540 Eighth Avenue

540 Eighth Avenue has about 226,000 square feet of floor area in total, including 216,000 square feet of office and 10,000 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 1925 as the year built. The building is 23 floors tall.

City records list 540-552 Eighth Avenue and 265-269 West 37th Street on the same tax lot (BBL 1007870001) as 540 Eighth Avenue. A space listed on Leasemark at any of these addresses shows up on this page.

540 Eighth Avenue 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 full mailing address is 540 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10018, in the Garment District.

The lot is in the M1-9A zoning district. PLUTO lists a built floor area ratio (FAR) of 22.87 and a maximum commercial FAR of 15 for this lot.

The closest subway station to 540 Eighth Avenue is 34 St-Penn Station (the A, C and E trains), about 850 feet away in a straight line, roughly 3 minutes on foot. The MTA lists it as an accessible station. 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), 5 min walk; 34 St-Penn Station (the 1, 2 and 3 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 265 W 37 OWNER LLC as the owner of record of 540 Eighth Avenue (BBL 1007870001). 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.

540 Eighth Avenue 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 67.2 kBtu per square foot, 45% below the national median of 122.1 for a similar property. Its greenhouse gas emissions were about 1,409 metric tons of CO2e (6.21 kg per square foot).

At its 2024 energy use, 540 Eighth Avenue comes to about 1,201 metric tons of CO2e a year under Local Law 97's coefficients, against a limit of 1,722 tons for 2024 to 2029 (70% of the limit), so it would owe no penalty. From 2030 the limit drops to 599 tons and the same energy use counts as about 912 tons, about 313 tons over, or an estimated $84,000 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 3 jobs at 540 Eighth Avenue. In the last two years, interior work was permitted on one floor (floor 1). The newest build-out, on floor 1, was first permitted in October 2026 (construction, mechanical; filed cost estimate $67,000). These are the Department of Buildings' DOB NOW work permits for tax lot 1007870001. 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 $14.8 million for 540 Eighth Avenue. At the Class 4 rate of 10.848% (tax year 2025/26, the latest rate the Department of Finance lists), that is about $1.6 million a year, roughly $7.09 per square foot of floor area, before abatements such as ICAP. The city's property tax records for BBL 1007870001 show the actual bill.

For tax year 2026/27, the NYC Department of Finance puts the market value of 540 Eighth Avenue at $33.3 million ($4.34 million of it land) and its assessed value at $15 million, the 45% of market value the city assesses for Class 4 property. The city's market value fell 2% from 2022/23 ($33.8 million) to 2026/27.

Owners registered 10 storefronts at 540 Eighth Avenue for December 31, 2025, the newest annual filing the city has published, and none stood 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 540 Eighth Avenue 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.