Neighborhood File · The Public Record
Sheriff-sale activityPhiladelphia
East Kensington
East Kensington: 381 permits, $42.34M in deals, 6 sheriff-sale flags in the last 12 months.
Owed to the city $1,825,807 across 202 delinquent parcels
The numbers · last 12 months
- Permits
- 381
- New units
- 109
- New licenses
- 19
- Median sale
- $450K
- Deal $ volume
- $42.34M
- Violations
- 481
- Tax-delinquent
- 202
Permit & deal figures cover the last 12 months; violations and tax delinquencies are the current standing. Same definitions the metro map shades by.
Notable transfers
12 entries
The biggest recorded deeds on the public record here, largest first.
Recent permits
12 entries
Newest building permits — new construction, additions and alterations.
- Issued Oct 27, 2026
Addition and/or Alterations · Mechanical / Fuel Gas Permit for combo RP-2026-011291
- Issued Oct 26, 2026
Alterations · - Approved plumbing work associated with an (Addition or Alteration) per EZ Permit Standard for Plumbing.
- Issued Oct 26, 2026
New Construction · TO INSTALL NEW FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM COMPLYING WITH NFPA 13 THROUGHOUT THE FIRST FLOOR COMMERCIAL SPACE AND NFPA 13R THROUGHOUT THE RESIDENTIAL PORTION OF THE BUILDING TO INCLUDE 2" MAIN FIRE SERVICE LINE WITH 2" WILKINS 950XLT2 BACKFLOW PREVENTION ASSEMBLY. ALL WORK TO BE DONE PER APPROVED PLANS. IF FIELD CONDITIONS VARY CONTACT DESIGN ENGINEER PRIOR TO THE START OF ANY WORK. FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM TO BE INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH NFPA 13/13R STANDARD.
- Issued Oct 23, 2026
New Construction · Mechanical / Fuel Gas Permit for combo RP-2026-000908
- Issued Oct 23, 2026
New construction, addition, GFA change · For the erection of an addition with third floor setback above an existing attached structure. Size and location as shown in plan.
- Issued Oct 23, 2026
Alterations · - Approved plumbing repair work per EZ Permit Standard for plumbing. SEAL LATERAL FOR DEMO.
- Issued Oct 22, 2026
Addition and/or Alterations · EZ KITCHEN FIRE SUPPRESSION- For the installation of New Wet Chemical Kitchen Fire Suppression System as per attached standard. Deviations from these standards require submission of construction and site plans. To install a wet chemical kitchen fire suppression system for a 10'-0" hood system.
- Issued Oct 21, 2026
New Construction or Additions · Plumbing Permit (Exterior Building Drainage) for combo RP-2026-005600
- Issued Oct 21, 2026
Addition and/or Alteration · FOR INTERIOR ALTERATIONS TO AN EXISTING SINGLE-FAMILY STRUCTURE AS PER APPROVED PLAN. *SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING, AND MECHANICAL WORK*
- Issued Oct 21, 2026
New Construction or Additions · Plumbing Permit (Water Distribution) for combo RP-2026-005600
- Issued Oct 20, 2026
Addition and/or Alteration · Installation of receptacles , switches, light fixtures, wiring as per NEC code on existing 100amps
- Issued Oct 20, 2026
Make Safe Permit For RP · FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE DAMAGED PORTION OF THE FRONT WALL, THE REPLACEMENT OF DAMAGED LINTELS, THE REPLACEMENT OF DAMAGED JOISTS, AND THE SISTERING OF DAMAGED JOISTS TO RESOLVE CF-2021-077834. ALL WORK TO BE DONE PER APPROVED PLANS AND ENGINEERING INSPECTION LETTER. IF FIELD CONDITIONS VARY CONTACT DESIGN ENGINEER PRIOR TO THE START OF ANY WORK. A SEPARATE PERMIT IS REQUIRED FOR ANY ADDITIONAL ALTERATIONS THAT ARE NOT SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSED ON CF-2021-077834. "IN ACCORDANCE WITH CODE BULLETIN
New business licenses
12 entries
The newest businesses licensed to operate on this ground.
- Issued Oct 23, 2026
TRIANGLE FLATS LLC
Vacant Residential Property / Lot · 2231 N Front St
- Issued Oct 6, 2026
Suong Thi-Ngoc Nguyen
Vacant Residential Property / Lot · 2082 E Cumberland St
- Issued Sep 18, 2026
D & T PROPERTIES INC
Vacant Residential Property / Lot · 2114 E Lehigh Ave
- Issued Aug 14, 2026
Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing
Vacant Residential Property / Lot · 2660 Emerald St
- Issued Aug 5, 2026
Coral Mini Market II Inc
Food Preparing and Serving · 2036 E York St
- Issued Jul 15, 2026
PK Philly LLC
Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS) · 2113-15 E York St
- Issued Jun 22, 2026
LITTLE DISCIPLES ACADEMY LLC
Food Preparing and Serving · 2003 N Front St
- Issued Jun 22, 2026
JAMES SWANSON c/o Carrington Mortgage Seervices
Vacant Residential Property / Lot · 1841 E Hazzard St
- Issued Jun 2, 2026
Rita Chidinma Okafor
Limited Lodging Operator · 2334 Emerald St
- Issued May 23, 2026
SECURITY NATIONAL SERVICING CORP
Vacant Residential Property / Lot · 2617 Martha St
- Issued May 13, 2026
Ava Farm
Food Preparing and Serving · 2343 N Front St
- Issued Apr 29, 2026
Dice on Dauphin, LLC (Bar ILU)
Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS) · 2118-20 E Dauphin St
On the record — distress
The signals that matter for diligence — back taxes, sheriff-sale filings, and open code violations tied to parcels in East Kensington.
Tax-delinquent parcels
$1,825,807 owed
- Sheriff sale7 yrs owed
$43,484
- Sheriff sale16 yrs owed
$33,203
- Sheriff sale19 yrs owed
$19,531
- Sheriff sale7 yrs owed
$9,393
- Sheriff sale27 yrs owed
$5,608
- Sheriff sale7 yrs owed
$3,530
- 12 yrs owed
$98,459
- 2 yrs owed
$64,263
- 1 yr owed
$63,502
- 2 yrs owed
$63,471
- 8 yrs owed
$30,999
- 7 yrs owed
$30,666
Code violations & unsafe structures
- Unsafe Oct 7, 2026ACTIVE
Unsafe structure designation
- Unsafe Jul 28, 2026ACTIVE
Unsafe structure designation
- Unsafe Mar 14, 2026ACTIVE
Unsafe structure designation
- Unsafe Jan 30, 2026ACTIVE
Unsafe structure designation
- Unsafe Jan 29, 2026ACTIVE
Unsafe structure designation
- Unsafe Jan 29, 2026ACTIVE
Unsafe structure designation
- Unsafe Jan 22, 2026ACTIVE
Unsafe structure designation
- Unsafe Nov 4, 2025ACTIVE
Unsafe structure designation
- Unsafe Oct 9, 2025ACTIVE
Unsafe structure designation
- Unsafe Aug 5, 2025ACTIVE
Unsafe structure designation
- Unsafe May 16, 2025ACTIVE
Unsafe structure designation
- Unsafe Jan 8, 2025ACTIVE
Unsafe structure designation
Get the weekly pulse for East Kensington
Every deal, permit, and filing on this ground — one email a week, before the neighbors know.
Sources: Phila. Dept. of Records (deeds), L&I (permits, licenses & violations), Dept. of Revenue (tax delinquencies), tagged to neighborhoods by point-in-polygon in our weekly ingest. Neighborhood boundaries from the Azavea / OpenDataPhilly Philadelphia neighborhoods dataset. Verify independently before relying on any figure.
Last generated November 3, 2026.