphila.gov ↗
Jae One Real Estate Investment Llc11$1.3Mphila.gov ↗
Snj Llc11$889Kphila.gov ↗
Bnt Llc11$888Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 7 homes on the block — value and 12-year trajectory, ownership, and the paper trail on the ones that were bought, built, torn down, or flipped. Sorted up the street; each links to its full city record — or download the roster (CSV).

Every house's assessed value, 2016–2027 — each line is one home

$0$1.0M$2.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1504 N SYDENHAM ST built new under a 2021 permit. Vacant $158K —/— 0
1519 N SYDENHAM ST Old house bought for $5K in 2001, demolished in 2019. Investor / LLC $745K 7/7 3,114 2019 2 rentedabated
1520 N SYDENHAM ST Old house bought for $335K in 2016, demolished in 2017 and rebuilt (2017), then sold for $1.5M in 2020. Investor / LLC $1.3M 18/17 5,828 2019 3 rentedabated
1528 N SYDENHAM ST Bought for $715K in 2016, built new under a 2020 permit (tax-abated), sold for $1.3M in 2022. Investor / LLC $889K 14/10 3,267 2018 2 rentedabated5 viol
1530 N SYDENHAM ST Bought for $715K in 2016, built new under a 2020 permit (tax-abated), sold for $775K in 2022. Investor / LLC $888K 10/10 2,626 2018 2 rentedabated
1533 N SYDENHAM ST Old house bought for $15K in 2004, demolished in 2022. Investor / LLC $545K 6/6 2,223 2021 1 rentedabated
1535 N SYDENHAM ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $20K in 2004. Investor / LLC $526K 6/— 2,628 1960 1 rentedabated

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

Where this comes from

City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. AI-written passages are generated from these records only and rejected if they state a number the record doesn't hold.