135 West 50th Street

135 West 50th Street has about 866,000 square feet of floor area in total, including 781,000 square feet of office, 36,000 square feet of retail and 9,000 square feet of industrial and storage space, according to NYC PLUTO 26v2. These are the city's estimates for the whole building, not space that is available.

City records list 1963 as the year built, with a major alteration recorded in 2019. The building is 23 floors tall.

City records list 135-157 West 50th Street and 132-146 West 51st Street on the same tax lot (BBL 1010030005) as 135 West 50th Street. A space listed on Leasemark at any of these addresses shows up on this page.

135 West 50th Street is in ZIP code 10020, according to the city's tax lot records (NYC PLUTO 26v2) and the Department of Finance's assessment roll. The full mailing address is 135 West 50th Street, New York, NY 10020, in Midtown.

The lot is in the C6-6.5 zoning district. PLUTO lists a built floor area ratio (FAR) of 17.96 and a maximum commercial FAR of 12 for this lot.

The closest subway station to 135 West 50th Street is 50 St (the 1 train), about 550 feet away in a straight line, roughly 2 minutes on foot. Also nearby: 49 St (the N, R and W trains), 3 min walk; 7 Av (the B, D and E trains), 3 min walk. Walking times are straight-line estimates; the street route is longer.

The NYC Department of Finance's 2026/27 assessment roll lists 135 WEST 50TH STREET GROUND OWNER LLC as the owner of record of 135 West 50th Street (BBL 1010030005). 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.

Leasemark does not have the building's tenant roster, but SEC filings name companies with offices at 135 West 50th Street. One investment manager files 13F holdings reports from the address: One68 Global Capital, LLC. Private companies do not file with the SEC, so the full list of tenants is longer, and a company can also report a building it owns.

135 West 50th Street last sold in December 2019 for $285 million, according to the deed recorded with the city. 135 WEST 50TH STREET INVESTORS LLC sold it to 135 WEST 50TH STREET GROUND OWNER LLC. That comes to about $329 per square foot of floor area. The deed is ACRIS document 2019121101089001 (BBL 1010030005) 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.

135 West 50th Street reported an ENERGY STAR score of 98 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 98 earns an A. 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 36.7 kBtu per square foot, less than half the national median of 114.8 for a similar property. Its greenhouse gas emissions were about 2,239 metric tons of CO2e (2.94 kg per square foot).

In the 12 months to October 2026, the Department of Buildings issued first permits for 1 job at 135 West 50th Street. In the last two years, interior work was permitted on 2 floors (floors 1 and 2, the cellar and the mezzanine). The newest build-out, on floors 1 and 2, the cellar and the mezzanine, was first permitted in June 2026 (construction; filed cost estimate $2.8 million). These are the Department of Buildings' DOB NOW work permits for tax lot 1010030005. 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 $167.9 million for 135 West 50th Street. At the Class 4 rate of 10.848% (tax year 2025/26, the latest rate the Department of Finance lists), that is about $18.2 million a year, roughly $21.04 per square foot of floor area, before abatements such as ICAP. The city's property tax records for BBL 1010030005 show the actual bill.

For tax year 2026/27, the NYC Department of Finance puts the market value of 135 West 50th Street at $396 million ($83 million of it land) and its assessed value at $178.2 million, the 45% of market value the city assesses for Class 4 property. The city's market value rose 17% from 2022/23 ($338.4 million) to 2026/27.

Owners registered 10 storefronts at 135 West 50th Street for December 31, 2025, the newest annual filing the city has published, and 3 of them stood vacant that day. At least one storefront here has been reported vacant at the end of every year since 2019. These are the owners' filings with the Department of Finance under Local Law 157, so a storefront vacant on December 31, 2025 may have been leased since. Owners and brokers can list a storefront on Leasemark for free.

No space at 135 West 50th Street is listed on Leasemark right now. Nearby on Leasemark: office space for lease at 783 Madison 4th Floor in the Upper East Side (994 SF, $66.40/SF/yr). Owners and brokers can list space here for free, and tenants can post a requirement to be matched when space opens up.