Office building with commercial space · Flatiron, Manhattan

119 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10003

119 Fifth Avenue is an 8-floor office building with commercial space in Flatiron, Manhattan, built in 1906, with about 50,000 square feet of office space according to city records.

Also at 1-3 East 19th Street and 119-121 Fifth Avenue.

Office space
50K SF
Floors
8
Year built
1906
Zoning
C6-4M

The 73rd largest of the 75 office buildings we track in Flatiron. Compare it with 6 neighbors

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Compared with its neighbors

How 119 Fifth Avenue compares

Next to the 6 nearest large office buildings, all within a 1 minute walk, 119 Fifth Avenue is the smallest by office floor area. It went up in 1906; the median neighbor dates from 1895. Its estimated property tax, about $24.67 a square foot of floor area before abatements, is close to the neighbors' median of $23.60.

119 Fifth Avenue and the 6 nearest large office buildings: size, floors, year built, estimated property tax per square foot
BuildingOffice spaceFloorsBuiltTax / SF
119 Fifth AvenueThis building50K SF81906$24.67
881 Broadway1 min walk208K SF71896$22.94
Constable Building, 109 Fifth Avenue1 min walk189K SF131895$24.47
148 Fifth Avenue1 min walk168K SF111890$34.48
130 Fifth Avenue1 min walk104K SF111903$24.26
Presbyterian Building, 154 Fifth Avenue1 min walk169K SF141895$18.96
Broadway Building, 915 Broadway1 min walk197K SF201926$16.45
The 73rd largest of the 75 office buildings we track in Flatiron: 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 50,000 SF of the building's main use. Walking times are straight-line estimates.

NYC tax lot records

Building facts

Other addresses
1-3 East 19th Street; 119-121 Fifth Avenue
ZIP code
10003
Building type
Office building with commercial space (city class O6)
Total floor area
56,731 SF
Commercial floor area
56,731 SF
Office
50,031 SF
Retail
6,700 SF
Height
8 floors
Average floor
About 7,100 SF (floor area divided by floors)
Year built
1906
Last major alteration
1988
Lot area
6,950 SF
Zoning district
C6-4M
Built FAR
8.16
Max commercial FAR
10
Historic district
Ladies' Mile Historic District
Tax lot (BBL)
1008480001

Nearest subway

  • 23 St4 min walk · Not accessible
  • 14 St-Union Sq5 min walk · Accessible station
  • 23 St-Baruch College5 min walk · Accessible station

Nearby large buildings

All 101 large office buildings on Fifth Avenue

Source: NYC Department of City Planning, PLUTO 26v2, pulled 2026-09-30; addresses from the Property Address Directory (PAD) 26b; subway stations from the MTA Subway Stations dataset, pulled 2026-10-02. 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 119 Fifth Avenue 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 Flatiron
13.5%
Share vacant along Fifth Avenue
12.6%
Share vacant citywide
8.7%

Vacant on December 31, by year

  • 2019None registered
  • 2020None registered
  • 20210 of 1
  • 20220 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 2026-10-02. 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 119 FIFTH AVENUE PROPCO LLC as the owner of record. For tax year 2026/27 the city values 119 Fifth Avenue at $28.7 million and assesses it at $12.9 million. After phase-ins and exemptions its taxable value is $12.9 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 $1.4 million a year before abatements, roughly $24.67 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
119 FIFTH AVENUE PROPCO LLC
Tax class
Class 4 (commercial and industrial)
City market value
$28,672,000
Land market value
$6,000,000
Assessed value
$12,902,400
Estimated yearly tax
About $1.4 million
Tax per SF of floor area
About $24.67

City market value by tax year

  • 2022/23$31 million
  • 2023/24$33.5 million
  • 2024/25$33.5 million
  • 2025/26$31.6 million
  • 2026/27$28.7 million

Market value fell 8% from 2022/23 ($31 million) to 2026/27.

How Flatiron compares: property tax per SF across NYC neighborhoods

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 2026-10-02; 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.

NYC energy benchmarking (Local Law 84)

Energy score, grade and emissions

119 Fifth Avenue reported an ENERGY STAR score of 44 out of 100 for 2024 in its Local Law 84 benchmarking filing. Under Local Law 33 that score earns a D (under 55). Its site energy use came to 95 kBtu per square foot, 7% above the national median of 88.6 for a similar property. Its greenhouse gas emissions were about 463 metric tons of CO2e (8.16 kg per square foot).

ENERGY STAR score (2024)
44 of 100
Grade this score earns (Local Law 33)
D (under 55)
Property type (Portfolio Manager)
Office
Site energy use intensity
95 kBtu/SF
National median for the type
88.6 kBtu/SF
Greenhouse gas emissions
463 t CO2e
Emissions per SF
8.16 kg CO2e
Floor area in the filing
56,731 SF

ENERGY STAR score by year

  • 202237 (D)
  • 202344 (D)
  • 202444 (D)

Energy sources in 2024

  • Electricity53%
  • Natural gas47%

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 2026-10-02; 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.

NYC Department of Buildings permits

Work permits and build-outs

The Department of Buildings issued no permits for new jobs at 119 Fifth Avenue in the 12 months to September 2026; the last one was first permitted in December 2024. In the last two years, interior work was permitted on one floor (floor 1). The newest build-out, on floor 1, was first permitted in December 2024 (construction, plumbing, structural; filed cost estimate $710,000).

New jobs, last 12 months
0
Initial permits, last 12 months
0
Newest job first permitted
December 2024
Interior build-outs, last 24 months
1
Floors with interior work, last 24 months
1

Recent build-outs

  • Floor 1December 2024Construction, Plumbing, Structural; 3 jobs; est. $710,000; signed off

New jobs by year

  • 20210
  • 20222
  • 20230
  • 20243
  • 20250
  • 2026 to date0

Source: NYC Department of Buildings, DOB NOW: Build Approved Permits, pulled 2026-10-02 (permits issued through 2026-09-30). 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.

Landmarks Preservation Commission records

Architecture and history

119 Fifth Avenue was designed by John H. Duncan and built in 1905-1906 in the neo-Renaissance style. It stands in the Ladies' Mile Historic District, so exterior changes and new signage go through the Landmarks Preservation Commission.

Architect
John H. Duncan
Constructed
1905-1906
Style
neo-Renaissance
Primary material
Brick
Built as
Store and lofts

Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission, Individual Landmark and Historic District Building Database on NYC Open Data, pulled 2026-10-02. A designation can cover part of a lot, such as a facade or a lobby interior.

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Questions about 119 Fifth Avenue

How big is 119 Fifth Avenue?

119 Fifth Avenue has about 57,000 square feet of floor area in total, including 50,000 square feet of office and 7,000 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 119 Fifth Avenue built?

The Landmarks Preservation Commission's building records date 119 Fifth Avenue to 1905-1906, designed by John H. Duncan. The building is 8 floors tall.

Who designed 119 Fifth Avenue?

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

What other addresses does 119 Fifth Avenue have?

City records list 1-3 East 19th Street and 119-121 Fifth Avenue on the same tax lot (BBL 1008480001) as 119 Fifth Avenue. A space listed on Leasemark at any of these addresses shows up on this page.

What is the ZIP code of 119 Fifth Avenue?

119 Fifth Avenue is in ZIP code 10003, according to the city's tax lot records (NYC PLUTO 26v2) and the Department of Finance's assessment roll. The full mailing address is 119 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10003, in Flatiron.

What is the zoning at 119 Fifth Avenue?

The lot is in the C6-4M zoning district. PLUTO lists a built floor area ratio (FAR) of 8.16 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.

What subway station is closest to 119 Fifth Avenue?

The closest subway station to 119 Fifth Avenue is 23 St (the R and W trains), about 900 feet away in a straight line, roughly 4 minutes on foot. Also nearby: 14 St-Union Sq (the 4, 5, 6, L, N, Q, R and W trains), 5 min walk; 23 St-Baruch College (the 6 train), 5 min walk. Walking times are straight-line estimates; the street route is longer.

Who owns 119 Fifth Avenue?

The NYC Department of Finance's 2026/27 assessment roll lists 119 FIFTH AVENUE PROPCO LLC as the owner of record of 119 Fifth Avenue (BBL 1008480001). 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 119 Fifth Avenue?

119 Fifth Avenue reported an ENERGY STAR score of 44 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 44 earns a D. 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 95 kBtu per square foot, 7% above the national median of 88.6 for a similar property. Its greenhouse gas emissions were about 463 metric tons of CO2e (8.16 kg per square foot).

Is there construction at 119 Fifth Avenue?

The Department of Buildings issued no permits for new jobs at 119 Fifth Avenue in the 12 months to September 2026; the last one was first permitted in December 2024. In the last two years, interior work was permitted on one floor (floor 1). The newest build-out, on floor 1, was first permitted in December 2024 (construction, plumbing, structural; filed cost estimate $710,000). These are the Department of Buildings' DOB NOW work permits for tax lot 1008480001. 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 119 Fifth Avenue?

The Department of Finance's 2026/27 assessment roll lists a taxable value of $12.9 million for 119 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 $1.4 million a year, roughly $24.67 per square foot of floor area, before abatements such as ICAP. The city's property tax records for BBL 1008480001 show the actual bill.

What is the assessed value of 119 Fifth Avenue?

For tax year 2026/27, the NYC Department of Finance puts the market value of 119 Fifth Avenue at $28.7 million ($6 million of it land) and its assessed value at $12.9 million, the 45% of market value the city assesses for Class 4 property. The city's market value fell 8% from 2022/23 ($31 million) to 2026/27.

Are there vacant storefronts at 119 Fifth Avenue?

Owners registered one storefront at 119 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.

Is there office space for lease at 119 Fifth Avenue?

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