Barbey Building

The Barbey Building has about 60,000 square feet of floor area in total, including 60,000 square feet of office, 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 the Barbey Building to 1908-1909, designed by Delano & Aldrich. City tax records list 1910 as the year built. The building is 12 floors tall.

Delano & Aldrich, according to the Landmarks Preservation Commission's building records, which list the style as Renaissance Revival and its original use as lofts and offices.

Yes. The Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the Barbey Building an individual landmark on August 12, 2025 (LP-02687). Changes to a designated landmark, including many storefront, window and signage changes, need a permit from the Commission.

The Barbey Building is at 15 West 38th Street in Midtown, Manhattan. City records list 15-17 West 38th Street on the same tax lot (BBL 1008400031). A space listed on Leasemark at any of these addresses shows up on this page.

15 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 Barbey Building is at 15 West 38th Street, New York, NY 10018, in Midtown.

The lot is in the M1-9A/R12 zoning district. PLUTO lists a built floor area ratio (FAR) of 10.88 and a maximum commercial FAR of 15 for this lot.

The closest subway station to the Barbey Building is 5 Av (the 7, B, D, F and M trains, connected to 42 St-Bryant Pk), about 950 feet away in a straight line, roughly 4 minutes on foot. Also nearby: Grand Central-42 St (the 4, 5, 6, 7 and S trains), 5 min walk; 34 St-Herald Sq (the B, D, F, M, N, Q, 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 15W38 SPE LLC as the owner of record of the Barbey Building (BBL 1008400031). 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.

The Barbey Building's 2024 Local Law 84 benchmarking filing got no ENERGY STAR score, 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 53.6 kBtu per square foot, 29% above the national median of 41.6 for a similar property. Its greenhouse gas emissions were about 373 metric tons of CO2e (6.17 kg per square foot).

The Department of Buildings issued no permits for new jobs at the Barbey Building in the 12 months to September 2026; the last one was first permitted in January 2025. These are the Department of Buildings' DOB NOW work permits for tax lot 1008400031. 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 $5.18 million for the Barbey Building. At the Class 4 rate of 10.848% (tax year 2025/26, the latest rate the Department of Finance lists), that is about $561,872 a year, roughly $9.29 per square foot of floor area, before abatements such as ICAP. The city's property tax records for BBL 1008400031 show the actual bill.

For tax year 2026/27, the NYC Department of Finance puts the market value of the Barbey Building at $12.8 million ($4.42 million of it land) and its assessed value at $5.78 million, the 45% of market value the city assesses for Class 4 property. The city's market value rose 30% from 2022/23 ($9.88 million) to 2026/27.

No space at 15 West 38th 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.