40 West 44th Street

40 West 44th Street has about 43,000 square feet of floor area in total, including 43,000 square feet of office, 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 40 West 44th Street to 1895-1896, designed by Cyrus L. W. Eidlitz. City tax records list 1895 as the year built. The building is 4 floors tall.

Cyrus L. W. Eidlitz, according to the Landmarks Preservation Commission's building records, which list the style as Classic Eclectic and its original use as a club building.

The tax lot at 40 West 44th Street includes Association of the Bar of the City of New York, an individual landmark designated June 7, 1966 (LP-00256). Changes to a designated landmark, including many storefront, window and signage changes, need a permit from the Landmarks Preservation Commission.

City records list 43-45 West 43rd Street and 40-42 West 44th Street on the same tax lot (BBL 1012590014) as 40 West 44th Street. A space listed on Leasemark at any of these addresses shows up on this page.

40 West 44th Street is in ZIP code 10036, according to the city's tax lot records (NYC PLUTO 26v2) and the Department of Finance's assessment roll. The full mailing address is 40 West 44th Street, New York, NY 10036, in Midtown.

The lot is in the C6-4.5 zoning district. PLUTO lists a built floor area ratio (FAR) of 3.13 and a maximum commercial FAR of 12 for this lot.

The closest subway station to 40 West 44th Street is 5 Av (the 7, B, D, F and M trains, connected to 42 St-Bryant Pk), about 550 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; 47-50 Sts-Rockefeller Ctr (the B, D, F and M 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 ASSOS OF BAR OF NY as the owner of record of 40 West 44th Street (BBL 1012590014). Deeds and mortgages for the lot are public in ACRIS, the city's property records system.

40 West 44th Street's 2024 Local Law 84 benchmarking filing got no ENERGY STAR score (too much of the floor area is classed as other uses), and Local Law 33 letter grades come from that score, so the filing does not yield an A to D grade. Its site energy use came to 70.8 kBtu per square foot, 32% above the national median of 53.6 for a similar property. Its greenhouse gas emissions were about 334 metric tons of CO2e (6.76 kg per square foot).

In the 12 months to October 2026, the Department of Buildings issued first permits for 4 jobs at 40 West 44th Street. In the last two years, interior work was permitted on 3 floors (floors 3 to 5). The newest build-out, on floors 3 to 5 and the roof, was first permitted in March 2026 (plumbing; filed cost estimate $47,000). These are the Department of Buildings' DOB NOW work permits for tax lot 1012590014. 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 $3.81 million for 40 West 44th Street. At the Class 4 rate of 10.848% (tax year 2025/26, the latest rate the Department of Finance lists), that is about $413,452 a year, roughly $9.55 per square foot of floor area, before abatements such as ICAP. The city's property tax records for BBL 1012590014 show the actual bill.

For tax year 2026/27, the NYC Department of Finance puts the market value of 40 West 44th Street at $9.59 million ($3.57 million of it land) and its assessed value at $4.31 million, the 45% of market value the city assesses for Class 4 property. The city's market value rose 24% from 2022/23 ($7.73 million) to 2026/27.

No space at 40 West 44th 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.