Spinning Wheel Building

The Spinning Wheel Building has about 88,000 square feet of floor area in total, including 81,000 square feet of office and 8,000 square feet of retail, according to NYC PLUTO 26v2. These are the city's estimates for the whole building, not space that is available.

The Landmarks Preservation Commission's building records date the Spinning Wheel Building to 1900-1901, designed by James Barnes Baker. The building is 10 floors tall.

James Barnes Baker, according to the Landmarks Preservation Commission's building records, which list the style as neo-Renaissance and its original use as store and lofts.

The Spinning Wheel Building is at 3 West 22nd Street in Flatiron, Manhattan. City records list 3-7 West 22nd Street on the same tax lot (BBL 1008240032). A space listed on Leasemark at any of these addresses shows up on this page.

3 West 22nd Street is in ZIP code 10010, according to the city's tax lot records (NYC PLUTO 26v2) and the Department of Finance's assessment roll. The Spinning Wheel Building is at 3 West 22nd Street, New York, NY 10010, in Flatiron.

The lot is in the C6-4M zoning district. PLUTO lists a built floor area ratio (FAR) of 10.93 and a maximum commercial FAR of 10 for this lot. It is inside the Ladies' Mile Historic District, so exterior changes go through the Landmarks Preservation Commission.

The closest subway station to the Spinning Wheel Building is 23 St (the R and W trains), about 350 feet away in a straight line, roughly 1 minute on foot. Also nearby: 23 St (the F and M trains), 3 min walk; 23 St-Baruch College (the 6 train), 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 CHAND REALTY ASSOC as the owner of record of the Spinning Wheel Building (BBL 1008240032). Deeds and mortgages for the lot are public in ACRIS, the city's property records system.

The Spinning Wheel Building reported an ENERGY STAR score of 86 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 86 earns an A. 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 50.5 kBtu per square foot, 47% below the national median of 94.4 for a similar property. Its greenhouse gas emissions were about 365 metric tons of CO2e (4.48 kg per square foot).

In the 12 months to September 2026, the Department of Buildings issued first permits for 1 job at the Spinning Wheel Building. 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 August 2026 (construction, mechanical, plumbing, sprinklers; filed cost estimate $227,000). These are the Department of Buildings' DOB NOW work permits for tax lot 1008240032. 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 $9.75 million for the Spinning Wheel Building. At the Class 4 rate of 10.848% (tax year 2025/26, the latest rate the Department of Finance lists), that is about $1.06 million a year, roughly $11.96 per square foot of floor area, before abatements such as ICAP. The city's property tax records for BBL 1008240032 show the actual bill.

For tax year 2026/27, the NYC Department of Finance puts the market value of the Spinning Wheel Building at $22.3 million ($6 million of it land) and its assessed value at $10 million, the 45% of market value the city assesses for Class 4 property. The city's market value rose 9% from 2022/23 ($20.4 million) to 2026/27.

Owners registered one storefront at the Spinning Wheel Building 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.

No space at 3 West 22nd 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.