249 West 17th Street

249 West 17th Street has about 109,000 square feet of floor area in total, including 65,000 square feet of office and 44,000 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 1902 as the year built, with a major alteration recorded in 2012. The building is 6 floors tall.

City records list 249-255 West 17th Street and 236-242 West 18th Street on the same tax lot (BBL 1007670012) as 249 West 17th Street. A space listed on Leasemark at any of these addresses shows up on this page.

249 West 17th Street is in ZIP code 10011, according to the city's tax lot records (NYC PLUTO 26v2) and the Department of Finance's assessment roll. The full mailing address is 249 West 17th Street, New York, NY 10011, in Chelsea.

The lot is in the C6-2A zoning district. PLUTO lists a built floor area ratio (FAR) of 6.11 and a maximum commercial FAR of 6 for this lot.

The closest subway station to 249 West 17th Street is 14 St (the A, C, E and L trains, connected to 8 Av), about 550 feet away in a straight line, roughly 2 minutes on foot. The MTA lists it as an accessible station. Also nearby: 18 St (the 1 train), 2 min walk; 14 St (the 1, 2, 3, F, M and L trains, connected to 6 Av), 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 249 WEST 17TH STREET PROPERTY INVESTORS II LLC as the owner of record of 249 West 17th Street (BBL 1007670012). 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.

249 West 17th Street last sold in October 2017 in a $339.4 million sale that covered 2 tax lots, this one among them, according to the deed recorded with the city. ARC NY24549W17, LLC sold it to COLUMBIA REIT-245-249 W. 17TH LLC. The deed is ACRIS document 2017101800340003 (BBL 1007670012) in the city's property records. A sale of the company that owns a building is not recorded as a deed, so it would not show there.

249 West 17th Street reported an ENERGY STAR score of 84 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 84 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 51.4 kBtu per square foot, 41% below the national median of 86.6 for a similar property. Its greenhouse gas emissions were about 589 metric tons of CO2e (5.41 kg per square foot).

In the 12 months to September 2026, the Department of Buildings issued first permits for 1 job at 249 West 17th Street. In the last two years, interior work was permitted on one floor (floor 3). The newest build-out, on floor 3, was first permitted in February 2026 (construction; filed cost estimate $70,000). These are the Department of Buildings' DOB NOW work permits for tax lot 1007670012. 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 $28.2 million for 249 West 17th Street. At the Class 4 rate of 10.848% (tax year 2025/26, the latest rate the Department of Finance lists), that is about $3.06 million a year, roughly $28.17 per square foot of floor area, before abatements such as ICAP. The city's property tax records for BBL 1007670012 show the actual bill.

For tax year 2026/27, the NYC Department of Finance puts the market value of 249 West 17th Street at $64.8 million ($6.17 million of it land) and its assessed value at $29.2 million, the 45% of market value the city assesses for Class 4 property. The city's market value rose 15% from 2022/23 ($56.6 million) to 2026/27.

Owners registered 4 storefronts at 249 West 17th Street 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 2020. 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.

No space at 249 West 17th 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.