52 Varick Street

52 Varick Street has about 98,000 square feet of floor area in total, including 81,000 square feet of office and 17,000 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 1900 as the year built, with a major alteration recorded in 2019. The building is 8 floors tall.

City records list 13-17 Laight Street, 20-24 St. Johns Lane and 52-58 Varick Street on the same tax lot (BBL 1002120018) as 52 Varick Street. A space listed on Leasemark at any of these addresses shows up on this page.

52 Varick Street is in ZIP code 10013, according to the city's tax lot records (NYC PLUTO 26v2) and the Department of Finance's assessment roll. The full mailing address is 52 Varick Street, New York, NY 10013, in SoHo.

The lot is in the C6-2A zoning district. PLUTO lists a built floor area ratio (FAR) of 7.05 and a maximum commercial FAR of 6 for this lot.

The closest subway station to 52 Varick Street is Canal St (the A, C and E trains), about 350 feet away in a straight line, roughly 1 minute on foot. Also nearby: Canal St (the 1 train), 2 min walk; Franklin St (the 1 train), 3 min walk. Walking times are straight-line estimates; the street route is longer.

The NYC Department of Finance's 2026/27 assessment roll lists 15 LAIGHT NY LLC as the owner of record of 52 Varick Street (BBL 1002120018). 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.

52 Varick Street last sold in February 2023 for $273.5 million, according to the deed recorded with the city. 13-17 LAIGHT NY LLC sold it to 15 LAIGHT NY LLC. That comes to about $2,796 per square foot of floor area. The deed is ACRIS document 2023021500796001 (BBL 1002120018) in the city's property records. A sale of the company that owns a building is not recorded as a deed, so it would not show there.

52 Varick Street reported an ENERGY STAR score of 93 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 93 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 25.3 kBtu per square foot, less than half the national median of 59.2 for a similar property. Its greenhouse gas emissions were about 238 metric tons of CO2e (2.38 kg per square foot).

The Department of Buildings issued no permits for new jobs at 52 Varick Street in the 12 months to September 2026; the last one was first permitted in June 2022. These are the Department of Buildings' DOB NOW work permits for tax lot 1002120018. 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 $15.3 million for 52 Varick Street. At the Class 4 rate of 10.848% (tax year 2025/26, the latest rate the Department of Finance lists), that is about $1.66 million a year, roughly $17.02 per square foot of floor area, before abatements such as ICAP. The city's property tax records for BBL 1002120018 show the actual bill.

For tax year 2026/27, the NYC Department of Finance puts the market value of 52 Varick Street at $34.1 million ($2.49 million of it land) and its assessed value at $15.3 million, the 45% of market value the city assesses for Class 4 property. The city's market value fell 16% from 2022/23 ($40.6 million) to 2026/27.

No space at 52 Varick 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.