120 East 56th Street

120 East 56th Street has about 85,000 square feet of floor area in total, including 75,000 square feet of office and 9,000 square feet of retail, according to NYC PLUTO 26v2. These are the city's estimates for the whole building, not space that is available.

City records list 1926 as the year built, with a major alteration recorded in 1985. The building is 15 floors tall.

City records list 116-120 East 56th Street on the same tax lot (BBL 1013100065) as 120 East 56th Street. A space listed on Leasemark at any of these addresses shows up on this page.

120 East 56th Street is in ZIP code 10022, according to the city's tax lot records (NYC PLUTO 26v2) and the Department of Finance's assessment roll. The full mailing address is 120 East 56th Street, New York, NY 10022, in Midtown.

The lot is in the C5-2 zoning district. PLUTO lists a built floor area ratio (FAR) of 13.36 and a maximum commercial FAR of 10 for this lot.

The closest subway station to 120 East 56th Street is 59 St (the 4, 5, 6, N, R and W trains, connected to Lexington Av/59 St), about 0.2 miles away in a straight line, roughly 4 minutes on foot. Also nearby: Lexington Av/53 St (the E, F and 6 trains, connected to 51 St), 4 min walk; 5 Av/53 St (the E and F 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 EAST 56TH ST., LLC as the owner of record of 120 East 56th Street (BBL 1013100065). 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.

120 East 56th Street's 2024 Local Law 84 benchmarking filing got no ENERGY STAR score (no single use that ENERGY STAR scores covers more than half of the floor area), and Local Law 33 letter grades come from that score, so the filing does not yield an A to D grade. Its site energy use came to 53.9 kBtu per square foot, 34% above the national median of 40.1 for a similar property. Its greenhouse gas emissions were about 461 metric tons of CO2e (5.26 kg per square foot).

In the 12 months to September 2026, the Department of Buildings issued first permits for 1 job at 120 East 56th Street. 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 June 2026 (structural; filed cost estimate $20,000). These are the Department of Buildings' DOB NOW work permits for tax lot 1013100065. 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 $9.21 million for 120 East 56th Street. At the Class 4 rate of 10.848% (tax year 2025/26, the latest rate the Department of Finance lists), that is about $999,547 a year, roughly $11.82 per square foot of floor area, before abatements such as ICAP. The city's property tax records for BBL 1013100065 show the actual bill.

For tax year 2026/27, the NYC Department of Finance puts the market value of 120 East 56th Street at $20.8 million ($6.33 million of it land) and its assessed value at $9.37 million, the 45% of market value the city assesses for Class 4 property. The city's market value rose 9% from 2022/23 ($19.1 million) to 2026/27.

Owners registered 2 storefronts at 120 East 56th Street for December 31, 2024, the newest annual filing the city has published, and none stood vacant that day. A year earlier, 1 of 2 stood vacant. 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 120 East 56th Street 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.