118 Fifth Avenue

118 Fifth Avenue has about 66,000 square feet of floor area in total, including 60,000 square feet of office and 6,000 square feet of retail, according to NYC PLUTO 26v2. These are the city's estimates for the whole building, not space that is available.

The Landmarks Preservation Commission's building records date 118 Fifth Avenue to 1905-1906, designed by John B. Snook & Sons. The building is 11 floors tall.

John B. Snook & Sons, according to the Landmarks Preservation Commission's building records, which list the style as neo-Renaissance and its original use as store and lofts.

City records list 118-120 Fifth Avenue and 1 West 17th Street on the same tax lot (BBL 1008190037) as 118 Fifth Avenue. A space listed on Leasemark at any of these addresses shows up on this page.

118 Fifth Avenue is in ZIP code 10011, according to the city's tax lot records (NYC PLUTO 26v2) and the Department of Finance's assessment roll. The full mailing address is 118 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10011, in Union Square.

The lot is in the C6-4M zoning district. PLUTO lists a built floor area ratio (FAR) of 11.5 and a maximum commercial FAR of 10 for this lot. It is inside the Ladies' Mile Historic District, so exterior changes go through the Landmarks Preservation Commission.

The closest subway station to 118 Fifth Avenue is 14 St-Union Sq (the 4, 5, 6, L, N, Q, R and W trains), about 0.2 miles away in a straight line, roughly 4 minutes on foot. The MTA lists it as an accessible station. Also nearby: 14 St (the 1, 2, 3, F, M and L trains, connected to 6 Av), 4 min walk; 23 St (the R and W trains), 5 min walk. Walking times are straight-line estimates; the street route is longer.

The NYC Department of Finance's 2026/27 assessment roll lists 120 FEE LLC as the owner of record of 118 Fifth Avenue (BBL 1008190037). 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.

118 Fifth Avenue last sold in May 2012 for $29.4 million, according to the deed recorded with the city. 120 FIFTH AVENUE ASSOCIATES sold it to 120 FEE LLC. That comes to about $446 per square foot of floor area. The deed is ACRIS document 2012053100244001 (BBL 1008190037) in the city's property records. A sale of the company that owns a building is not recorded as a deed, so it would not show there.

118 Fifth Avenue reported an ENERGY STAR score of 75 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 75 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 60.4 kBtu per square foot, 31% below the national median of 87.1 for a similar property. Its greenhouse gas emissions were about 374 metric tons of CO2e (5.64 kg per square foot).

In the 12 months to September 2026, the Department of Buildings issued first permits for 3 jobs at 118 Fifth Avenue. In the last two years, interior work was permitted on 3 floors (floors 4, 9 and 10). The newest build-out, on floor 9, was first permitted in May 2026 (construction; filed cost estimate $60,000). These are the Department of Buildings' DOB NOW work permits for tax lot 1008190037. A permit is approval to do the work; it does not say who the work is for or whether it is finished.

The Department of Finance's 2026/27 assessment roll lists a taxable value of $9.58 million for 118 Fifth Avenue. At the Class 4 rate of 10.848% (tax year 2025/26, the latest rate the Department of Finance lists), that is about $1.04 million a year, roughly $15.78 per square foot of floor area, before abatements such as ICAP. The city's property tax records for BBL 1008190037 show the actual bill.

For tax year 2026/27, the NYC Department of Finance puts the market value of 118 Fifth Avenue at $22.9 million ($4 million of it land) and its assessed value at $10.3 million, the 45% of market value the city assesses for Class 4 property. The city's market value fell 10% from 2022/23 ($25.3 million) to 2026/27.

Owners registered one storefront at 118 Fifth Avenue 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.

No space at 118 Fifth Avenue is listed on Leasemark right now. Owners and brokers can list space here for free, and tenants can post a requirement to be matched when space opens up.