Retail space for lease in Astoria

Astoria is a strong neighborhood retail and restaurant market along Steinway Street, 30th Avenue, and Ditmars Boulevard, with film studios and industrial blocks near the waterfront and around the Steinway piano factory.

Retail stock
3.9M SF
Retail properties
1,389
Transit
N W at 30 Av

Building figures are existing stock from NYC PLUTO 26v2 tax lot records, not space on the market. More below.

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NYC Department of Finance filings

Rent collected per square foot: retail buildings in Queens

In 2024, 3,243 Queens retail properties filed income statements with the city. Their median gross income was $36.08 per square foot, and the middle half collected between $24.11 and $54.28. The typical property's income was up 1.8% on 2023. The city publishes these figures by borough, not by neighborhood, so they cover Queens as a whole.

Gross income per square foot, 2024

  • Manhattan$64.71Middle half $38.35 to $104.91 · 1,328 filings
  • Brooklyn$33.16Middle half $22.30 to $48.57 · 2,856 filings
  • Queens$36.08Middle half $24.11 to $54.28 · 3,243 filings · this page
  • Bronx$33.65Middle half $22.85 to $48.55 · 1,487 filings
  • Staten Island$29.60Middle half $19.65 to $42.13 · 715 filings

Bar: the middle half of properties. Tick: the median.

Queens retail buildings

Median gross income
$36.08/SF
Middle half
$24.11 to $54.28
Typical change on 2023
+1.78%
Citywide median
$36.07/SF
Filings
3,243

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 Astoria

How many shopfronts the city's registry counts here and how many stood empty at the end of 2025: a quick read on how much choice a retail or restaurant tenant has.

Registered storefronts
1,150
Vacant on Dec 31, 2025
87
Vacancy rate
7.6%
NYC 9.2%
A year earlier
6.2%
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Streets with the most storefronts in Astoria

  1. 25 vacant (10.5%)
  2. 12 vacant (7.5%)
  3. 8 vacant (6.2%)
  4. 8 vacant (7.5%)
  5. Ditmars Boulevard82
    7 vacant (8.5%)

Large buildings with a vacant storefront

Owners of 3 of the 6 large buildings we track in Astoria with registered storefronts reported at least one vacant on December 31, 2025, 1 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.

Large buildings in Astoria whose owners reported a storefront vacant on December 31, 2025
BuildingVacant storefrontsReported vacant
19-60 37th Street2 of 7Every year end since 2023
22-11 31st Street1 of 7End of 2025
43-02 Ditmars Boulevard1 of 17End of 2025

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NYC storefront vacancy report: every borough, neighborhood and street, by year

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. Neighborhood figures count storefronts near the neighborhood's commercial core, the same area as the building figures on this page. 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 in Astoria

What already stands here, from the city's own property data. Useful for sizing a search before a single space is listed.

Retail space
3.9M SF
Properties with retail space
1,389
All commercial space
15.5M SF
Built before 1940
65%

Largest retail buildings

  1. 3 floors · built 1926
  2. built 2022
  3. 1 floor · built 1972
  4. 35-18 Steinway Street33K SF
    1 floor · built 1984
  5. 30-33 Steinway Street29K SF
    2 floors · built 1930
All 22 large commercial buildings in Astoria

Age, height and zoning

  • Median year built: 1930.
  • Median height: 3 floors.
  • Most common zoning districts: C4-2A (569), R6A (297), R5 (293). 11% of these lots are zoned for manufacturing.
  • 3 lots are designated city landmarks.

Source: NYC Department of City Planning, PLUTO 26v2, pulled 2026-10-16. Counts cover tax lots with commercial floor area within about 0.7 mi of Astoria's commercial core, and each lot counts toward one neighborhood only, so boundaries are approximate. Building figures are the city's floor-area estimates, not available space.

MTA station data

Subway stations in Astoria

Every station within about 0.7 mi of Astoria's commercial core, closest first. Stations joined by a free transfer count once.

Stations
6
Subway lines
4
Fully accessible
1 of 6
Closest
30 Av, 4 min walk

The 6 stations

  • 30 Av4 min walk · Not accessible
  • Broadway4 min walk · Not accessible
  • Astoria Blvd10 min walk · Accessible station
  • Steinway St11 min walk · Not accessible
  • Astoria-Ditmars Blvd12 min walk · Not accessible
  • 36 Av12 min walk · Not accessible

Lines

The M, N, R and W trains stop within about 0.7 mi of Astoria's core.

Step-free access

  • Astoria Blvd (N W) is fully accessible.

Source: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, MTA Subway Stations, pulled 2026-10-16. Walking times are straight-line estimates from the nearest point of Astoria's commercial core (the same area as the building counts), so the street route is longer. Accessibility is the MTA's rating for the named station. PATH, LIRR, Metro-North and ferries are not in this data.

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Is there retail space for lease in Astoria right now?

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How much does retail space cost in Astoria?

Leasemark has no asking rents posted here yet, so here are the city's own numbers. Retail buildings in Queens collected a median $36.08 per square foot in 2024, and the middle half between $24.11 and $54.28, according to the income and expense statements owners file with the NYC Department of Finance (FY 2027 distributions, 3,243 filings). The city publishes these figures by borough, so this is Queens as a whole, not Astoria alone. That is what buildings actually collected, with vacant space, concessions and leases signed years ago in the mix, so it is a baseline rather than a quote: a specific space's price depends on the building's class, floor, condition and the length of the lease.

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How much retail space is there in Astoria?

New York City's PLUTO tax lot data (26v2) records about 3.9 million square feet of retail floor area across 1,389 properties in the part of Astoria Leasemark covers. The largest by that measure is 43-02 Ditmars Boulevard, at about 87,000 square feet. That is the existing building stock, not space currently for lease.

How many storefronts are vacant in Astoria?

Owners registered 1,150 ground- and second-floor storefronts in the part of Astoria Leasemark covers for the end of 2025, and 87 of them (7.6%) stood vacant on December 31, 2025, against 9.2% citywide and 6.2% here a year earlier. The most storefronts are on Steinway Street (237) and Broadway (161). 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 large buildings in Astoria have a vacant storefront?

Owners of 3 of the 6 large buildings Leasemark tracks in Astoria with registered storefronts reported at least one vacant on December 31, 2025, 1 of them at 3 or more year ends in a row. The most vacant: 19-60 37th Street (2 of 7 storefronts), 22-11 31st Street (1 of 7 storefronts) and 43-02 Ditmars Boulevard (1 of 17 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.

What subway lines serve Astoria?

Six subway stations sit within about 0.7 mi of Astoria's commercial core, served by the M, N, R and W trains. The closest is 30 Av (N W), roughly 4 minutes on foot; then Broadway (N W), Astoria Blvd (N W), Steinway St (M R), Astoria-Ditmars Blvd (N W) and 36 Av (N W). Walking times are straight-line estimates from MTA station data.

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