49 West 27th Street

49 West 27th Street has about 83,000 square feet of floor area in total, including 77,000 square feet of office and 6,000 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 49 West 27th Street to 1882-1883, designed by August Hatfield. The building is 10 floors tall.

August Hatfield, according to the Landmarks Preservation Commission's building records, which list the style as Queen Anne with alterations and its original use as a flats building.

City records list 49-55 West 27th Street on the same tax lot (BBL 1008290007) as 49 West 27th Street. A space listed on Leasemark at any of these addresses shows up on this page.

49 West 27th Street is in ZIP code 10001, according to the city's tax lot records (NYC PLUTO 26v2) and the Department of Finance's assessment roll. The full mailing address is 49 West 27th Street, New York, NY 10001, in Midtown South.

The lot is in the M1-8A/R12 zoning district. PLUTO lists a built floor area ratio (FAR) of 8.41 and a maximum commercial FAR of 12 for this lot. It is inside the Madison Square North Historic District, so exterior changes go through the Landmarks Preservation Commission.

The closest subway station to 49 West 27th Street is 28 St (the R and W trains), about 400 feet away in a straight line, roughly 2 minutes on foot. Also nearby: 28 St (the 1 train), 4 min walk; 23 St (the F and M trains), 4 min walk. Walking times are straight-line estimates; the street route is longer.

The NYC Department of Finance's 2026/27 assessment roll lists RADIO WAVE, LLC as the owner of record of 49 West 27th Street (BBL 1008290007). 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.

49 West 27th Street reported an ENERGY STAR score of 68 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 68 earns a C. 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 68.2 kBtu per square foot, 22% below the national median of 87.9 for a similar property. Its greenhouse gas emissions were about 468 metric tons of CO2e (5.44 kg per square foot).

In the 12 months to September 2026, the Department of Buildings issued first permits for 1 job at 49 West 27th Street. In the last two years, interior work was permitted on one floor (floor 4). The newest build-out, on floor 4, was first permitted in November 2024 (construction, sprinklers; filed cost estimate $243,000). These are the Department of Buildings' DOB NOW work permits for tax lot 1008290007. 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 $9.89 million for 49 West 27th Street. At the Class 4 rate of 10.848% (tax year 2025/26, the latest rate the Department of Finance lists), that is about $1.07 million a year, roughly $12.92 per square foot of floor area, before abatements such as ICAP. The city's property tax records for BBL 1008290007 show the actual bill.

For tax year 2026/27, the NYC Department of Finance puts the market value of 49 West 27th Street at $22.3 million ($5.8 million of it land) and its assessed value at $10.1 million, the 45% of market value the city assesses for Class 4 property. The city's market value fell 10% from 2022/23 ($24.7 million) to 2026/27.

Owners registered 5 storefronts at 49 West 27th Street for December 31, 2024, the newest annual filing the city has published, and 2 of them stood vacant that day. At least one storefront here has been reported vacant at the end of every year since 2022. 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 49 West 27th 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.