185 Madison Avenue

185 Madison Avenue has about 80,000 square feet of floor area in total, including 75,000 square feet of office and 5,000 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 1911 as the year built, with a major alteration recorded in 2013. The building is 16 floors tall.

City records list 41 East 34th Street and 185-187 Madison Avenue on the same tax lot (BBL 1008640025) as 185 Madison Avenue. A space listed on Leasemark at any of these addresses shows up on this page.

185 Madison Avenue is in ZIP code 10016, according to the city's tax lot records (NYC PLUTO 26v2) and the Department of Finance's assessment roll. The full mailing address is 185 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016, in Midtown South.

The lot is in the C5-2 zoning district. PLUTO lists a built floor area ratio (FAR) of 16.18 and a maximum commercial FAR of 10 for this lot.

The closest subway station to 185 Madison Avenue is 33 St (the 6 train), about 650 feet away in a straight line, roughly 2 minutes on foot. Also nearby: 34 St-Herald Sq (the B, D, F, M, N, Q, R and W trains), 6 min walk; 28 St (the 6 train), 7 min walk. Walking times are straight-line estimates; the street route is longer.

The NYC Department of Finance's 2026/27 assessment roll lists 185 MADISON AVENUE as the owner of record of 185 Madison Avenue (BBL 1008640025). Deeds and mortgages for the lot are public in ACRIS, the city's property records system.

185 Madison Avenue reported an ENERGY STAR score of 76 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 76 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 58.6 kBtu per square foot, 33% below the national median of 86.9 for a similar property. Its greenhouse gas emissions were about 457 metric tons of CO2e (5.19 kg per square foot).

In the 12 months to September 2026, the Department of Buildings issued first permits for 1 job at 185 Madison Avenue. In the last two years, interior work was permitted on one floor (floor 2). The newest build-out, on floor 2, was first permitted in July 2026 (construction, plumbing, sprinklers; filed cost estimate $232,000). A sidewalk shed permit here is active until January 12, 2027. These are the Department of Buildings' DOB NOW work permits for tax lot 1008640025. 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 $8.45 million for 185 Madison Avenue. At the Class 4 rate of 10.848% (tax year 2025/26, the latest rate the Department of Finance lists), that is about $916,618 a year, roughly $11.46 per square foot of floor area, before abatements such as ICAP. The city's property tax records for BBL 1008640025 show the actual bill.

For tax year 2026/27, the NYC Department of Finance puts the market value of 185 Madison Avenue at $20.8 million ($9 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 23% from 2022/23 ($16.9 million) to 2026/27.

Owners registered one storefront at 185 Madison Avenue for December 31, 2024, the newest annual filing the city has published, and it was not vacant that day. A year earlier, 1 of 1 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 185 Madison 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.