{"asOf":"2026-07-29T06:51:04.670Z","block":"2400-2499 N 2ND ST","blockUrl":"https://philadelphia.blockreport.homes/block/2400-2499-n-2nd-st","address":"2414 N 2ND ST","parcelNumber":"882020070","source":"https://property.phila.gov/?p=882020070","ownerType":"absentee","kind":"commercial","isHouse":false,"home":false,"commercial":true,"residential":false,"taxExempt":false,"institutional":false,"buildingCode":"PB0","buildingCodeNew":"271","buildingClass":"AUTO REPAIR SHOP MASONRY","buildingClassNew":"MINI WAREHOUSE","useLabel":"Store","owner":"GREENWALD JOHN J","coOwner":"ORSINI MARGARET","marketValue":50000,"landAssessment":10000,"improvementAssessment":40000,"livableArea":600,"yearBuilt":1915,"lastSale":{"price":1,"date":"2002-03-23T05:00:00Z"},"openViolations":0,"violations":[{"number":"4145245","date":"2016-11-15","code":"PM15-304.1H","title":"EXTERIOR STRUCT UNSAFE COND 8","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null},{"number":"4145244","date":"2016-11-15","code":"PM15-108.1","title":"UNSAFE STRUCTURE","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null}],"violationCases":[{"number":"563560","type":"UNSAFE","priority":"UNSAFE","responsibility":"CSU","status":"CLOSED","createdDate":"2016-11-15","completedDate":"2017-02-09","violations":[{"number":"4145245","date":"2016-11-15","code":"PM15-304.1H","title":"EXTERIOR STRUCT UNSAFE COND 8","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null},{"number":"4145244","date":"2016-11-15","code":"PM15-108.1","title":"UNSAFE STRUCTURE","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null}]}],"violYears":[{"y":2016,"n":2,"worst":"EXTERIOR STRUCT UNSAFE COND 8"}],"investigations":[{"caseNumber":"563560","date":"2016-11-14","type":"CSUINITIAL","status":"FAILED"},{"caseNumber":"563560","date":"2017-02-09","type":"CSUINITIAL","status":"PASSED"}],"inspYears":[{"y":2016,"fails":1,"passes":0},{"y":2017,"fails":0,"passes":1}],"taxOwed":0,"taxSnapshot":{"available":true,"asOf":"2022-06","matched":false},"taxDelinquencySnapshotAsOf":"2022-06","taxDelinquencySnapshotAvailable":true,"lat":39.98725270869325,"lng":-75.13599462707666,"geom":{"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[-75.13585788,39.987258913],[-75.135867942,39.987213119],[-75.136130845,39.987246172],[-75.1361214,39.987292269],[-75.13585788,39.987258913]]]},"liDistrict":"CENTRAL EAST","certifications":[],"cityRecordAvailability":{"violations":true,"investigations":true,"appeals":true,"certifications":true,"permits":true,"licenses":true},"zip":"19133","beds":null,"baths":null,"stories":1,"lotArea":1229,"zoning":"RM1","grade":"C-","basement":null,"heater":null,"centralAir":null,"extCond":"5","intCond":"5","garage":null,"homestead":false,"mail":"2416 N 2ND ST, PHILADELPHIA PA, 19133","mailOut":false,"appeals":[],"taxYears":[],"taxNet":0,"taxLien":false,"taxLedgerThrough":2016,"taxLedgerAvailable":true,"timesSold":0,"abated":false,"assessmentExemption":false,"exemptionBasisVerified":false,"valueSeries":[{"y":2016,"v":4500,"taxable":4500,"land":4500,"improvement":0,"taxableLand":4500,"taxableImprovement":0,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2017,"v":4500,"taxable":4500,"land":4500,"improvement":0,"taxableLand":4500,"taxableImprovement":0,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2018,"v":34100,"taxable":34100,"land":34100,"improvement":0,"taxableLand":34100,"taxableImprovement":0,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2019,"v":60780,"taxable":60780,"land":33900,"improvement":26880,"taxableLand":33900,"taxableImprovement":26880,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2020,"v":60800,"taxable":60800,"land":33911,"improvement":26889,"taxableLand":33911,"taxableImprovement":26889,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2021,"v":60800,"taxable":60800,"land":33911,"improvement":26889,"taxableLand":33911,"taxableImprovement":26889,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2022,"v":60800,"taxable":60800,"land":33911,"improvement":26889,"taxableLand":33911,"taxableImprovement":26889,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2023,"v":60800,"taxable":60800,"land":42560,"improvement":18240,"taxableLand":42560,"taxableImprovement":18240,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2024,"v":60800,"taxable":60800,"land":42560,"improvement":18240,"taxableLand":42560,"taxableImprovement":18240,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2025,"v":60300,"taxable":60300,"land":42210,"improvement":18090,"taxableLand":42210,"taxableImprovement":18090,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2026,"v":60300,"taxable":60300,"land":42210,"improvement":18090,"taxableLand":42210,"taxableImprovement":18090,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2027,"v":50000,"taxable":50000,"land":10000,"improvement":40000,"taxableLand":10000,"taxableImprovement":40000,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0}],"taxNow":844,"familyHeld":true,"lastTransferNominal":true,"permits":[{"number":"744346","date":"2016-12-16","work":"Major alteration","type":"BP_ALTER","description":"ALTERATION PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2017-02-09","scope":"REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF DAMAGED SHEATHING,. REPLACEMENT OF ONE(1) DAMAGED ROOF RAFTER TO COMPLY UNSAFE CASE."}],"storyTag":"Improved","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2016,"k":"viol","w":"2 L&I violations incl EXTERIOR STRUCT UNSAFE COND 8"},{"y":2016,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed"},{"y":2016,"k":"permit","w":"Major alteration"},{"y":2017,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection passed"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[],"licenseActivity":[],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-28","signals":[],"legalChecks":[{"id":"violations","level":"attention","title":"An unsafe-building history still deserves the repair file","finding":"The fetched record shows 0 open and 2 historical violations across 1 case.","why":"The aggregate currently shows zero open violations, so a historical unsafe/imminently-dangerous row is not a current hazard finding. The repair or demolition permit, final inspection, and case closure are the evidence that resolves the former designation.","action":"Review the Make Safe/repair permit, final inspection, and case closure.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections/violation-and-order-types/"},{"id":"investigations","level":"verify","title":"Failed inspections are dated events—not the current condition","finding":"1 failed, 1 passed, and 0 CLOSED investigation outcomes are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was PASSED on Feb 9, 2017.","why":"A PASSED or FAILED value applies to that inspection visit. CLOSED is a separate source status; none of the three alone proves the parent permit or violation case closed—or describes today’s condition.","action":"Open the parent case/permit for each material failure and confirm its later disposition.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections-by-permit-type/"},{"id":"deed-chain","level":"verify","title":"The latest nominal transfer is not a market sale—or a title opinion","finding":"The latest deed in the assembled record moved for nominal consideration and appears related-party/family-held.","why":"A $1 or nominal deed can be a valid family, estate, or entity transfer. It does not establish a sale price, clear title, or by itself prove a tangled title.","action":"Read the recorded deed and have the title search confirm every grantor, grantee, estate/probate step, lien, and authority to sell.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/property-lots-housing/get-a-copy-of-a-deed-or-other-recorded-document/"},{"id":"commercial-trash","level":"verify","title":"A separate Commercial Trash account may apply","finding":"OPA classifies the parcel as commercial. BlockReport does not receive a current Commercial Trash account balance.","why":"Philadelphia charges qualifying small commercial, mixed-use, and multi-unit properties that use City collection; exemptions and private collection can change applicability. A use category alone does not prove a fee is due.","action":"Check the Commercial Trash account inside the date-effective Property Payoff.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/2026-06-09-pay-your-trash-fee-bill-by-june-30/"}],"closingChecks":[{"title":"Property Sales Certification","body":"The seller must obtain Philadelphia’s certificate showing the base zoning, last use in the zoning record, and open violations. The City warns that it does not prove Building Code occupancy or show zoning overlays.","action":"Obtain the fresh certificate and compare it with the CO, permits, and Atlas overlays.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/permits-violations-licenses/get-a-certificate/get-a-property-sales-certification/"},{"title":"Date-effective City Property Payoff","body":"The Tax Center Property Payoff covers Real Estate Tax, Commercial Trash, and L&I abatement-work invoices. Philadelphia says it does not include business-tax debts or liens, water and sewer charges, or fines for code violations.","action":"Request the City statement effective through settlement; read every period and invoice.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/guides/philadelphia-tax-center/what-to-do/"},{"title":"Professional title and water-lien searches","body":"OPA ownership, deed summaries, and a zero tax balance are not clear title. Mortgages, judgments, municipal claims, water liens, easements, heirs, and other encumbrances require separate searches.","action":"Use a Pennsylvania lawyer/title company and obtain owner’s title insurance; order the separate water search/payoff.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/2026-04-07-why-title-insurance-is-your-best-friend-when-buying-a-home-in-philadelphia/","secondaryUrl":"https://www.phila.gov/services/water-gas-utilities/pay-or-dispute-a-water-bill/resolve-water-liens-judgments/"}]}