Office building with commercial space · Midtown South, Manhattan

236 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10001

236 Fifth Avenue is an 11-floor office building with commercial space in Midtown South, Manhattan, built in 1907, with about 59,000 square feet of office space according to city records.

Also at 236-238 Fifth Avenue.

Office space
59K SF
Floors
11
Year built
1907
Zoning
C5-2

The 128th largest of the 156 office buildings we track in Midtown South. Compare it with 6 neighbors

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Compared with its neighbors

How 236 Fifth Avenue compares

Next to the 6 nearest large office buildings, all within a 1 minute walk, 236 Fifth Avenue ranks 5th of 7 by office floor area. It went up in 1907; the median neighbor dates from 1913. Its estimated property tax, about $12.74 a square foot of floor area before abatements, is close to the neighbors' median of $13.19.

236 Fifth Avenue and the 6 nearest large office buildings: size, floors, year built, estimated property tax per square foot and last sale
BuildingOffice spaceFloorsBuiltTax / SFLast sale
236 Fifth AvenueThis building59K SF111907$12.74n/a
Victoria Building, 228 Fifth Avenue1 min walk384K SF201915$13.11n/a
243 Fifth Avenue1 min walk248K SF241927$19.51Apr 2011, $162M
1140 Broadway1 min walk115K SF161916$12.19n/a
Croisic Building, 218 Fifth Avenue1 min walk125K SF211912$15.12n/a
258 Fifth Avenue1 min walk55K SF121900$11.01May 2021, $52.5M
3 East 28th Street1 min walk54K SF121912$13.27n/a
The 128th largest of the 156 office buildings we track in Midtown South: 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 50,000 SF of the building's main use. Walking times are straight-line estimates.

NYC tax lot records

Building facts

Other address
236-238 Fifth Avenue
ZIP code
10001
Building type
Office building with commercial space (city class O6)
Total floor area
65,247 SF
Commercial floor area
65,247 SF
Office
59,247 SF
Retail
6,000 SF
Height
11 floors
Average floor
About 5,900 SF (floor area divided by floors)
Year built
1907
Last major alteration
1989
Lot area
6,325 SF
Zoning district
C5-2
Built FAR
10.32
Max commercial FAR
10
Historic district
Madison Square North Historic District
Tax lot (BBL)
1008290036

Nearest subway

  • 28 St2 min walk · Not accessible
  • 28 St4 min walk · Partly accessible
  • 23 St5 min walk · Not accessible

Nearby large buildings

All 101 large office buildings on Fifth Avenue

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)

Storefronts and vacancy

Owners registered 2 storefronts at 236 Fifth Avenue for December 31, 2024, the newest annual filing the city has published, and 1 of them stood vacant that day. At least one storefront here has been reported vacant at the end of every year since 2021.

Storefronts registered for December 31, 2024
2
Vacant that day
1
Share vacant across Midtown South
12.7%
Share vacant along Fifth Avenue
12.6%
Share vacant citywide
8.7%

Vacant on December 31, by year

  • 20191 of 2
  • 20200 of 2
  • 20211 of 2
  • 20221 of 2
  • 20231 of 2
  • 20241 of 2

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 2026-10-02. 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

Owner, property tax and assessed value

The Department of Finance lists L C T ASSOCIATES LP as the owner of record. For tax year 2026/27 the city values 236 Fifth Avenue at $19.6 million and assesses it at $8.82 million. After phase-ins and exemptions its taxable value is $7.66 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 $831,239 a year before abatements, roughly $12.74 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
L C T ASSOCIATES LP
Tax class
Class 4 (commercial and industrial)
City market value
$19,598,000
Land market value
$2,800,000
Assessed value
$8,819,100
Taxable value (phased in)
$7,662,600
Estimated yearly tax
About $831,239
Tax per SF of floor area
About $12.74

City market value by tax year

  • 2022/23$13.2 million
  • 2023/24$15.5 million
  • 2024/25$17.4 million
  • 2025/26$19.4 million
  • 2026/27$19.6 million

Market value rose 48% from 2022/23 ($13.2 million) to 2026/27.

How Midtown South compares: property tax per SF across NYC neighborhoods

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 energy benchmarking (Local Law 84)

Energy score, grade and emissions

236 Fifth Avenue reported an ENERGY STAR score of 26 out of 100 for 2024 in its Local Law 84 benchmarking filing. Under Local Law 33 that score earns a D (under 55). Its site energy use came to 126.8 kBtu per square foot, 36% above the national median of 93.5 for a similar property. Its greenhouse gas emissions were about 692 metric tons of CO2e (10.61 kg per square foot).

ENERGY STAR score (2024)
26 of 100
Grade this score earns (Local Law 33)
D (under 55)
Property type (Portfolio Manager)
Office
Site energy use intensity
126.8 kBtu/SF
National median for the type
93.5 kBtu/SF
Greenhouse gas emissions
692 t CO2e
Emissions per SF
10.61 kg CO2e
Floor area in the filing
65,247 SF

ENERGY STAR score by year

  • 202222 (D)
  • 202319 (D)
  • 202426 (D)

Energy sources in 2024

  • Electricity46%
  • Natural gas39%
  • District steam15%

Share of the energy used on site, as filed.

Source: NYC Department of Buildings and Mayor's Office of Climate and Environmental Justice, NYC Building Energy and Water Data Disclosure for Local Law 84 (2024 filing), pulled 2026-10-02; grade cutoffs from the Department of Buildings energy grades page. Figures are as the owner filed them in ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager. The grade is the one the filed score earns under the law's cutoffs; the Department of Buildings assigns the grade a building posts, which can differ.

NYC Department of Buildings permits

Work permits and build-outs

The Department of Buildings issued no permits for new jobs at 236 Fifth Avenue in the 12 months to September 2026; the last one was first permitted in May 2022.

New jobs, last 12 months
0
Initial permits, last 12 months
0
Newest job first permitted
May 2022
Interior build-outs, last 24 months
0

New jobs by year

  • 20212
  • 20222
  • 20230
  • 20240
  • 20250
  • 2026 to date0

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.

Landmarks Preservation Commission records

Architecture and history

236 Fifth Avenue was designed by Buchman & Fox and built in 1906-1907 in the Beaux-Arts style. It stands in the Madison Square North Historic District, so exterior changes and new signage go through the Landmarks Preservation Commission.

Architect
Buchman & Fox
Constructed
1906-1907
Style
Beaux-Arts
Primary material
Steel frame
Built as
Lofts

Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission, Individual Landmark and Historic District Building Database on NYC Open Data, pulled 2026-10-02. A designation can cover part of a lot, such as a facade or a lobby interior.

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Questions about 236 Fifth Avenue

How big is 236 Fifth Avenue?

236 Fifth Avenue has about 65,000 square feet of floor area in total, including 59,000 square feet of office and 6,000 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 236 Fifth Avenue built?

The Landmarks Preservation Commission's building records date 236 Fifth Avenue to 1906-1907, designed by Buchman & Fox. The building is 11 floors tall.

Who designed 236 Fifth Avenue?

Buchman & Fox, according to the Landmarks Preservation Commission's building records, which list the style as Beaux-Arts and its original use as lofts.

What other addresses does 236 Fifth Avenue have?

City records list 236-238 Fifth Avenue on the same tax lot (BBL 1008290036) as 236 Fifth Avenue. A space listed on Leasemark at any of these addresses shows up on this page.

What is the ZIP code of 236 Fifth Avenue?

236 Fifth Avenue is in ZIP code 10001, according to the city's tax lot records (NYC PLUTO 26v2) and the Department of Finance's assessment roll. The full mailing address is 236 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10001, in Midtown South.

What is the zoning at 236 Fifth Avenue?

The lot is in the C5-2 zoning district. PLUTO lists a built floor area ratio (FAR) of 10.32 and a maximum commercial FAR of 10 for this lot. It is inside the Madison Square North Historic District, so exterior changes go through the Landmarks Preservation Commission.

What subway station is closest to 236 Fifth Avenue?

The closest subway station to 236 Fifth Avenue is 28 St (the R and W trains), about 450 feet away in a straight line, roughly 2 minutes on foot. Also nearby: 28 St (the 6 train), 4 min walk; 23 St (the R and W trains), 5 min walk. Walking times are straight-line estimates; the street route is longer.

Who owns 236 Fifth Avenue?

The NYC Department of Finance's 2026/27 assessment roll lists L C T ASSOCIATES LP as the owner of record of 236 Fifth Avenue (BBL 1008290036). 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.

What is the energy grade of 236 Fifth Avenue?

236 Fifth Avenue reported an ENERGY STAR score of 26 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 26 earns a D. 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 126.8 kBtu per square foot, 36% above the national median of 93.5 for a similar property. Its greenhouse gas emissions were about 692 metric tons of CO2e (10.61 kg per square foot).

Is there construction at 236 Fifth Avenue?

The Department of Buildings issued no permits for new jobs at 236 Fifth Avenue in the 12 months to September 2026; the last one was first permitted in May 2022. These are the Department of Buildings' DOB NOW work permits for tax lot 1008290036. 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 236 Fifth Avenue?

The Department of Finance's 2026/27 assessment roll lists a taxable value of $7.66 million for 236 Fifth Avenue. At the Class 4 rate of 10.848% (tax year 2025/26, the latest rate the Department of Finance lists), that is about $831,239 a year, roughly $12.74 per square foot of floor area, before abatements such as ICAP. The city's property tax records for BBL 1008290036 show the actual bill.

What is the assessed value of 236 Fifth Avenue?

For tax year 2026/27, the NYC Department of Finance puts the market value of 236 Fifth Avenue at $19.6 million ($2.8 million of it land) and its assessed value at $8.82 million, the 45% of market value the city assesses for Class 4 property. The city's market value rose 48% from 2022/23 ($13.2 million) to 2026/27.

Are there vacant storefronts at 236 Fifth Avenue?

Owners registered 2 storefronts at 236 Fifth Avenue for December 31, 2024, the newest annual filing the city has published, and 1 of them stood vacant that day. At least one storefront here has been reported vacant at the end of every year since 2021. These are the owners' filings with the Department of Finance under Local Law 157, so a storefront vacant on December 31, 2024 may have been leased since. Owners and brokers can list a storefront on Leasemark for free.

Is there office space for lease at 236 Fifth Avenue?

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