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Apartment building report

4253 Ridge Ave

3 stories · 3,126 sqft · CMX2.5 · built 1939

Apartment building · 6 units · Individual owner on record · assessed $556K (2026) · 2027 OPA assessment $596K. On the 4200 block of Ridge Ave.

Property summary

Assessment$555,5002026 OPA assessment · 2027: $596,400 Last sale$70KRecorded 2001 Est. tax bill$7,776/year2026 taxable assessment × 1.3998% Tax delinquency—Snapshot unavailable Permits1Dated events in report Violations0 openNo historical match in fetched records

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Estimated annual Real Estate Tax$7,776/year

2026 taxable assessment $555,500 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.

OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $596,400; it is not the 2026 billed-year value.

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OPA 881137423
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Exemption classificationNo exemption shown

2026 taxable assessment equals the full assessed value.

Historical delinquency sources No current conclusion

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From the public record

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 $596,400; it is not yet the billed-year tax basis.

Assessment history · all dated City records marked on the line

$0$500K$1.0M2016 OPA assessment: $233K2017 OPA assessment: $233K2018 OPA assessment: $233K2019 OPA assessment: $345K2020 OPA assessment: $345K2021 OPA assessment: $345K2022 OPA assessment: $345K2023 OPA assessment: $505K2024 OPA assessment: $505K2025 OPA assessment: $556K2026 OPA assessment: $556K2027 OPA assessment: $596K2001 — Deed / sale $70K$596K2001200620112016202120262027
This propertyDeed / sale
Deed / sale $70K
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  1. Deed / saleDeed / sale $70K
Apartment buildingBuilding report

This is a apartment building, recorded under the city's apartments category. The homeowner tools (rent estimate, homestead playbook) don't apply, so they're hidden. The full record and owner trail are below.

What it is
Apartment building
Apts 5-50 Units Masonry
Owner
Individual owner on record
Individual name redacted
OPA tax treatment
Assessed $556K
Taxable assessment on the roll
$ / sq ft
$191
above the $151 median for 3,983 apartments parcels citywide
Corridor
East Falls
city commercial corridor
Licensed units
6
active rental license
Assessed value
$555,500
2026 OPA · 2027: $596,400
Interior area
3,126 sqft
Lot size
2,549 sqft
Stories
3
Built
1939
Zoning
CMX2.5

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  1. Recorded transfer$70K transfer

    2001

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Block context

4253 Ridge Ave sits on the 4200 block of Ridge Ave. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Next door: 4251 Ridge Ave  ·  4255 Ridge Ave

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Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 10, 2026, 12:27 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. “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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