Retail building · Harlem, Manhattan
New York, NY 10027
208 West 125th Street is a 2-floor retail building in Harlem, Manhattan, built in 1973, with about 68,000 square feet of retail space according to city records.
Also at 205-217 West 124th Street and 208-220 West 125th Street.
The 5th largest of the 5 retail buildings we track in Harlem. Compare it with 4 neighbors
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Compared with its neighbors
Next to the 4 nearest large retail buildings, all within a 7 minute walk, 208 West 125th Street is the smallest by retail floor area. Built in 1973, it is the oldest of them. Its estimated property tax, about $10.11 a square foot of floor area before abatements, is below the neighbors' median of $14.74.
| Building | Retail space | Floors | Built | Tax / SF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 208 West 125th Street | 68K SF | 2 | 1973 | $10.11 |
| 2329 Eighth Avenue | 76K SF | 4 | 2013 | $13.06 |
| 280 St. Nicholas Avenue | 248K SF | 4 | 1998 | $11.50 |
| 100 West 125th Street | 161K SF | 6 | 2013 | $17.11 |
| 5 West 125th Street | 75K SF | 6 | 2014 | $16.43 |
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
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)
Owners registered one storefront at 208 West 125th Street for December 31, 2024, the newest annual filing the city has published, and it was not vacant that day.
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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
The Department of Finance lists THERESA ANNEX, LLC as the owner of record. For tax year 2026/27 the city values 208 West 125th Street at $16.4 million and assesses it at $7.38 million. After phase-ins and exemptions its taxable value is $6.31 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 $684,004 a year before abatements, roughly $10.11 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.
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 Department of Buildings permits
In the 12 months to September 2026, the Department of Buildings issued first permits for 2 jobs at 208 West 125th Street. In the last two years, interior work was permitted on 2 floors (floors 1 and 2 and the cellar). The newest build-out, on floor 2 and the cellar, was first permitted in January 2026 (construction; filed cost estimate $210,000).
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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.
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208 West 125th Street has about 68,000 square feet of floor area in total, including 68,000 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 1973 as the year built. The building is 2 floors tall.
City records list 205-217 West 124th Street and 208-220 West 125th Street on the same tax lot (BBL 1019300037) as 208 West 125th Street. A space listed on Leasemark at any of these addresses shows up on this page.
208 West 125th Street is in ZIP code 10027, according to the city's tax lot records (NYC PLUTO 26v2) and the Department of Finance's assessment roll. The full mailing address is 208 West 125th Street, New York, NY 10027, in Harlem.
The lot is in the C4-4D zoning district. PLUTO lists a built floor area ratio (FAR) of 3 and a maximum commercial FAR of 3.4 for this lot.
The closest subway station to 208 West 125th Street is 125 St (the 2 and 3 trains), about 0.2 miles away in a straight line, roughly 4 minutes on foot. Also nearby: 125 St (the A, B, C and D trains), 5 min walk; 116 St (the B and C trains), 8 min walk. Walking times are straight-line estimates; the street route is longer.
The NYC Department of Finance's 2026/27 assessment roll lists THERESA ANNEX, LLC as the owner of record of 208 West 125th Street (BBL 1019300037). 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.
In the 12 months to September 2026, the Department of Buildings issued first permits for 2 jobs at 208 West 125th Street. In the last two years, interior work was permitted on 2 floors (floors 1 and 2 and the cellar). The newest build-out, on floor 2 and the cellar, was first permitted in January 2026 (construction; filed cost estimate $210,000). These are the Department of Buildings' DOB NOW work permits for tax lot 1019300037. 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 $6.31 million for 208 West 125th Street. At the Class 4 rate of 10.848% (tax year 2025/26, the latest rate the Department of Finance lists), that is about $684,004 a year, roughly $10.11 per square foot of floor area, before abatements such as ICAP. The city's property tax records for BBL 1019300037 show the actual bill.
For tax year 2026/27, the NYC Department of Finance puts the market value of 208 West 125th Street at $16.4 million ($2.5 million of it land) and its assessed value at $7.38 million, the 45% of market value the city assesses for Class 4 property. The city's market value rose 31% from 2022/23 ($12.5 million) to 2026/27.
Owners registered one storefront at 208 West 125th Street 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.
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