817 Broadway

817 Broadway has about 114,000 square feet of floor area in total, including 108,000 square feet of office and 7,000 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 817 Broadway to 1895-1898, designed by George B. Post. The building is 14 floors tall.

George B. Post, according to the Landmarks Preservation Commission's building records, which list the style as Renaissance Revival and its original use as store and lofts.

Yes. The Landmarks Preservation Commission designated 817 Broadway an individual landmark on June 11, 2019 (LP-02614). Changes to a designated landmark, including many storefront, window and signage changes, need a permit from the Commission.

City records list 817-819 Broadway and 48-54 East 12th Street on the same tax lot (BBL 1005630031) as 817 Broadway. A space listed on Leasemark at any of these addresses shows up on this page.

817 Broadway is in ZIP code 10003, according to the city's tax lot records (NYC PLUTO 26v2) and the Department of Finance's assessment roll. The full mailing address is 817 Broadway, New York, NY 10003, in Union Square.

The lot is in the C6-1 zoning district. PLUTO lists a built floor area ratio (FAR) of 13.99 and a maximum commercial FAR of 6 for this lot.

The closest subway station to 817 Broadway is 14 St-Union Sq (the 4, 5, 6, L, N, Q, R and W trains), about 600 feet away in a straight line, roughly 2 minutes on foot. The MTA lists it as an accessible station. Also nearby: 8 St-NYU (the R and W trains), 4 min walk; Astor Pl (the 6 train), 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 817 BROADWAY OWNER LLC as the owner of record of 817 Broadway (BBL 1005630031). 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.

817 Broadway last sold in November 2016 for $109 million, according to the deed recorded with the city. The buyer of record was 817 BROADWAY OWNER LLC. The deed is ACRIS document 2016112300307002 (BBL 1005630031) 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.

817 Broadway reported an ENERGY STAR score of 90 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 90 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 53.9 kBtu per square foot, less than half the national median of 113.1 for a similar property. Its greenhouse gas emissions were about 616 metric tons of CO2e (5.01 kg per square foot).

At its 2024 energy use, 817 Broadway comes to about 487 metric tons of CO2e a year under Local Law 97's coefficients, against a limit of 1,329 tons for 2024 to 2029 (37% of the limit), so it would owe no penalty. From 2030 the limit drops to 521 tons and the same energy use counts as about 307 tons, still under the limit. 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 817 Broadway. In the last two years, interior work was permitted on 3 floors (floors 1, 2 and 11). The newest build-out, on floor 2, was first permitted in March 2026 (construction, mechanical, sprinklers; filed cost estimate $236,000). These are the Department of Buildings' DOB NOW work permits for tax lot 1005630031. 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 $18.5 million for 817 Broadway. At the Class 4 rate of 10.848% (tax year 2025/26, the latest rate the Department of Finance lists), that is about $2 million a year, roughly $17.51 per square foot of floor area, before abatements such as ICAP. The city's property tax records for BBL 1005630031 show the actual bill.

For tax year 2026/27, the NYC Department of Finance puts the market value of 817 Broadway at $46.2 million ($1.98 million of it land) and its assessed value at $20.8 million, the 45% of market value the city assesses for Class 4 property. The city's market value fell 10% from 2022/23 ($51.5 million) to 2026/27.

Owners registered 2 storefronts at 817 Broadway 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 817 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.