Shopping center · Harlem, Manhattan
280 St. Nicholas Avenue is a 4-floor shopping center in Harlem, Manhattan, built in 1998, with about 248,000 square feet of retail space according to city records.
Also at 2309-2327 Eighth Avenue, 280-286 St. Nicholas Avenue, 301-339 West 124th Street and 300-322 West 125th Street.
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NYC tax lot records
Source: NYC Department of City Planning, PLUTO 26v2, pulled 2026-09-27; addresses from the Property Address Directory (PAD) 26b; subway stations from the MTA Subway Stations dataset, pulled 2026-09-26. Floor areas are the city's estimates for the whole building, not available space. Walking times are straight-line estimates.
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280 St. Nicholas Avenue has about 310,000 square feet of floor area in total, including 248,000 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 1998 as the year built. The building is 4 floors tall.
City records list 2309-2327 Eighth Avenue, 280-286 St. Nicholas Avenue, 301-339 West 124th Street and 300-322 West 125th Street on the same tax lot (BBL 1019510022) as 280 St. Nicholas Avenue. A space listed on Leasemark at any of these addresses shows up on this page.
The lot is in the C4-4D zoning district. PLUTO lists a built floor area ratio (FAR) of 5.03 and a maximum commercial FAR of 3.4 for this lot.
The closest subway station to 280 St. Nicholas Avenue is 125 St (the A, B, C and D trains), about 400 feet away in a straight line, roughly 1 minute on foot. The MTA lists it as an accessible station. Also nearby: 116 St (the B and C trains), 7 min walk; 125 St (the 2 and 3 trains), 8 min walk. Walking times are straight-line estimates; the street route is longer.
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