Who owns your block
1600 block of W Toronto St
A mixed-ownership block: 41% owner-occupied, 17% investor-held, with 14 open code violations and 13 homes behind $95,739 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 140% since 2016, now about $72K. Property taxes are climbing about 8% a year and the increases are speeding up.
- 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 tax-abated new construction. Click a bubble for its report.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Tax-abated
- 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 $72K — about 0.3× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19132 median of $79K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19132 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19132 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $72K | $79K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 20% | 26% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 78 reported crimes (28 violent) and 133 resident 311 requests to the city.
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.
What it's worth, and where taxes are going
- $72K typical home, up +140% since 2016
- Tax bill $423 to $1,013 a year, +8%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $2.8M assessed, $29,290/yr to the city, about $714 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +140% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +139% since 2016 · ~+8%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1622 W Toronto St is assessed at $73K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $1,023 it would owe at the statutory rate, because its new-construction value is abated.
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +8.3% 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 $240 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.
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 22 arm's-length sales since 1995. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 24 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 41 parcels
- Owner-occupied 16
- Investor / LLC 7
- Absentee individual 13
- Vacant 5
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Gnr Merav 2a Llc, carries 6 open violations across 60 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gnr Merav 2a Llc | 1 | 60 | $10M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Philly Sfr Iv Llc | 1 | 36 | $4.1M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Bull Dawg Llc | 1 | 4 | $331K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Capital Ventures & Trust Llc | 1 | 2 | $215K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Key Property Holdings Llc | 1 | 1 | $73K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1618 West Toronto Llc | 1 | 1 | $73K | phila.gov ↗ |
| H&Mes Llc | 1 | 1 | $111K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 41 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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1609 W TORONTO ST | Absentee individual | $72K | 3/1 | 860 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 1610 W TORONTO ST | Vacant | $20K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 1611 W TORONTO ST | Investor / LLC | $72K | 3/1 | 860 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1612 W TORONTO ST ImprovedBought for $25K in 2004. | Vacant | $20K | —/— | — | — | 1 | 1 viol |
| 1613 W TORONTO ST | Owner-occupied | $72K | 3/1 | 860 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1614 W TORONTO ST | Investor / LLC | $73K | 3/1 | 876 | 1925 | 1 | rented |
| 1615 W TORONTO ST | Investor / LLC | $72K | 3/1 | 860 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 1616 W TORONTO ST Improved | Vacant | $20K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 1617 W TORONTO ST | Owner-occupied | $72K | 3/1 | 860 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 1618 W TORONTO ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $7K in 2000 → $25K in 2021 (+242%). | Investor / LLC | $73K | 2/1 | 876 | 1925 | 3 | tax lien |
| 1619 W TORONTO ST TradedTraded 2×: $20K in 2019 → $110K in 2021 (+450%). | Investor / LLC | $111K | 2/1 | 860 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 1620 W TORONTO ST | Absentee individual | $73K | 3/1 | 876 | 1925 | 1 | rented |
| 1621 W TORONTO ST | Owner-occupied | $72K | 3/1 | 860 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1622 W TORONTO ST New constructionBought for $8K in 2002, built new (tax-abated), sold for $14K in 2020. | Owner-occupied | $73K | 3/1 | 876 | 1925 | 2 | rentedabated |
| 1623 W TORONTO ST | Investor / LLC | $72K | 3/1 | 860 | 1925 | 0 | rentedabated |
| 1624 W TORONTO ST | Absentee individual | $76K | 3/1 | 946 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1625 W TORONTO ST | Absentee individual | $72K | 3/1 | 860 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1626 W TORONTO ST | Absentee individual | $73K | 3/1 | 876 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1627 W TORONTO ST | Absentee individual | $77K | 3/1 | 970 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1628 W TORONTO ST | Owner-occupied | $73K | 3/1 | 876 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1629 W TORONTO ST TradedTraded 2×: $7K in 2000 → $9K in 2011 (+31%). | Absentee individual | $72K | 3/1 | 860 | 1925 | 2 | rented1 violtax lien |
| 1630 W TORONTO ST | Absentee individual | $73K | 2/1 | 876 | 1925 | 1 | tax lien |
| 1631 W TORONTO ST | Absentee individual | $72K | 3/1 | 860 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1632 W TORONTO ST | Absentee individual | $73K | 3/1 | 876 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1633 W TORONTO ST | Owner-occupied | $72K | 3/1 | 860 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 1634 W TORONTO ST | Absentee individual | $76K | 3/1 | 942 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1635 W TORONTO ST | Owner-occupied | $72K | 3/1 | 860 | 1925 | 0 | abatedtax lien |
| 1636 W TORONTO ST | Investor / LLC | $73K | 3/1 | 876 | 1925 | 1 | tax lien |
| 1637 W TORONTO ST | Owner-occupied | $72K | 3/1 | 860 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 1638 W TORONTO ST | Owner-occupied | $73K | 2/1 | 876 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 1639 W TORONTO ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $37K in 2005. | Owner-occupied | $72K | 2/1 | 860 | 1925 | 1 | abatedtax lien |
| 1640 W TORONTO ST | Owner-occupied | $73K | 3/1 | 876 | 1925 | 0 | abated |
| 1641 W TORONTO ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $3K in 2008. | Owner-occupied | $72K | 3/1 | 860 | 1925 | 1 | abated2 violtax lien |
| 1642 W TORONTO ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $20K in 2016. | Owner-occupied | $73K | 3/1 | 876 | 1925 | 1 | abated |
| 1643 W TORONTO ST | Absentee individual | $72K | 3/1 | 860 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1644-54 W TORONTO ST | Vacant | $95K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1645 W TORONTO ST | Absentee individual | $36K | 3/1 | 860 | 1925 | 0 | 10 violtax lien |
| 1647 W TORONTO ST | Owner-occupied | $72K | 2/1 | 860 | 1925 | 1 | rented |
| 1649 W TORONTO ST | Owner-occupied | $72K | 3/1 | 860 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 1651 W TORONTO ST | Owner-occupied | $72K | 3/1 | 860 | 1925 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1653 W TORONTO ST | Vacant | $21K | —/— | — | — | 0 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)