Who owns your block
1700 block of N 2nd St
An investor-heavy block: 77% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 2 open code violations and 2 homes behind $2,415 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 250% since 2016, now about $453K. Property taxes are climbing about 12% 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 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 $453K — about 2.0× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19122 median of $278K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19122 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19122 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $453K | $278K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 0% | 21% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 114 reported crimes (19 violent) and 167 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
- $453K typical home, up +250% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,813 to $6,345 a year, +12%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $30M assessed, $112,115/yr to the city, about $8,624 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +250% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +250% since 2016 · ~+12%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
1701 N 2nd St is assessed at $17M but pays $23,426 a year — about 10% of the $234,266 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 +12.1% 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 $350 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 14 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 4 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 13 parcels
- Owner-occupied 2
- Investor / LLC 7
- Absentee individual 2
- Vacant 2
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1712-28 North 2nd Realty | 1 | 8 | $8.6M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Nise Properties Llc | 2 | 4 | $2.5M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Second Street Properties | 2 | 2 | $1.7M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Pashas Investments Llc | 1 | 1 | $391K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Brick N 2nd Street Lp | 1 | 1 | $17M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1702 N 2nd St Llc | 1 | 1 | $453K | phila.gov ↗ |
| Pesce Family Irrevocble Trust | 1 | 1 | $453K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 211 Johnson Avenue Llc | 1 | 1 | $664K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 13 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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1700 N 2ND ST | Investor / LLC | $391K | 8/2 | 2,196 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 1701 N 2ND ST Torn down & rebuiltdemolished in 2019 and rebuilt (2023). | Investor / LLC | $17M | —/— | 61,584 | 2019 | 3 | abated |
| 1702 N 2ND ST HistoryL&I violation (2013). | Investor / LLC | $453K | 3/2 | 2,169 | 1915 | 0 | rentedtax lien |
| 1704 N 2ND ST ImprovedBought for $397K in 2018. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2008. | Investor / LLC | $453K | 2/2 | 2,102 | 1963 | 2 | rented |
| 1706 N 2ND ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2021 permit, sold for $1.6M in 2016. | Investor / LLC | $664K | —/— | 15,264 | 2007 | 1 | |
| 1719 N 2ND ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2007 permit, sold for $10K in 2004. | Absentee individual | $202K | —/— | 1,680 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 1720 N 2ND ST Torn down & rebuiltdemolished in 2020 and rebuilt (2020). | Owner-occupied | $5.8M | —/— | 32,000 | 2021 | 0 | rentedabated |
| 1721-23 N 2ND ST ImprovedBought for $98K in 1999. Owner pulled a use permit in 2017. | Absentee individual | $450K | —/— | 6,000 | 1900 | 1 | |
| 1730-38 N 2ND ST New constructionBought for $10K in 2000, built new under a 2021 permit, sold for $12K in 2001. | Vacant | $248K | —/— | — | — | 2 | |
| 1733-41 N 2ND ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2020 permit (tax-abated). | Investor / LLC | $2.2M | —/— | 36,000 | 2024 | 0 | abated2 viol |
| 1740-54 N 2ND ST Historysold $213K (2001); 2 L&I violations (2007); 3 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTURE (2022). | Investor / LLC | $1.4M | —/— | 17,790 | 1935 | 1 | |
| 1743 N 2ND ST TradedTraded 2×: $400K in 2021 → $605K in 2021 (+51%). | Vacant | $28K | —/— | — | — | 2 | |
| 1745-53 N 2ND ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2008. | Owner-occupied | $700K | —/— | 4,967 | 1900 | 0 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)