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2420 Nicholas St

Vacant lot · Philadelphia Housing Auth · fully tax-exempt (2026 OPA). On the 2400 block of Nicholas St.

Property summary

Assessment$70,7002026 OPA assessment · 2027: $68,000 Last sale—No sale value available Est. tax bill$0/year2026 OPA · full assessment exemption shown Tax delinquencyNo 2022 matchNot proof account is current Permits0Every fetched City permit Violations0 open10 historical across 5 cases

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Estimated annual Real Estate Tax$0/year

2026 taxable assessment $0 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.

OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $68,000; it is not the 2026 billed-year value.

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OPA 291248800
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Exemption classificationFull assessment exemption shown

2026 OPA shows a zero or de minimis taxable assessment. The open assessment split does not establish the exemption's legal basis, continuing eligibility, or treatment after a transfer.

Historical delinquency sources Record found

This parcel did not match the June 2022 delinquency snapshot. That absence does not confirm the account is current today.

A separate historical parcel ledger ending in 2016 records $14,581.16 and a lien entry. It is shown as historical context only.

1978$775.60 total · $116.01 principal · $332.37 interest · $8.12 penalty1979$456.04 total · $116.01 principal · $325.41 interest · $8.12 penalty1980$470.58 total · $120.73 principal · $331.40 interest · $8.45 penalty1981$505.55 total · $131.97 principal · $354.34 interest · $9.24 penalty1982$497.63 total · $131.97 principal · $346.42 interest · $9.24 penalty1983$549.87 total · $148.52 principal · $380.95 interest · $10.40 penalty1984$589.33 total · $162.05 principal · $405.94 interest · $11.34 penalty1985$611.60 total · $171.15 principal · $418.47 interest · $11.98 penalty1986$114.00 total · $30.10 principal · $71.79 interest · $2.11 penalty1987$108.93 total · $29.14 principal · $67.75 interest · $2.04 penalty1988$101.75 total · $27.51 principal · $62.31 interest · $1.93 penalty1989$99.47 total · $27.32 principal · $60.24 interest · $1.91 penalty1990$257.16 total · $72.35 principal · $155.19 interest · $5.06 penalty1991$925.97 total · $273.71 principal · $570.69 interest · $19.16 penalty1992$769.50 total · $228.09 principal · $461.88 interest · $15.97 penalty1993$755.00 total · $228.09 principal · $448.20 interest · $15.97 penalty1994$644.62 total · $197.69 principal · $376.60 interest · $13.84 penalty1995$631.98 total · $197.67 principal · $364.70 interest · $13.84 penalty1996$619.41 total · $197.67 principal · $352.84 interest · $13.84 penalty1997$606.84 total · $197.67 principal · $340.98 interest · $13.84 penalty1998$587.98 total · $197.67 principal · $323.19 interest · $13.84 penalty1999$569.12 total · $197.67 principal · $305.40 interest · $13.84 penalty2000$550.27 total · $197.67 principal · $287.61 interest · $13.84 penalty2001$99.69 total · $30.41 principal · $41.51 interest · $2.13 penalty2002$96.79 total · $30.41 principal · $38.77 interest · $2.13 penalty2003$93.89 total · $30.41 principal · $36.04 interest · $2.13 penalty2004$90.99 total · $30.41 principal · $33.30 interest · $2.13 penalty2005$88.09 total · $30.41 principal · $30.56 interest · $2.13 penalty2006$85.19 total · $30.41 principal · $27.83 interest · $2.13 penalty2007$82.29 total · $30.41 principal · $25.09 interest · $2.13 penalty2008$85.19 total · $33.45 principal · $24.58 interest · $2.34 penalty2009$408.20 total · $212.88 principal · $137.31 interest · $14.90 penalty2010$387.89 total · $212.88 principal · $118.15 interest · $14.90 penalty2011$401.88 total · $233.96 principal · $108.79 interest · $16.38 penalty2012$393.36 total · $242.97 principal · $91.11 interest · $17.01 penalty2013$382.72 total · $251.70 principal · $71.74 interest · $17.62 penalty2014$86.79 total · $64.72 principal · $12.63 interest · $4.53 penalty

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History

Why it matters

2 L&I violations (2011); 2 L&I violations (2013); 2 L&I violations (2014); 2 L&I violations (2016).

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The property record, over time

Every dated deed, permit, inspection, license, violation, certification, and appeal is placed on the City’s annual assessment line. Select a point to read what happened; the line is an assessment history—not a sale-price chart or appraisal. OPA has also published a 2027 assessment of $68,000; it is not yet the billed-year tax basis.

Assessment history · all dated City records marked on the line

$0$50K$100K2016 OPA assessment: $4K2017 OPA assessment: $11K2018 OPA assessment: $11K2019 OPA assessment: $11K2020 OPA assessment: $11K2021 OPA assessment: $11K2022 OPA assessment: $11K2023 OPA assessment: $31K2024 OPA assessment: $31K2025 OPA assessment: $71K2026 OPA assessment: $71K2027 OPA assessment: $68K2008 — 2008-03-26: VACANT LOT KEEP CLEAN GET LIC · 2008-03-26: CLIP VIOLATION NOTICE2011 — 2011-10-21: CLIP VIOLATION NOTICE · 2011-10-21: VACANT LOT STANDARD2013 — 2013-05-22: CLIP VIOLATION NOTICE · 2013-05-22: EXT A-VACANT LOT CLEAN/MAINTAI2014 — 2014-09-12: EXT A-VACANT LOT CLEAN/MAINTAI · 2014-09-12: CLIP VIOLATION NOTICE2016 — 2016-03-21: CLIP VIOLATION NOTICE · 2016-03-21: EXT A-VACANT LOT CLEAN/MAINTAI$68K200820122016202020242027
This propertyL&I violation
2016-03-21: CLIP VIOLATION NOTICE
Every dated record10 events · scroll to browse
  1. L&I violationCLIP VIOLATION NOTICE
  2. L&I violationEXT A-VACANT LOT CLEAN/MAINTAI
  3. L&I violationEXT A-VACANT LOT CLEAN/MAINTAI
  4. L&I violationCLIP VIOLATION NOTICE
  5. L&I violationCLIP VIOLATION NOTICE
  6. L&I violationEXT A-VACANT LOT CLEAN/MAINTAI
  7. L&I violationCLIP VIOLATION NOTICE
  8. L&I violationVACANT LOT STANDARD
  9. L&I violationVACANT LOT KEEP CLEAN GET LIC
  10. L&I violationCLIP VIOLATION NOTICE
Not a houseProperty report

This is a vacant lot, not a home, and OPA shows a full or near-full assessment exemption whose basis must be verified. A $0 assessment-based tax estimate does not prove the live Tax Center account has no prior-period balance or other charges. Homeowner investment tools are hidden; the assembled public-source record remains below.

historical lien entry · through 2016

What it is
Vacant lot
Vacant Land Reside < Acre
Owner
Philadelphia Housing Auth
Public / institutional
OPA tax treatment
Full assessment exemption shown
2026 OPA taxable assessment $0 · basis and live balance require separate verification
Assessed value
$70,700
2026 OPA · 2027: $68,000
Lot size
884 sqft
Zoning
RM1

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Browse 10 dated records deeds, permits, inspections, licenses, violations, certifications & appeals
  1. ViolationCLIP VIOLATION NOTICE

    Case 524622 · Violation 3874699 · COMPLIED

    City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  2. ViolationEXT A-VACANT LOT CLEAN/MAINTAI

    Case 524622 · Violation 3874700 · COMPLIED

    City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  3. ViolationEXT A-VACANT LOT CLEAN/MAINTAI

    Case 452371 · Violation 3325514 · COMPLIED

    City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  4. ViolationCLIP VIOLATION NOTICE

    Case 452371 · Violation 3325513 · COMPLIED

    City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  5. ViolationCLIP VIOLATION NOTICE

    Case 382200 · Violation 3106472 · COMPLIED

    City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  6. ViolationEXT A-VACANT LOT CLEAN/MAINTAI

    Case 382200 · Violation 3106473 · COMPLIED

    City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  7. ViolationCLIP VIOLATION NOTICE

    Case 302929 · Violation 2253618 · RESOLVE

  8. ViolationVACANT LOT STANDARD

    Case 302929 · Violation 2253619 · RESOLVE

  9. ViolationVACANT LOT KEEP CLEAN GET LIC

    Case 152672 · Violation 887160 · COMPLIED

    City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  10. ViolationCLIP VIOLATION NOTICE

    Case 152672 · Violation 887159 · COMPLIED

    City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

What this record suggests

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Block context

2420 Nicholas St sits on the 2400 block of Nicholas St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 10, 2026, 1:58 AM ET. Available City datasets are queried from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and the cited City ArcGIS feeds; record queries paginate rather than silently taking a first page. For this property: Permits: queried · Violations: queried · Investigations: queried · Appeals: queried · Licenses: queried · Building certifications: queried. “Unavailable” means the source query failed or was not supplied, not “no record.” Reports re-pull on view after seven days and on an overnight rolling schedule; citywide benchmarks recompute weekly. Source dates still govern: the parcel-level tax-delinquency snapshot is June 2022 and the separate detailed tax ledger ends in 2016, so neither establishes today’s balance. The live balance and date-effective payoff must be verified in Tax Center. AI-written passages are grounded in the assembled record and rejected if they state a number the record does not hold.

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