Philadelphia property report
1500 block of W York St
An investor-heavy block: 45% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 12 open code violations and 6 parcels listed in the June 2022 tax-delinquency snapshot ($46,863 recorded then).
The typical home here is up 316% since 2016, now about $120K. Property taxes are climbing about 15% a year.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
By the Numbers
How fast it's moving
Assessed-value change for the typical home. Philadelphia taxes a flat 1.3998% of value, so the bill moves with it.
The makeup of the block
Every home, plotted by size and assessed value — press play and watch the block reprice from 2016 to 2027. One bubble per house (area = lot size), colored by who owns it; a gold ring marks a material assessment exemption whose legal basis is not established by the roll. Click a bubble for its report.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Assessment exemption
- Bubble = lot size
- → bigger interior · ↑ higher value
Assessed values from the city's year-by-year assessment record — a proxy for price, lumpy in reassessment years.
How the block compares
The typical home here is $120K — about 0.5× the citywide median home, and above the ZIP 19132 median of $84K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19132 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19132 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $120K | $84K | $230K |
| Homes with Homestead exemption | 35% | 35% | 48% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 203 reported crimes (about 17 a month, 39% of them violent) and 205 resident 311 requests to the city. A busy commercial corridor logs far more than a quiet residential block, so read this against nearby blocks, not the citywide total.
Most reported crimes
Top 311 complaints
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.
Catchment assignments from the School District of Philadelphia via City of Philadelphia open data. Confirm with the District before enrollment decisions.
Assessment trend
The median home assessment on this block has beaten Philadelphia's residential assessment trend, changing +13.8% a year against the city's 6.5%.
Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market
Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $416 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.
This compares City assessments, not sale prices or investment returns. Reassessment years are lumpy, and construction, demolition, subdivision, or classification changes can move a block median.
How often it changes hands
This block has recorded 25 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 11 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 28 parcels
- Owner-occupied 9
- Investor / LLC 9
- Absentee individual 3
- Vacant 7
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Geena LLC, carries 36 open violations across 178 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Tax bills mail to | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geena LLC | 1 | 178 | $8.0M | 2457 N 54th St, Philadelphia PA, 19131 | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Philadelphia Lotus 6 LLC | 1 | 65 | $9.8M | 829 N 29th St, Philadelphia PA, 19130 | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| 6901 Sherman LLC | 1 | 28 | $2.8M | 6949 Sherman Ln, Pennsauken NJ, 08110 | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Southern Fine LLC | 1 | 17 | $2.2M | 2220 Fairmount Ave, Philadelphia PA, 19130 | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Abdul Mused 1234 LLC | 1 | 11 | $766K | 335 South St, Philadelphia PA, 19147 | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Individual owner on record (individual) | 2 | 2 | $136K | — | phila.gov ↗ |
| Soursop Re I LLC | 1 | 1 | $124K | Po Box 305992, St. Thomas Vi, 00803 | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Npg Venture Twelve Ltd | 1 | 1 | $94K | 2417 Welsh Rd, Philadelphia PA, 19114 | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| York St Phila LLC | 1 | 1 | $176K | 14850 Naranja Lakes Blvd, Homestead FL, 33032 | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| 1522 York LLC | 1 | 1 | $180K | 354 E Wyoming Ave, Philadelphia PA, 19120 | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| York Street Garage INC | 1 | 1 | $39K | 6213 N Smrdley St, Philadelphia PA, 19141 | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| 30th West York LLC | 1 | 1 | $136K | 6 Rosewood Lane, Moorestown NJ, 08057 | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).
House by house
All 28 homes on the block — value trajectory, ownership, and the paper trail assembled from the fetched public datasets. Sorted up the street; each links to its property report and official sources — or download the roster (CSV).
Every house's assessed value, 2016–2027 — each line is one home
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1510 W YORK ST Renovated & sold onBought for $500 in 2014, major alteration permit in 2018, sold for $129K in 2026 (+25700%). | Investor / LLC | $124K20162027 | 2/1 | 860 | 1915 | 6 | licensed rental |
| 1511 W YORK ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2019 permit. | Investor / LLC | $141K20162027 | 4/1 | 1,366 | 1915 | 0 | licensed rentallien in pre-2017 ledger |
| 1512 W YORK ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $21K in 2018 → $143K in 2025 (+591%). | Owner-occupied | $143K20162027 | 2/1 | 860 | 1915 | 3 | |
| 1513 W YORK ST New constructionbuilt new (reduced taxable assessment shown). | Owner-occupied | $95K20162027 | 3/1 | 1,476 | 1915 | 0 | assessment exemption · basis unverified |
| 1514 W YORK ST TradedTraded 2×: $23K in 2006 → $75K in 2024 (+226%). | Absentee individual | $88K20162027 | 3/1 | 1,262 | 1915 | 2 | $5K tax · Jun ’22lien in pre-2017 ledger |
| 1515 W YORK ST | Investor / LLC | $94K20162027 | —/— | 1,450 | 1915 | 1 | licensed rentallien in pre-2017 ledger |
| 1516 W YORK ST ImprovedOwner pulled a major alteration permit in 2013. | Absentee individual | $164K20162027 | 3/1 | 1,412 | 1915 | 0 | licensed rental |
| 1517 W YORK ST Mixed-use ImprovedBought for $10K in 2008. Owner pulled a minor demolition permit in 2020. | Investor / LLC | $64K20162027 | —/— | 1,450 | 1915 | 2 | lien in pre-2017 ledger |
| 1518 W YORK ST History3 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTURE (2026); Inspection failed (2026). | Owner-occupied | $129K20162027 | 3/1 | 1,480 | 1915 | 0 | 3 viol$8K tax · Jun ’22lien in pre-2017 ledger |
| 1519 W YORK ST Renovated & sold onBought for $5K in 2001, use permit in 2019, sold for $90K in 2025 (+1700%). | Investor / LLC | $176K20162027 | 3/3 | 1,582 | 1915 | 2 | licensed rental |
| 1520 W YORK ST | Absentee individual | $116K20162027 | 3/1 | 1,204 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 1521 W YORK ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2025 permit (reduced taxable assessment shown). | Owner-occupied | $109K20162027 | 4/1 | 1,955 | 1915 | 0 | assessment exemption · basis unverifiedlien in pre-2017 ledger |
| 1522 W YORK ST Apartment building Renovated & sold onBought for $9K in 2001, major alteration permit in 2012, sold for $200K in 2020 (+2122%). | Investor / LLC | $180K20162027 | —/— | 2,601 | 1915 | 6 | |
| 1523 W YORK ST Vacant lot HistoryInspection failed (2002); Inspection passed (2004); sold $8K (2012); 2 L&I violations (2024); Inspection failed ×2 (2024). | Vacant | $27K20162027 | —/— | — | — | 1 | $1K tax · Jun ’22lien in pre-2017 ledger |
| 1524-26 W YORK ST Vacant lot History5 L&I violations (2007); Inspection failed (2007); 2 L&I violations (2009); 2 L&I violations (2014); L&I violation (2025); L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed (2025). | Vacant | $39K20162027 | —/— | — | — | 0 | $2K tax · Jun ’22lien in pre-2017 ledger |
| 1527 W YORK ST Vacant lot HistoryInspection failed (2007); Inspection passed (2009); 2 L&I violations (2013); 4 L&I violations (2014); 2 L&I violations (2015); 2 L&I violations (2016). | Vacant | $27K20162027 | —/— | — | — | 0 | $5K tax · Jun ’22lien in pre-2017 ledger |
| 1528-32 W YORK ST Vacant lot New constructionBought for $195K in 2022, built new under a 2022 permit, sold for $285K in 2023. | Vacant | $136K20162027 | —/— | — | — | 2 | |
| 1529 W YORK ST Vacant lot ImprovedBought for $500 in 2005. | Vacant | $30K20162027 | —/— | — | — | 1 | lien in pre-2017 ledger |
| 1531 W YORK ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2011 permit (reduced taxable assessment shown). | Owner-occupied | $81K20162027 | 3/1 | 1,040 | 1915 | 0 | assessment exemption · basis unverified |
| 1533 W YORK ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. | Investor / LLC | $44K20162027 | 3/1 | 1,292 | 1915 | 0 | 5 viol |
| 1534 W YORK ST Multi-family ImprovedBought for $273K in 2025. Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2023. | Owner-occupied | $266K20162027 | 4/3 | 1,450 | 1915 | 1 | licensed rentallien in pre-2017 ledger |
| 1536 W YORK ST ImprovedOwner pulled a minor demolition permit in 2026. | Investor / LLC | $116K20162027 | 4/1 | 1,599 | 1915 | 0 | 3 viol |
| 1537 W YORK ST | Investor / LLC | $89K20162027 | 3/1 | 1,440 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 1538 W YORK ST | Owner-occupied | $112K20162027 | 3/1 | 1,500 | 1915 | 0 | assessment exemption · basis unverified |
| 1539 W YORK ST Vacant lot ImprovedOwner pulled a demolition permit in 2017. | Vacant | $16K20162027 | —/— | — | — | 0 | $25K tax · Jun ’22lien in pre-2017 ledger |
| 1540 W YORK ST Multi-family ImprovedBought for $280K in 2021. Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2021. | Owner-occupied | $272K20162027 | 4/2 | 1,500 | 1915 | 1 | lien in pre-2017 ledger |
| 1542 W YORK ST Vacant lot Torn down & rebuiltdemolished and rebuilt (2026), then sold for $41K in 2025. | Vacant | $38K20162027 | —/— | — | — | 1 | 1 viol |
| 1544 W YORK ST Multi-family New constructionBought for $47K in 2020, built new under a 2020 permit, sold for $550K in 2022. | Owner-occupied | $397K20162027 | 6/4 | 2,394 | 1925 | 3 | lien in pre-2017 ledger |
Neighborhood
Generated 2026-07-10 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)