The Block Report

Mixed-use property report

1542 S 6th St

2,158 sqftCMX1built 1915

Property at a glanceApartment building

Individual owner on record

2026 assessment
$252K OPA value, not a listing price
2027 published assessment
$270K Future roll, not the current tax bill
Neighborhood area
Queen Village · East Passyunk Approximate · based on ZIP 19147
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Assessment and City record timeline

The line tracks this property’s published City assessment. Markers show deeds, permits, inspections, licenses, violations, certifications, and appeals on their recorded dates. Select one to read the filing.

Assessments are tax-roll values, not sale prices or appraisals. OPA has published a 2027 assessment of $269,700. It is not yet the billed-year tax basis.

$0$250K$500K$270K2004200820122016202020242027
Property assessmentAssessmentL&I violationInspectionLicense

Scroll horizontally to move through the years. Each icon sits on its recorded date; records without a day are labeled and centered within their year. Select one to explain the filing.

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Every dated record10 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. LicenseSOK PHAN (VAR THY): Food Preparing and Serving business license marked closed
  2. InspectionCEASE INSP (likely: cease-operations compliance inspection)
  3. L&I violationCAL PROHIBITED CONDUCT
  4. L&I violationRENEW LIC INDICATED
  5. InspectionBC INSP (likely: building-code inspection)
  6. InspectionBC INSP (likely: building-code inspection)
  7. InspectionBC INSP (likely: building-code inspection)
  8. L&I violationOBTAIN LIC INDICATED (Obtain the license identified in the notice)
  9. InspectionBC INSP (likely: building-code inspection)
  10. LicenseSOK PHAN (VAR THY): Food Preparing and Serving business license initially issued

Verify the public record

$2,352/year estimated property tax

2026 taxable assessment $168,000 × 1.3998%. This is an estimate, not a bill or account balance. The City maintains payments, credits, interest, and the current amount due.

OPA has published a 2027 assessment of $269,700. It is not the 2026 billed-year value.

Current City balanceCheck Tax Center

Payments, credits, interest, and the current amount due are maintained by the City.

OPA 871501460
Open Philadelphia Tax Center →Use “View period balance” to inspect each tax year.
Exemption classificationPartial assessment exemption, basis unverified

2026 OPA taxes $168,000 of $251,800 assessed. The assessment fields alone do not identify a program, approval date, expiration, or buyer eligibility.

Historical delinquency sources Record found

$6,916.33 was recorded for this parcel in Philadelphia's June 2022 delinquency snapshot for 2019–2021. That amount may have been paid, reduced, or increased since; it is not a current payoff figure.

$4,524.48 principal$1,042.26 interest$524.24 penalty$825.35 other charges
3years recorded 2019–2021tax periods 2020-05-29last payment in snapshot Noactionable flag Yespayment agreement Nobankruptcy flag Noassessment appeal

The snapshot’s 2022 context used $240,200 total assessment, $168,000 taxable, and $72,200 exempt/abated. Those historical fields can differ from today’s OPA exemption status.

A separate historical parcel ledger ending in 2016 records $5,076.62 and a lien entry. It is shown as historical context only.

2015$2,046.39 total · $1,436.97 principal · $231.27 interest · $175.61 penalty2016$3,030.23 total · $2,704.41 principal · $40.56 interest · $27.04 penalty

For a purchase, refinance, or closing, request the City’s official Property Payoff statement in Tax Center under “More options.”

Property report

Mixed-use property

Apartment building, recorded in the City's mixed-use category. The public record and owner trail follow.

$7K · Jun 2022 delinquency snapshot Historical lien entry · through 2016

What it is
Apartment building Str/Off+Apt 3 Sty Masonry
Owner
Individual owner on record Individual name redacted
$ / sq ft
$125 assessed value ÷ interior sqft
Interior area
2,158 sqft
Lot size
1,116 sqft
Built
1915
Zoning
CMX1

Block context

1500 block of S 6th St. Compare parcels, ownership, and public-record history.

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Business licenses at this address Latest pull

What L&I has registered at this OPA parcel, newest initial license date first.

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SOK PHAN (VAR THY)Closed

Food Preparing and Serving · Initial issue date Jun 5, 2004 · Terminal license date Apr 30, 2014

A license is an L&I registration, not proof that a business is open, operating today, or located at this storefront. Dates are license dates. Events are deduped by parcel, business identity, and license type, so a renewal is not shown as another opening. Other permit and filing types remain in the full source ledger.

Open every source row 10 dated rows
  1. License terminal eventSOK PHAN (VAR THY): Food Preparing and Serving business license marked closed

    License 204621 · Closed

    License event. Registration does not prove present operation or storefront occupancy.

  2. InvestigationCEASE INSP (likely: cease-operations compliance inspection)

    Case 216708 · PASSED

    Legacy inspection shorthand; verify whether a cease-operations order existed and its current status. The cited inspection visit was marked passed.

  3. ViolationCAL PROHIBITED CONDUCT

    Case 216708 · Violation 1486461 · Code 19-2602.4/1 · COMPLIED

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

  4. ViolationRENEW LIC INDICATED

    Case 216708 · Violation 1486462 · Code LR-1 · COMPLIED

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

  5. InvestigationBC INSP (likely: building-code inspection)

    Case 216708 · CLOSED

    Legacy inspection shorthand; confirm the inspection type and scope in the City case file. City marked the record closed; open the case for the closing reason.

  6. InvestigationBC INSP (likely: building-code inspection)

    Case 216708 · FAILED

    Legacy inspection shorthand; confirm the inspection type and scope in the City case file. The cited inspection visit was marked failed; later rows may show follow-up or resolution.

  7. InvestigationBC INSP (likely: building-code inspection)

    Case 153685 · PASSED

    Legacy inspection shorthand; confirm the inspection type and scope in the City case file. The cited inspection visit was marked passed.

  8. ViolationOBTAIN LIC INDICATED (Obtain the license identified in the notice)

    Case 153685 · Violation 894712 · Code LO-1 · COMPLIED

    The shorthand does not identify the license type; open the case notice for that detail. City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  9. InvestigationBC INSP (likely: building-code inspection)

    Case 153685 · FAILED

    Legacy inspection shorthand; confirm the inspection type and scope in the City case file. The cited inspection visit was marked failed; later rows may show follow-up or resolution.

  10. License issue eventSOK PHAN (VAR THY): Food Preparing and Serving business license initially issued

    License 204621 · Closed

    License event. Registration does not prove present operation or storefront occupancy.

Where this comes from
Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 27, 2026, 11:51 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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