Restaurant space for lease in the Bronx

Every restaurant space for lease on Leasemark across the 3 Bronx neighborhoods we cover (South Bronx, Hunts Point and Fordham), plus the tenants and buyers looking there right now.

Retail stock
6.2M SF
Retail properties
1,255
Largest retail
2501 Grand Concourse
Commercial properties
2,567

Building figures are existing stock from NYC PLUTO 26v2 tax lot records, not space on the market, summed across the 3 Bronx neighborhoods Leasemark covers. By neighborhood below.

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NYC storefront registry

Storefronts in the Bronx: how many stand empty

Every ground- and second-floor storefront owners registered in the Bronx for the end of 2024, and how many stood vacant: where retail and restaurant tenants have the most choice, by street and neighborhood.

Registered storefronts
8,050
Vacant on Dec 31, 2024
536
Vacancy rate
6.7%
NYC 8.7%
A year earlier
6.3%
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Vacancy rate by year

  1. December 20197.4%
    778 of 10,474 storefronts
  2. December 20207.0%
    736 of 10,569 storefronts
  3. December 20216.2%
    529 of 8,467 storefronts
  4. December 20226.4%
    546 of 8,541 storefronts
  5. December 20236.3%
    511 of 8,104 storefronts
  6. December 20246.7%
    536 of 8,050 storefronts

Neighborhoods with the most vacant storefronts

  1. 6.7% of 1,029
  2. 11.1% of 569
  3. 8.0% of 87

Streets with the most storefronts in the Bronx

  1. White Plains Road479
    23 vacant (4.8%)
  2. East Tremont Avenue309
    15 vacant (4.9%)
  3. Westchester Avenue284
    10 vacant (3.5%)
  4. Grand Concourse265
    14 vacant (5.3%)
  5. Jerome Avenue210
    13 vacant (6.2%)
  6. Southern Boulevard193
    13 vacant (6.7%)
  7. Boston Road179
    15 vacant (8.4%)
  8. 3rd Avenue169
    19 vacant (11.2%)
  9. Webster Avenue147
    14 vacant (9.5%)
  10. East 149th Street143
    14 vacant (9.8%)

Storefront vacancy across New York City

Source: NYC Department of Finance, Storefronts Reported Vacant or Not (Local Law 157), annual filings, pulled 2026-10-01. 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 the Bronx

Where the Bronx's existing retail space stands, neighborhood by neighborhood, from the city's own property data, next to the other boroughs. Useful for choosing where to search before a single space is listed.

Manhattan
94.6M SF
62% · 13,014 properties
Brooklyn
30.3M SF
20% · 9,263 properties
Queens
21.0M SF
14% · 4,738 properties
Bronx
6.2M SF
4% · 1,255 properties

Bronx neighborhoods with the most retail space

  1. Fordham3.6M SF
    59% of the Bronx · 663 properties
  2. 37% of the Bronx · 528 properties
  3. 5% of the Bronx · 64 properties

Largest retail buildings

  1. Fordham · 4 floors · built 1930
  2. South Bronx · 3 floors · built 1937
  3. Fordham · 4 floors · built 1922
  4. South Bronx · 5 floors · built 1931
  5. South Bronx · 4 floors · built 1991
Every large commercial building by neighborhood

Source: NYC Department of City Planning, PLUTO 26v2, pulled 2026-09-30. Figures are sums of the 3 Bronx neighborhoods Leasemark covers (tax lots with commercial floor area near each neighborhood's commercial core, each lot counted once), not totals for the whole borough. Building figures are the city's floor-area estimates, not available space.

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Questions about restaurant space in the Bronx

How much does restaurant space cost in the Bronx?

Pricing depends on building class, floor, condition and lease length. Post a requirement with your budget and Leasemark will match you with spaces that fit it as they are listed.

How do I find restaurant space in the Bronx 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 the Bronx?

Owners registered 8,050 ground- and second-floor storefronts in the Bronx with the NYC Department of Finance for the end of 2024, and 536 of them (6.7%) stood vacant on December 31, 2024, against 8.7% citywide and 6.3% in the Bronx a year earlier. The streets with the most storefronts are White Plains Road (479 storefronts, 23 vacant), East Tremont Avenue (309 storefronts, 15 vacant) and Westchester Avenue (284 storefronts, 10 vacant). 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 the Bronx?

New York City's PLUTO tax lot data (26v2) records about 6.2 million square feet of retail floor area across 1,255 properties in the 3 Bronx neighborhoods Leasemark covers, 4% of the retail space in all 47 covered New York City neighborhoods. That is existing building stock in those neighborhoods, not a total for the whole borough and not space currently for lease.

Which Bronx neighborhoods have the most retail space?

By floor area in the city's tax lot data: Fordham (about 3.6 million square feet), the South Bronx (about 2.3 million square feet) and Hunts Point (about 278,000 square feet). The largest single retail building on record in the Bronx is 2501 Grand Concourse in Fordham, at about 250,000 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.