Land report

5536-40 Chestnut St

Vacant lot · Craig D Johnson · assessed $96K. On the 5500 block of Chestnut St.

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Property summary

Assessment$96KCity assessed value Last sale$400KRecorded 2007 Est. taxes$1K/yearAnnual city record Permits—Record unavailable ViolationsNone openNo open L&I cases

Vacant landLand report

An empty lot: no building, just the land and its paper trail. The homeowner tools don't apply; the deed history, owner and zoning are below, and the analyst can trace what the owner holds citywide.

What it is

Vacant lot

Non Pd Pkg Lot Commercial

Owner

Johnson Craig D

Tax standing

Assessed $96K

On the tax roll

Corridor

56th and Market

city commercial corridor

Assessed value

$96K

City market value

Lot size

6,380 sqft

Zoning

CMX2

Block context

5536-40 Chestnut St sits on the 5500 block of Chestnut St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Next door: 5532-34 Chestnut St · 5542-46 Chestnut St

Where this comes from

Assessment, spec sheet & owner — OPA Property Assessments, Office of Property Assessment
Sales & deed history — Realty Transfer Tax records, Recorder of Deeds
Permits, violations & inspections — L&I Property History · Atlas
Back taxes & liens — Real Estate Tax Balances, Dept. of Revenue
Zoning appeals — L&I & Zoning Board appeals
Neighborhood income & rents — US Census ACS 5-year estimates
Historical mortgage rates — Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey, annual averages

Methodology & freshness

City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. Dossiers re-pull automatically — on view once they're a few weeks old, plus a nightly rolling sweep — and citywide benchmarks recompute weekly. AI-written passages are generated from these records only and rejected if they state a number the record doesn't hold.

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About this data & fine print

Answers are generated by an AI agent querying City of Philadelphia open data at the moment you ask: OPA property assessments, Recorder of Deeds transfer records, L&I permits, violations & licenses, Dept. of Revenue tax balances, Zoning Board appeals, Police incident reports, Philly311 requests, and School District of Philadelphia catchment and school data.

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5536-40 Chestnut St

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