"Little" Singer Building

The "Little" Singer Building has about 114,000 square feet of floor area in total, including 50,000 square feet of office, 8,000 square feet of retail and 18,000 square feet of industrial and storage space, 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 "Little" Singer Building to 1903-1904, designed by Ernest Flagg. The building is 12 floors tall.

Ernest Flagg, according to the Landmarks Preservation Commission's building records, which list the style as Art Nouveau and its original use as offices and lofts.

The "Little" Singer Building is at 561 Broadway in SoHo, Manhattan. City records list 561-563 Broadway and 88 Prince Street on the same tax lot (BBL 1004980007). A space listed on Leasemark at any of these addresses shows up on this page.

561 Broadway is in ZIP code 10012, according to the city's tax lot records (NYC PLUTO 26v2) and the Department of Finance's assessment roll. The "Little" Singer Building is at 561 Broadway, New York, NY 10012, in SoHo.

The lot is in the M1-5/R9X zoning district. PLUTO lists a built floor area ratio (FAR) of 13.03 and a maximum commercial FAR of 5 for this lot. It is inside the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District, so exterior changes go through the Landmarks Preservation Commission.

The closest subway station to the "Little" Singer Building is Prince St (the R and W trains), about 200 feet away in a straight line, roughly 1 minute on foot. Also nearby: Broadway-Lafayette St (the B, D, F, M and 6 trains, connected to Bleecker St), 3 min walk; Spring St (the 6 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 SINGER STUDIO CORP as the owner of record of the "Little" Singer Building (BBL 1004980007). Deeds and mortgages for the lot are public in ACRIS, the city's property records system.

The "Little" Singer Building reported an ENERGY STAR score of 50 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 50 earns a D. 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 60 kBtu per square foot, about the same as the national median of 60.5 for a similar property. Its greenhouse gas emissions were about 684 metric tons of CO2e (5.7 kg per square foot).

In the 12 months to October 2026, the Department of Buildings issued first permits for 4 jobs at the "Little" Singer Building. In the last two years, interior work was permitted on one floor (floor 6). The newest build-out, on floor 6, was first permitted in May 2026 (construction, mechanical, plumbing, sprinklers; filed cost estimate $743,000). These are the Department of Buildings' DOB NOW work permits for tax lot 1004980007. 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 $15.7 million for the "Little" Singer Building. At the Class 4 rate of 10.848% (tax year 2025/26, the latest rate the Department of Finance lists), that is about $1.7 million a year, roughly $14.86 per square foot of floor area, before abatements such as ICAP. The city's property tax records for BBL 1004980007 show the actual bill.

For tax year 2026/27, the NYC Department of Finance puts the market value of the "Little" Singer Building at $35.1 million ($4.39 million of it land) and its assessed value at $15.8 million, the 45% of market value the city assesses for Class 4 property. The city's market value fell 2% from 2022/23 ($35.7 million) to 2026/27.

Owners registered one storefront at the "Little" Singer 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 561 Broadway 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.