Seeking 1,800 SF Creative Loft in Chelsea, Manhattan
Posted by a tenant rep broker · Creative / Arts / Media
- Where
- Chelsea
- Size
- 1,800 to 1,800 SF
- Budget
- to $43/SF
- Move in
- Nov 2026
High ceilingsNear subway
Owners: got a fit?I have a fit
Retail space for lease in New York City
Every retail space for lease on Leasemark across Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, Staten Island and Jersey City, plus the tenants and buyers looking right now.
- Spaces
- 4
- Active requirements
- 1
- Median asking
- $159/SF/yr
- Commercial properties
- 62,230
Building figures are existing stock from NYC PLUTO 26v2 tax lot records, not space on the market, summed across the 80 NYC neighborhoods Leasemark covers. By borough and neighborhood below.
1 tenant is looking for retail space in New York City: Chelsea, 1,800 to 1,800 SF, up to $43/SF. A space listed that fits is matched with it the day it goes up.
Need a storefront in New York City? Post what you need for free: the type of space, the neighborhoods, a size range, a budget and a move-in date. You need no broker, and a tenant rep can post it for you. Owners and listing brokers see the need but not your name or company, and every space that fits reaches you with a score, including spaces listed later. Post it here: https://leasemark.co/post/requirement?type=retail&deal=lease
Have an empty storefront in New York City? Listing is free, with no fees, no commission and no exclusive, so the same space can stay on LoopNet or Crexi too. Tenants, buyers and tenant rep brokers find it on Leasemark's search and neighborhood pages, and it is matched against every active requirement the moment you post. List it free Broker with more than one space? Upload your sheet or CoStar export, up to 50 spaces a file.
Looking now · 1
Who needs retail space in New York City now
Real requirements, newest first. List a space that fits one and we ask them for the intro when you post it. Names and contact details stay private on both sides until both say yes.
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A tenant rep (creative / arts / media) wants 1,800 SF of office or retail space in Chelsea, up to $43/SF.
Available now
RetailFor lease
Available1,800SF
690 Franklin Ave
$63.33/SF/yr
RetailFor lease
Available9,470SF
27 East 61st Street
$159/SF/yr
RetailFor lease
Available400SF
201 Avenue A
$210/SF/yr
RetailFor lease
Available1,000SF
1605 McDonald Ave
$48/SF/yr
RetailExample
Available1,850SF
118 Prince St, Ground
$410/SF/yr
RetailExample
Available1,400SF
178 Bedford Ave
$175/SF/yr
RetailExample
Available2,400SF
2170 Frederick Douglass Blvd
$95/SF/yr
RetailExample
Available900SF
358 Bleecker St
$240/SF/yr
Who is looking in New York City
Tenants and buyers with active requirements. Owners: list a space and we match you automatically.
Skincare brand flagship, SoHo or Nolita
Posted by a tenant rep broker · Retail / beauty
- Where
- SoHo, NoHo +1
- Size
- 1,200 to 2,500 SF
- Budget
- to $450/SF
- Move in
- Jan 2027
Street frontageSignage rights
Owners: got a fit?I have a fit
Fitness studio, 2,000 SF with high ceilings
Posted by the tenant · Fitness
- Where
- Harlem, Williamsburg +1
- Size
- 1,800 to 3,000 SF
- Budget
- to $110/SF
- Move in
- Jan 2027
High ceilingsStreet frontage
Owners: got a fit?I have a fit
Coffee roaster cafe and roastery
Posted by the tenant · Food and beverage
- Where
- Greenpoint, Williamsburg +1
- Size
- 1,500 to 3,500 SF
- Budget
- to $90/SF
- Move in
- Feb 2027
Street frontageKitchen / vented
Owners: got a fit?I have a fit
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NYC Department of Finance filings
Rent collected per square foot: retail buildings in New York City
In 2024, 9,629 retail properties across New York City filed income statements with the city. Their median gross income was $36.07 per square foot, and the middle half collected between $23.87 and $55.67. The typical property's income was up 1.7% on 2023.
Gross income per square foot, 2024
New York City retail buildings
- Median gross income
- $36.07/SF
- Middle half
- $23.87 to $55.67
- Typical change on 2023
- +1.71%
- Filings
- 9,629
Turn a price per square foot into monthly rentWhat tenants pay on top of rent
Source: NYC Department of Finance, FY 2027 RPIE 2024 Income and Expense Distributions (FY 2027 assessment roll, published January 2026), page 16. Owners of income-producing properties file a Real Property Income and Expense statement each year; gross income is everything a property collected in 2024 per square foot, as filed, with outlier and partial-year filers left out. It includes vacant space, concessions and older leases, so it is not an asking rent.
NYC storefront registry
Storefronts in New York City: how many stand empty
Every ground- and second-floor storefront owners registered with the city for the end of 2025, and how many stood vacant: where retail and restaurant tenants have the most choice, by borough, street and neighborhood.
- Registered storefronts
- 64,175
- Vacant on Dec 31, 2025
- 5,902
- Vacancy rate
- 9.2%
- up from 8.7% a year earlier
- Manhattan rate
- 11.5%
- highest of the five boroughs
Vacancy rate by year
By borough, December 2025
| Borough | Storefronts | Vacant | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manhattan | 24,024 | 2,773 | 11.5% |
| Brooklyn | 15,691 | 1,292 | 8.2% |
| Queens | 13,755 | 1,008 | 7.3% |
| Bronx | 8,120 | 618 | 7.6% |
| Staten Island | 2,585 | 211 | 8.2% |
Streets with the most storefronts
Neighborhoods with the most vacant storefronts
Large buildings with a vacant storefront
Owners of 389 of the 1,371 large buildings we track in New York City with registered storefronts reported at least one vacant on December 31, 2025, 231 of them at 3 or more year ends in a row. Each links to the building's filings by year. Not listings: the registry records no size, rent or asking terms.
| Building | Vacant storefronts | Reported vacant |
|---|---|---|
| Moynihan Train Hall, 441 Eighth Avenue | 36 of 75 | Every year end since 2022 |
| 261 Eleventh Avenue | 25 of 28 | Every year end since 2019 |
| 100 West 33rd Street | 12 of 13 | Every year end since 2019 |
| 80-00 Cooper Avenue | 12 of 40 | Every year end since 2023 |
| 90-15 Queens Boulevard | 11 of 108 | Every year end since 2023 |
| 200 East 161st Street | 10 of 24 | Every year end since 2019 |
| 88-15 Queens Boulevard | 9 of 21 | Every year end since 2019 |
| 89-28 165th Street | 9 of 16 | Every year end since 2024 |
| 1538 Broadway | 8 of 16 | Every year end since 2021 |
| 805 Third Avenue | 8 of 18 | Every year end since 2021 |
| 875 Third Avenue | 8 of 20 | Every year end since 2022 |
| Chrysler Building, 395 Lexington Avenue | 8 of 11 | End of 2025 |
Own or represent a vacant storefront? List it free and it is matched against every retail requirement the day it goes up.
NYC storefront vacancy report: every borough, neighborhood and street, by year, with the data as a CSV
The city housing authority rents stores too: NYCHA stores for rent, with asking rents and use limits.
Source: NYC Department of Finance, Storefronts Reported Vacant or Not (Local Law 157), annual filings, pulled 2026-10-16. Owners of buildings with ground- or second-floor storefronts register each one every year with its status on December 31. A vacant storefront is not always on the market: some are being renovated, held empty or already leased to a tenant who has not moved in.
NYC tax lot records
Retail buildings across New York City
Where the city's existing retail space stands, borough by borough and neighborhood by neighborhood, from its own property data. Useful for choosing where to search before a single space is listed.
Neighborhoods with the most retail space
Largest retail buildings
Every large commercial building by neighborhoodThe other 70 neighborhoods, by retail space
- Williamsburg 4.4M SF
- Elmhurst 4.3M SF
- Long Island City 4.1M SF
- Midtown South 4.1M SF
- East New York 4.0M SF
- Astoria 3.9M SF
- Flatiron 3.7M SF
- Fordham 3.6M SF
- Jamaica 3.6M SF
- SoHo 3.6M SF
- Flatbush 3.4M SF
- Times Square 3.3M SF
- New Springville 3.2M SF
- Tribeca 3.1M SF
- Jackson Heights 2.9M SF
- Union Square 2.9M SF
- Bed-Stuy 2.9M SF
- Washington Heights 2.7M SF
- Hell's Kitchen 2.4M SF
- Co-op City 2.4M SF
- Sunset Park 2.4M SF
- NoHo 2.4M SF
- South Bronx 2.3M SF
- Borough Park 2.2M SF
- Chinatown 2.1M SF
- Glendale 2.1M SF
- Mill Basin 2.0M SF
- Bay Ridge 2.0M SF
- Ridgewood 1.9M SF
- Concourse 1.9M SF
- Chelsea 1.9M SF
- Murray Hill 1.9M SF
- Grand Central 1.8M SF
- Greenpoint 1.7M SF
- Crown Heights 1.6M SF
- Westchester Square 1.5M SF
- East Village 1.5M SF
- Greenwich Village 1.5M SF
- Sheepshead Bay 1.5M SF
- Gowanus 1.4M SF
- Meatpacking 1.4M SF
- Sunnyside 1.3M SF
- College Point 1.3M SF
- Coney Island 1.2M SF
- Lower East Side 1.2M SF
- New Dorp 1.2M SF
- West Village 1.2M SF
- Charleston 1.2M SF
- Port Richmond 1.1M SF
- Kingsbridge 1.1M SF
- Forest Hills 1.1M SF
- St. George 997K SF
- Midwood 994K SF
- Mariners Harbor 962K SF
- Tremont 822K SF
- Red Hook 812K SF
- Dumbo 809K SF
- Maspeth 788K SF
- West Farms 769K SF
- Hudson Square 766K SF
- Canarsie 718K SF
- Stapleton 711K SF
- Richmond Hill 680K SF
- Park Slope 671K SF
- Fort Greene 598K SF
- Flatlands 449K SF
- Woodside 383K SF
- Hunts Point 278K SF
- Bloomfield 263K SF
- Springfield Gardens 234K SF
Source: NYC Department of City Planning, PLUTO 26v2, pulled 2026-10-16. Figures are sums of the 80 New York City neighborhoods Leasemark covers (tax lots with commercial floor area near each neighborhood's commercial core, each lot counted once), not totals for the whole city. Building figures are the city's floor-area estimates, not available space.
Before you sign
Plain-English guides to square footage, rent and lease terms in New York, and free calculators to run your own numbers.
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Questions about retail space in New York City
Is there retail space for lease in New York City right now?
Yes. 4 spaces for lease in New York City are listed on Leasemark now: 690 Franklin Ave (1,800 SF, $63.33/SF/yr); 27 East 61st Street (9,470 SF, $159/SF/yr); 201 Avenue A (400 SF, $210/SF/yr), and 1 more. 1 tenant is looking for retail space there. On each listing page, I'm interested asks the lister for an intro, and contact details are shared once both sides accept.
How much does retail space cost in New York City?
Asking rents for retail space for lease on Leasemark in New York City currently run from $48 to $210 per square foot per year, with a median of $159. Rents depend on building class, floor, condition and lease length, so treat these as a starting point.
How do I find retail space in New York City that is not publicly listed?
Post a requirement on Leasemark. Owners and listing brokers see what you need (without your contact details) and can respond with spaces, including ones that are not on the market yet. You choose who gets an intro.
How many storefronts are vacant in New York City?
Owners registered 64,175 ground- and second-floor storefronts with the NYC Department of Finance for the end of 2025, and 5,902 of them (9.2%) stood vacant on December 31, 2025. That is up from 8.7% a year earlier and below the 11.3% of December 2020. Manhattan had the highest rate of the five boroughs (11.5%), Queens the lowest (7.3%). A vacant storefront is not always on the market: some are being renovated, held empty or already leased to a tenant who has not moved in.
Which New York City streets have the most storefronts?
In the city's storefront registry for the end of 2025: Broadway in Manhattan (1,734 storefronts, 208 vacant), Third Avenue in Manhattan (808 storefronts, 118 vacant) and Northern Boulevard in Queens (715 storefronts, 56 vacant). Counts are storefronts whose owners typed that street in the registration, so a few with misspelled addresses are missing from each.
Which large buildings in New York City have a vacant storefront?
Owners of 389 of the 1,371 large buildings Leasemark tracks in New York City with registered storefronts reported at least one vacant on December 31, 2025, 231 of them at 3 or more year ends in a row. The most vacant: Moynihan Train Hall, 441 Eighth Avenue (36 of 75 storefronts), 261 Eleventh Avenue (25 of 28 storefronts) and 100 West 33rd Street (12 of 13 storefronts). Each building's page shows its filings by year. A vacant storefront is not always on the market: some are being renovated, held empty or already leased to a tenant who has not moved in.
How much retail space is there in New York City?
New York City's PLUTO tax lot data (26v2) records about 203.7 million square feet of retail floor area across 37,254 properties in the 80 New York City neighborhoods Leasemark covers, 48% of it in Manhattan. That is existing building stock in those neighborhoods, not a total for the whole city and not space currently for lease.
Which New York City neighborhoods have the most retail space?
By floor area in the city's tax lot data: Midtown (about 16.3 million square feet), the Upper East Side (about 7.6 million square feet) and Downtown Brooklyn (about 7.3 million square feet). The largest single retail building on record is 441 Seventh Avenue in the Garment District, at about 2.2 million square feet.
Is it free to post on Leasemark?
Yes. Posting a space or a requirement is free. Contact details are only shared when both sides accept an intro.