Haskins & Sells Building

The Haskins & Sells Building has about 51,000 square feet of floor area in total, including 46,000 square feet of office and 5,000 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 Haskins & Sells Building to 1912, designed by Frederick C. Zobel. The building is 12 floors tall.

Frederick C. Zobel, according to the Landmarks Preservation Commission's building records, which list the style as Renaissance Revival and its original use as an office building.

Yes. The Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the Haskins & Sells Building an individual landmark on January 11, 2011 (LP-02417). Changes to a designated landmark, including many storefront, window and signage changes, need a permit from the Commission.

The Haskins & Sells Building is at 35 West 39th Street in Midtown, Manhattan. City records list 35-37 West 39th Street on the same tax lot (BBL 1008410018). A space listed on Leasemark at any of these addresses shows up on this page.

35 West 39th Street is in ZIP code 10018, according to the city's tax lot records (NYC PLUTO 26v2) and the Department of Finance's assessment roll. The Haskins & Sells Building is at 35 West 39th Street, New York, NY 10018, in Midtown.

The lot is in the M1-9A/R12 zoning district. PLUTO lists a built floor area ratio (FAR) of 11.74 and a maximum commercial FAR of 15 for this lot.

The closest subway station to the Haskins & Sells Building is 42 St-Bryant Pk (the B, D, F, M and 7 trains, connected to 5 Av), about 600 feet away in a straight line, roughly 2 minutes on foot. Also nearby: Times Sq-42 St (the 1, 2, 3, 7, N, Q, R, W, S, A, C and E trains, connected to 42 St-Port Authority Bus Terminal), 4 min walk; Grand Central-42 St (the 4, 5, 6, 7 and S trains), 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 B W W 39 CO as the owner of record of the Haskins & Sells Building (BBL 1008410018). Deeds and mortgages for the lot are public in ACRIS, the city's property records system.

The Haskins & Sells Building reported an ENERGY STAR score of 73 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 73 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 74.4 kBtu per square foot, 28% below the national median of 103.5 for a similar property. Its greenhouse gas emissions were about 303 metric tons of CO2e (6.51 kg per square foot).

At its 2024 energy use, the Haskins & Sells Building comes to about 269 metric tons of CO2e a year under Local Law 97's coefficients, against a limit of 352 tons for 2024 to 2029 (76% of the limit), so it would owe no penalty. From 2030 the limit drops to 125 tons and the same energy use counts as about 221 tons, about 96 tons over, or an estimated $26,000 a year unless the building cuts its emissions. This is an estimate from the owner's 2024 benchmarking filing using the coefficients and per-use limits in the law and the Department of Buildings rule, at $268 per ton over. It is not the building's Local Law 97 report, which can count credits and deductions this estimate cannot.

In the 12 months to October 2026, the Department of Buildings issued first permits for 1 job at the Haskins & Sells Building. In the last two years, interior work was permitted on one floor (floor 12). The newest build-out, on floor 12, was first permitted in March 2026 (construction; filed cost estimate $15,000). These are the Department of Buildings' DOB NOW work permits for tax lot 1008410018. 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 $4.68 million for the Haskins & Sells Building. At the Class 4 rate of 10.848% (tax year 2025/26, the latest rate the Department of Finance lists), that is about $507,745 a year, roughly $9.96 per square foot of floor area, before abatements such as ICAP. The city's property tax records for BBL 1008410018 show the actual bill.

For tax year 2026/27, the NYC Department of Finance puts the market value of the Haskins & Sells Building at $10.7 million ($5 million of it land) and its assessed value at $4.82 million, the 45% of market value the city assesses for Class 4 property. The city's market value rose 5% from 2022/23 ($10.2 million) to 2026/27.

Owners registered one storefront at the Haskins & Sells 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 35 West 39th 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.