Retail building · Upper West Side, Manhattan

2281 Broadway

New York, NY 10024

2281 Broadway is a 2-floor retail building in the Upper West Side, Manhattan, built in 1920, with about 36,000 square feet of retail space according to city records.

Also at 2281-2299 Broadway, 249-251 West 82nd Street and 250-260 West 83rd Street.

Retail space: 36K SF
Floors: 2
Year built: 1920
Zoning: C4-6A

Commercial space next to its nearest neighbors

2231 Broadway3 min walk47K SF
Broadway Fashion Building1 min walk41K SF
2281 BroadwayThis building36K SF

The 3rd largest of the 3 retail buildings we track in the Upper West Side. Compare it with 6 neighbors

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Compared with its neighbors

How 2281 Broadway compares

Next to the 6 nearest large commercial buildings, all within a 19 minute walk, 2281 Broadway is the smallest by commercial floor area. It went up in 1920; the median neighbor dates from 1927. Its estimated property tax, about $39.72 a square foot of floor area before abatements, is above the neighbors' median of $19.01.

2281 Broadway and the 6 nearest large commercial buildings: size, floors, year built, estimated property tax per square foot and last sale
Building	Commercial space	Floors	Built	Tax / SF	Last sale
2281 BroadwayThis building	36K SFretail	2	1920	$39.72	n/a
Broadway Fashion Building, 250 West 84th Street1 min walk	41K SFoffice	4	1931	$20.27	n/a
2231 Broadway3 min walk	47K SFretail	5	1899	$20.01	n/a
473 Amsterdam Avenue3 min walk	97K SFindustrial and storage	11	1923	$6.72	Jul 2025, $60M
1995 Broadway16 min walk	111K SFoffice	18	1974	$19.01	n/a
320 West 66th Street18 min walk	474K SFoffice	7	1989	$8.13	n/a
56 West 66th Street19 min walk	43K SFoffice	4	1903	Exempt	Feb 2025, $32M

The 3rd largest of the 3 retail buildings we track in the Upper West Side: see the full list

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); ACRIS for the last deed that moved the whole lot for a real price (a price for several lots is their combined price; condominiums sell by the unit and show n/a). Large means at least 35,000 SF of the building's main use. Walking times are straight-line estimates.

NYC tax lot records

Building facts

Other addresses: 2281-2299 Broadway; 249-251 West 82nd Street; 250-260 West 83rd Street
ZIP code: 10024
Building type: Retail building (city class K2)
Total floor area: 35,812 SF
Commercial floor area: 35,812 SF
Retail: 35,812 SF
Height: 2 floors
Year built: 1920
Last major alteration: 1992
Lot area: 21,625 SF
Zoning district: C4-6A
Built FAR: 1.66
Max commercial FAR: 3.4
Tax lot (BBL): 1012300008

Nearest subway

79 St4 min walk · Not accessible
86 St4 min walk · Not accessible
81 St-Museum of Natural History10 min walk · Not accessible

Nearby large buildings

41 West 65th Street43K SF office · 7 floors · 19 min walk
80 West End Avenue145K SF office · 7 floors · 19 min walk
974 Madison Avenue73K SF office · 6 floors · 22 min walk
16 West 61st Street96K SF office · 11 floors · 23 min walk
27 West 60th Street134K SF office · 11 floors · 24 min walk
108 West 107th Street114K SF industrial and storage · 9 floors · 25 min walk
600 West 58th Street67K SF office · 10 floors · 25 min walk
555 West 57th Street581K SF office · 20 floors · 25 min walk

All 168 large office buildings on Broadway

Source: NYC Department of City Planning, PLUTO 26v2, pulled 2026-10-05; addresses from the Property Address Directory (PAD) 26b; subway stations from the MTA Subway Stations dataset, pulled 2026-10-05. 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)

Storefronts and vacancy

Owners registered 3 storefronts at 2281 Broadway for December 31, 2024, the newest annual filing the city has published, and none stood vacant that day.

Storefronts registered for December 31, 2024: 3
Vacant that day: 0
Share vacant across the Upper West Side: 9.5%
Share vacant along Broadway: 12.7%
Share vacant citywide: 8.7%

Vacant on December 31, by year

20190 of 3
20200 of 3
20210 of 3
20220 of 3
20230 of 3
20240 of 3

Bars show the share of the lot's registered storefronts that stood vacant.

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Source: NYC Department of Finance, Storefronts Reported Vacant or Not (Local Law 157), annual filings for 2019 to 2024, pulled 2026-10-08. 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

Owner, property tax and assessed value

The Department of Finance lists 2285 REALTY ASSOC. as the owner of record. For tax year 2026/27 the city values 2281 Broadway at $30.6 million and assesses it at $13.7 million. After phase-ins and exemptions its taxable value is $13.1 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 $1.42 million a year before abatements, roughly $39.72 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.

Owner of record: 2285 REALTY ASSOC.
Tax class: Class 4 (commercial and industrial)
City market value: $30,550,000
Land market value: $16,000,000
Assessed value: $13,747,500
Taxable value (phased in): $13,111,730
Estimated yearly tax: About $1.42 million
Tax per SF of floor area: About $39.72

City market value by tax year

2022/23$29.9 million
2023/24$31.4 million
2024/25$35.9 million
2025/26$29.5 million
2026/27$30.6 million

Market value rose 2% from 2022/23 ($29.9 million) to 2026/27.

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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 2026-10-08; 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.

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NYC Department of Buildings permits

Work permits and build-outs

The Department of Buildings issued no permits for new jobs at 2281 Broadway in the 12 months to October 2026; the last one was first permitted in October 2023.

New jobs, last 12 months: 0
Initial permits, last 12 months: 0
Newest job first permitted: October 2023
Interior build-outs, last 24 months: 0

New jobs by year

20210
20220
20234
20240
20250
2026 to date0

Build-outs across the Upper West Side Where NYC offices are being built out

Source: NYC Department of Buildings, DOB NOW: Build Approved Permits, pulled 2026-10-08 (permits issued through 2026-10-06). 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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Questions about 2281 Broadway

How big is 2281 Broadway?

2281 Broadway has about 36,000 square feet of floor area in total, including 36,000 square feet of retail, according to NYC PLUTO 26v2. These are the city's estimates for the whole building, not space that is available.

When was 2281 Broadway built?

City records list 1920 as the year built, with a major alteration recorded in 1992. The building is 2 floors tall.

What other addresses does 2281 Broadway have?

City records list 2281-2299 Broadway, 249-251 West 82nd Street and 250-260 West 83rd Street on the same tax lot (BBL 1012300008) as 2281 Broadway. A space listed on Leasemark at any of these addresses shows up on this page.

What is the ZIP code of 2281 Broadway?

2281 Broadway is in ZIP code 10024, according to the city's tax lot records (NYC PLUTO 26v2) and the Department of Finance's assessment roll. The full mailing address is 2281 Broadway, New York, NY 10024, in the Upper West Side.

What is the zoning at 2281 Broadway?

The lot is in the C4-6A zoning district. PLUTO lists a built floor area ratio (FAR) of 1.66 and a maximum commercial FAR of 3.4 for this lot.

What subway station is closest to 2281 Broadway?

The closest subway station to 2281 Broadway is 79 St (the 1 train), about 900 feet away in a straight line, roughly 4 minutes on foot. Also nearby: 86 St (the 1 train), 4 min walk; 81 St-Museum of Natural History (the B and C trains), 10 min walk. Walking times are straight-line estimates; the street route is longer.

Who owns 2281 Broadway?

The NYC Department of Finance's 2026/27 assessment roll lists 2285 REALTY ASSOC. as the owner of record of 2281 Broadway (BBL 1012300008). Deeds and mortgages for the lot are public in ACRIS, the city's property records system.

Is there construction at 2281 Broadway?

The Department of Buildings issued no permits for new jobs at 2281 Broadway in the 12 months to October 2026; the last one was first permitted in October 2023. These are the Department of Buildings' DOB NOW work permits for tax lot 1012300008. A permit is approval to do the work; it does not say who the work is for or whether it is finished.

What are the property taxes at 2281 Broadway?

The Department of Finance's 2026/27 assessment roll lists a taxable value of $13.1 million for 2281 Broadway. At the Class 4 rate of 10.848% (tax year 2025/26, the latest rate the Department of Finance lists), that is about $1.42 million a year, roughly $39.72 per square foot of floor area, before abatements such as ICAP. The city's property tax records for BBL 1012300008 show the actual bill.

What is the assessed value of 2281 Broadway?

For tax year 2026/27, the NYC Department of Finance puts the market value of 2281 Broadway at $30.6 million ($16 million of it land) and its assessed value at $13.7 million, the 45% of market value the city assesses for Class 4 property. The city's market value rose 2% from 2022/23 ($29.9 million) to 2026/27.

Are there vacant storefronts at 2281 Broadway?

Owners registered 3 storefronts at 2281 Broadway for December 31, 2024, the newest annual filing the city has published, and none stood 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.

Is there retail space for lease at 2281 Broadway?

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