Office building with commercial space · Garment District, Manhattan

109 West 38th Street

New York, NY 10018

109 West 38th Street is a 12-floor office building with commercial space in the Garment District, Manhattan, built in 1923, with about 49,000 square feet of office space according to city records.

Also at 107-109 West 38th Street.

Office space
49K SF
Floors
12
Year built
1923
Zoning
C5-3

Office space next to its nearest neighbors

  1. 1400 Broadway1 min walk738K SF
  2. 108 West 39th Street1 min walk105K SF
  3. 109 West 38th StreetThis building49K SF

The 144th largest of the 155 office buildings we track in the Garment District. Compare it with 6 neighbors

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Compared with its neighbors

How 109 West 38th Street compares

Next to the 6 nearest large office buildings, all within a 1 minute walk, 109 West 38th Street ranks 6th of 7 by office floor area. It went up in 1923; the median neighbor dates from 1927. Its estimated property tax, about $7.44 a square foot of floor area before abatements, is below the neighbors' median of $12.15.

109 West 38th Street and the 6 nearest large office buildings: size, floors, year built, estimated property tax per square foot
BuildingOffice spaceFloorsBuiltTax / SF
109 West 38th StreetThis building49K SF121923$7.44
108 West 39th Street1 min walk105K SF161927$8.26
1400 Broadway1 min walk738K SF351930$14.34
102 West 38th Street1 min walk35K SF91906$8.27
1384 Broadway1 min walk200K SF231928$12.91
1402 Broadway1 min walk356K SF331930$11.38
1372 Broadway1 min walk447K SF201914$14.28
The 144th largest of the 155 office buildings we track in the Garment District: see the full list

Sources: NYC Department of City Planning, PLUTO 26v2 for size, floors and year built; NYC Department of Finance 2026/27 roll for tax (taxable value times the class rate, before abatements, over the whole floor area). Large means at least 35,000 SF of the building's main use. Walking times are straight-line estimates.

NYC tax lot records

Building facts

Other address
107-109 West 38th Street
ZIP code
10018
Building type
Office building with commercial space (city class O6)
Total floor area
52,289 SF
Commercial floor area
52,289 SF
Office
48,889 SF
Retail
3,400 SF
Height
12 floors
Average floor
About 4,400 SF (floor area divided by floors)
Year built
1923
Lot area
3,950 SF
Zoning district
C5-3
Built FAR
13.24
Max commercial FAR
15
Tax lot (BBL)
1008140030

Nearest subway

  • Times Sq-42 St3 min walk · Accessible station · connects to 42 St-Port Authority Bus Terminal
  • 42 St-Bryant Pk3 min walk · Not accessible · connects to 5 Av
  • 34 St-Herald Sq4 min walk · Accessible station

Nearby large buildings

All 39 large office buildings on West 38th Street

Source: NYC Department of City Planning, PLUTO 26v2, pulled 2026-10-05; addresses from the Property Address Directory (PAD) 26b; subway stations from the MTA Subway Stations dataset, pulled 2026-10-05. Floor areas are the city's estimates for the whole building, not available space. Walking times are straight-line estimates. How we build these pages. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.

NYC storefront registry (Local Law 157)

Storefronts and vacancy

Owners registered one storefront at 109 West 38th Street for December 31, 2024, the newest annual filing the city has published, and it was not vacant that day.

Storefronts registered for December 31, 2024
1
Vacant that day
0
Share vacant across the Garment District
14.0%
Share vacant along West 38th Street
7.1%
Share vacant citywide
8.7%

Vacant on December 31, by year

  • 20190 of 1
  • 20200 of 1
  • 20210 of 1
  • 20221 of 1
  • 20230 of 1
  • 20240 of 1

Bars show the share of the lot's registered storefronts that stood vacant.

Source: NYC Department of Finance, Storefronts Reported Vacant or Not (Local Law 157), annual filings for 2019 to 2024, pulled 2026-10-08. Owners of buildings with ground- or second-floor storefronts register each one every year with its status on December 31; counts are by tax lot, as the owners filed them. The 2024 filing was due June 3, 2025, so a storefront vacant then may have been leased since. A vacant storefront is not always on the market, and none here is listed on Leasemark unless it shows above.

NYC Department of Finance records

Owner, property tax and assessed value

The Department of Finance lists 109 WEST 38TH L.L.C as the owner of record. For tax year 2026/27 the city values 109 West 38th Street at $7.97 million and assesses it at $3.59 million. After phase-ins and exemptions its taxable value is $3.59 million; at the Class 4 rate of 10.848% (tax year 2025/26, the latest rate the Department of Finance lists) that comes to about $388,917 a year before abatements, roughly $7.44 per square foot of floor area. Commercial leases here often pass a tenant's share of tax increases over a base year through as additional rent.

Owner of record
109 WEST 38TH L.L.C
Tax class
Class 4 (commercial and industrial)
City market value
$7,967,000
Land market value
$1,770,000
Assessed value
$3,585,150
Estimated yearly tax
About $388,917
Tax per SF of floor area
About $7.44

City market value by tax year

  • 2022/23$8.23 million
  • 2023/24$8.73 million
  • 2024/25$8.49 million
  • 2025/26$8.62 million
  • 2026/27$7.97 million

Market value fell 3% from 2022/23 ($8.23 million) to 2026/27.

How the Garment District compares: property tax per SF across NYC neighborhoodsEstimate this tax bill, or a tenant's share of it

Source: NYC Department of Finance, Property Valuation and Assessment Data (2026/27 roll; owner names as the roll records them, which cuts some long names short), pulled 2026-10-08; tax rate from the Department of Finance tax rates page, checked 2026-09-28. The estimate is the taxable value times the class rate. It leaves out abatements, payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreements and charges, so the actual bill can differ.

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NYC energy benchmarking (Local Law 84)

Energy score, grade and emissions

109 West 38th Street reported an ENERGY STAR score of 81 out of 100 for 2024 in its Local Law 84 benchmarking filing. Under Local Law 33 that score earns a B (70 to 84). Its site energy use came to 58.1 kBtu per square foot, 39% below the national median of 94.5 for a similar property. Its greenhouse gas emissions were about 278 metric tons of CO2e (5.31 kg per square foot).

ENERGY STAR score (2024)
81 of 100
Grade this score earns (Local Law 33)
B (70 to 84)
Property type (Portfolio Manager)
Office
Site energy use intensity
58.1 kBtu/SF
National median for the type
94.5 kBtu/SF
Greenhouse gas emissions
278 t CO2e
Emissions per SF
5.31 kg CO2e
Floor area in the filing
52,289 SF

ENERGY STAR score by year

  • 202277 (B)
  • 202347 (D)
  • 202481 (B)

Energy sources in 2024

  • Fuel oil60%
  • Electricity40%

Share of the energy used on site, as filed.

Source: NYC Department of Buildings and Mayor's Office of Climate and Environmental Justice, NYC Building Energy and Water Data Disclosure for Local Law 84 (2024 filing), pulled 2026-10-08; grade cutoffs from the Department of Buildings energy grades page. Figures are as the owner filed them in ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager. The grade is the one the filed score earns under the law's cutoffs; the Department of Buildings assigns the grade a building posts, which can differ.

Local Law 97 of 2019, estimated

Local Law 97 emissions limit

At its 2024 energy use, 109 West 38th Street comes to about 240 metric tons of CO2e a year under Local Law 97's coefficients, against a limit of 396 tons for 2024 to 2029 (61% of the limit), so it would owe no penalty. From 2030 the limit drops to 141 tons and the same energy use counts as about 189 tons, about 48 tons over, or an estimated $13,000 a year unless the building cuts its emissions.

Period
2024 to 2029
Emissions limit
396 t CO2e
Estimated emissions
240 t CO2e
Under the limit by
156 t CO2e
Estimated penalty a year
None
Period
2030 to 2034
Emissions limit
141 t CO2e
Estimated emissions
189 t CO2e
Over the limit by
48 t CO2e
Estimated penalty a year
$13,000

Estimated from the owner's 2024 Local Law 84 filing, which reports energy by source and floor area by use: Office 52,289 SF. It applies the coefficients and per-use limits in Department of Buildings rule 1 RCNY 103-14 and Administrative Code 28-320.3.1.1 (as the Department lists them) and the $268 per ton penalty, checked 2026-10-04. It is not the building's Local Law 97 report: that report can count renewable energy credits, solar and storage deductions and, for 2024 and 2025, the law's occupancy group limits where higher, and penalties can be reduced for good faith efforts.

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NYC Department of Buildings permits

Work permits and build-outs

The Department of Buildings issued no permits for new jobs at 109 West 38th Street in the 12 months to October 2026; the last one was first permitted in July 2025. In the last two years, interior work was permitted on one floor (floor 1 and the cellar). The newest build-out, on floor 1, the cellar and the open space, was first permitted in July 2025 (construction, mechanical, plumbing, sprinklers, construction fence; filed cost estimate $286,000).

New jobs, last 12 months
0
Initial permits, last 12 months
2
Newest job first permitted
July 2025
Interior build-outs, last 24 months
2
Floors with interior work, last 24 months
1, cellar

Recent build-outs

  • Floor 1, cellar, open spaceJuly 2025Construction, Mechanical, Plumbing, Sprinklers, Construction fence; est. $286,000
  • Floor 1December 2024Construction; est. $2,000

New jobs by year

  • 20210
  • 20223
  • 20230
  • 20241
  • 20251
  • 2026 to date0

Source: NYC Department of Buildings, DOB NOW: Build Approved Permits, pulled 2026-10-08 (permits issued through 2026-10-06). A job counts once, when its first permit is issued; renewals are not new work. A build-out groups jobs on the same floors first permitted within 120 days of each other. Costs are the estimates filed with the jobs. Jobs filed before DOB NOW (in the older BIS system) are not counted. A permit is approval to do the work; it does not say who the work is for or whether it is finished.

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Questions about 109 West 38th Street

How big is 109 West 38th Street?

109 West 38th Street has about 52,000 square feet of floor area in total, including 49,000 square feet of office and 3,000 square feet of retail, according to NYC PLUTO 26v2. These are the city's estimates for the whole building, not space that is available.

When was 109 West 38th Street built?

City records list 1923 as the year built. The building is 12 floors tall.

What other addresses does 109 West 38th Street have?

City records list 107-109 West 38th Street on the same tax lot (BBL 1008140030) as 109 West 38th Street. A space listed on Leasemark at any of these addresses shows up on this page.

What is the ZIP code of 109 West 38th Street?

109 West 38th Street is in ZIP code 10018, according to the city's tax lot records (NYC PLUTO 26v2) and the Department of Finance's assessment roll. The full mailing address is 109 West 38th Street, New York, NY 10018, in the Garment District.

What is the zoning at 109 West 38th Street?

The lot is in the C5-3 zoning district. PLUTO lists a built floor area ratio (FAR) of 13.24 and a maximum commercial FAR of 15 for this lot.

What subway station is closest to 109 West 38th Street?

The closest subway station to 109 West 38th Street is Times Sq-42 St (the 1, 2, 3, 7, N, Q, R, W, S, A, C and E trains, connected to 42 St-Port Authority Bus Terminal), about 700 feet away in a straight line, roughly 3 minutes on foot. The MTA lists it as an accessible station. Also nearby: 42 St-Bryant Pk (the B, D, F, M and 7 trains, connected to 5 Av), 3 min walk; 34 St-Herald Sq (the B, D, F, M, N, Q, R and W trains), 4 min walk. Walking times are straight-line estimates; the street route is longer.

Who owns 109 West 38th Street?

The NYC Department of Finance's 2026/27 assessment roll lists 109 WEST 38TH L.L.C as the owner of record of 109 West 38th Street (BBL 1008140030). Big buildings are usually held through a company set up for that one property, so the name on the roll can differ from the landlord's brand or the managing agent. Deeds and mortgages for the lot are public in ACRIS, the city's property records system.

What is the energy grade of 109 West 38th Street?

109 West 38th Street reported an ENERGY STAR score of 81 for calendar year 2024 in its Local Law 84 benchmarking filing. Under Local Law 33, as amended by Local Law 95 of 2019, a score of 85 or higher earns an A, 70 to 84 a B, 55 to 69 a C and under 55 a D, so 81 earns a B. The Department of Buildings assigns the grade a building posts, so the posted label can differ if a filing was corrected. Its site energy use came to 58.1 kBtu per square foot, 39% below the national median of 94.5 for a similar property. Its greenhouse gas emissions were about 278 metric tons of CO2e (5.31 kg per square foot).

Does 109 West 38th Street meet Local Law 97?

At its 2024 energy use, 109 West 38th Street comes to about 240 metric tons of CO2e a year under Local Law 97's coefficients, against a limit of 396 tons for 2024 to 2029 (61% of the limit), so it would owe no penalty. From 2030 the limit drops to 141 tons and the same energy use counts as about 189 tons, about 48 tons over, or an estimated $13,000 a year unless the building cuts its emissions. This is an estimate from the owner's 2024 benchmarking filing using the coefficients and per-use limits in the law and the Department of Buildings rule, at $268 per ton over. It is not the building's Local Law 97 report, which can count credits and deductions this estimate cannot.

Is there construction at 109 West 38th Street?

The Department of Buildings issued no permits for new jobs at 109 West 38th Street in the 12 months to October 2026; the last one was first permitted in July 2025. In the last two years, interior work was permitted on one floor (floor 1 and the cellar). The newest build-out, on floor 1, the cellar and the open space, was first permitted in July 2025 (construction, mechanical, plumbing, sprinklers, construction fence; filed cost estimate $286,000). These are the Department of Buildings' DOB NOW work permits for tax lot 1008140030. A permit is approval to do the work; it does not say who the work is for or whether it is finished.

What are the property taxes at 109 West 38th Street?

The Department of Finance's 2026/27 assessment roll lists a taxable value of $3.59 million for 109 West 38th Street. At the Class 4 rate of 10.848% (tax year 2025/26, the latest rate the Department of Finance lists), that is about $388,917 a year, roughly $7.44 per square foot of floor area, before abatements such as ICAP. The city's property tax records for BBL 1008140030 show the actual bill.

What is the assessed value of 109 West 38th Street?

For tax year 2026/27, the NYC Department of Finance puts the market value of 109 West 38th Street at $7.97 million ($1.77 million of it land) and its assessed value at $3.59 million, the 45% of market value the city assesses for Class 4 property. The city's market value fell 3% from 2022/23 ($8.23 million) to 2026/27.

Are there vacant storefronts at 109 West 38th Street?

Owners registered one storefront at 109 West 38th Street for December 31, 2024, the newest annual filing the city has published, and it was not vacant that day. These are the owners' filings with the Department of Finance under Local Law 157, so a storefront may have come free since. Owners and brokers can list a storefront on Leasemark for free.

Is there office space for lease at 109 West 38th Street?

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