Restaurant space for lease in Greenwich Village

Greenwich Village is a neighborhood retail and restaurant market with steady demand from independent operators and small medical and wellness practices.

Retail stock
1.5M SF
Retail properties
464
Largest retail
543 La Guardia Place
Transit
A B C D E F M at W 4 St

Building figures are existing stock from NYC PLUTO 26v2 tax lot records, not space on the market. More below.

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NYC Department of Finance filings

Rent collected per square foot: retail buildings in Manhattan

In 2024, 1,328 Manhattan retail properties filed income statements with the city. Their median gross income was $64.71 per square foot, and the middle half collected between $38.35 and $104.91. The typical property's income was up 2.1% on 2023. The city publishes these figures by borough, not by neighborhood, so they cover Manhattan as a whole.

Gross income per square foot, 2024

  • Manhattan$64.71Middle half $38.35 to $104.91 · 1,328 filings · this page
  • Brooklyn$33.16Middle half $22.30 to $48.57 · 2,856 filings
  • Queens$36.08Middle half $24.11 to $54.28 · 3,243 filings
  • Bronx$33.65Middle half $22.85 to $48.55 · 1,487 filings
  • Staten Island$29.60Middle half $19.65 to $42.13 · 715 filings

Bar: the middle half of properties. Tick: the median.

Manhattan retail buildings

Median gross income
$64.71/SF
Middle half
$38.35 to $104.91
Typical change on 2023
+2.08%
Citywide median
$36.07/SF
Filings
1,328

Source: NYC Department of Finance, FY 2027 RPIE 2024 Income and Expense Distributions (FY 2027 assessment roll, published January 2026), page 16. Owners of income-producing properties file a Real Property Income and Expense statement each year; gross income is everything a property collected in 2024 per square foot, as filed, with outlier and partial-year filers left out. It includes vacant space, concessions and older leases, so it is not an asking rent.

NYC restaurant inspections

Restaurants in Greenwich Village

How many restaurants the city's Health Department has on file here, how many are new, what they serve and which streets they line: the neighbors and the competition a new restaurant in Greenwich Village would have.

Open restaurants
345
with an inspection on file
New permits, 12 months
57
17% of those open
Awaiting inspection
45
applied for a permit
Most common
American
68 places, 20%

Streets with the most restaurants in Greenwich Village

  1. Macdougal Street41
  2. West 4th Street20
  3. Carmine Street19

What restaurants in Greenwich Village serve

  1. American68
  2. Coffee and tea38
  3. Italian27
  4. Japanese22
  5. Pizza16
  6. Bakery and desserts14

Restaurants across New York City

Source: NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Restaurant Inspection Results, records as of October 23, 2026, pulled 2026-10-24. Counted by permit; business names are not shown. Neighborhood figures count places near the neighborhood's commercial core, the same area as the building figures on this page. Counts are food service permits in an active status: restaurants, cafes, bakeries, bars that serve food and similar places. A new permit is either a new restaurant or a new operator taking over an existing one.

NY State Liquor Authority

Liquor licenses in Greenwich Village

How many places in Greenwich Village can serve drinks, how many are waiting on a license, and whether a new full liquor license here would face the 500-foot rule: the first thing to check before leasing a space for a bar or a restaurant with a full bar.

Full liquor licenses
156
to drink on site
Beer and wine licenses
71
to drink on site
Applications waiting
18
10 for full liquor
Within 500 ft of 3+
100%
156 of 156 full-liquor places

The 500-foot rule in Greenwich Village

A new full liquor license for drinking on site cannot be issued within 500 feet of three or more places that already hold one, unless the State Liquor Authority finds at a hearing that it is in the public interest (ABC Law, section 64). Here 156 of 156 full-liquor places have three or more others within 500 feet, so almost any new full liquor license here would need that hearing. Beer and wine licenses are not subject to the rule.

  1. 3 or more others within 500 ft156
  2. Fewer than 30

Streets with the most liquor licenses in Greenwich Village

  1. Macdougal Street24
  2. West 4th Street14
  3. Carmine Street13

Liquor licenses across New York City

Source: New York State Liquor Authority, Current Liquor Authority Active Licenses and Current SLA Pending Licenses, as of October 23, 2026, pulled 2026-10-24. Counted by license; business names are not shown. Neighborhood figures count places near the neighborhood's commercial core, the same area as the restaurant figures above. Only licenses to drink on site count: full liquor for restaurants, bars, hotels, clubs and similar places, and beer and wine. Stores, boats and second bars of a licensed place are left out. The 500-foot figures count each place once (one holding two licenses is one place) and only places with a map point; distances run between those points, while the law measures from the nearest entrances, so treat them as an estimate.

NYC storefront registry

Storefronts in Greenwich Village

How many shopfronts the city's registry counts here and how many stood empty at the end of 2025: a quick read on how much choice a retail or restaurant tenant has.

Registered storefronts
572
Vacant on Dec 31, 2025
50
Vacancy rate
8.7%
NYC 9.2%
A year earlier
9.5%
fewer empty now

Streets with the most storefronts in Greenwich Village

  1. 5 vacant (8.2%)
  2. 1 vacant (1.8%)
  3. West 8th Street43
    1 vacant (2.3%)
  4. West 3rd Street33
    2 vacant (6.1%)
  5. West 4th Street31
    0 vacant (0.0%)

NYC storefront vacancy report: every borough, neighborhood and street, by year

Source: NYC Department of Finance, Storefronts Reported Vacant or Not (Local Law 157), annual filings, pulled 2026-10-16. Owners of buildings with ground- or second-floor storefronts register each one every year with its status on December 31. Neighborhood figures count storefronts near the neighborhood's commercial core, the same area as the building figures on this page. A vacant storefront is not always on the market: some are being renovated, held empty or already leased to a tenant who has not moved in.

NYC tax lot records

Retail buildings in Greenwich Village

What already stands here, from the city's own property data. Useful for sizing a search before a single space is listed.

Retail space
1.5M SF
Properties with retail space
464
All commercial space
4.8M SF
Built before 1940
89%

Largest retail buildings

  1. 543 La Guardia Place33K SF
    1 floor · built 1960
  2. 388 Avenue of the Americas21K SF
    2 floors · built 1956
  3. 403 Avenue of the Americas19K SF
    1 floor · built 1944
  4. 131 West 3rd Street11K SF
    6 floors · built 1930
  5. 396 Avenue of the Americas11K SF
    2 floors · built 1935
All 4 large commercial buildings in Greenwich Village

Age, height and zoning

  • Median year built: 1895.
  • Median height: 5 floors.
  • Most common zoning districts: R7-2 (227), R6 (155), C4-5 (64).
  • Historic districts: Greenwich Village Historic District (293 lots), South Village Historic District (131 lots), Greenwich Village Historic District Extension II (103 lots).
  • 10 lots are designated city landmarks.

Source: NYC Department of City Planning, PLUTO 26v2, pulled 2026-10-16. Counts cover tax lots with commercial floor area within about 0.4 mi of Greenwich Village's commercial core, and each lot counts toward one neighborhood only, so boundaries are approximate. Building figures are the city's floor-area estimates, not available space.

MTA station data

Subway stations in Greenwich Village

Every station within about 0.5 mi of Greenwich Village's commercial core, closest first. Stations joined by a free transfer count once.

Stations
8
Subway lines
18
Fully accessible
4 of 8
Closest
W 4 St-Wash Sq, 2 min walk

The 8 stations

  • W 4 St-Wash Sq2 min walk · Accessible station
  • Christopher St-Stonewall4 min walk · Not accessible
  • 6 Av6 min walk · Accessible station · connects to 14 St
  • 8 St-NYU8 min walk · Not accessible
  • 14 St-Union Sq9 min walk · Accessible station
  • 8 Av9 min walk · Accessible station · connects to 14 St
  • Astor Pl10 min walk · Not accessible
  • Houston St10 min walk · Not accessible

Lines

The 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, A, B, C, D, E, F, L, M, N, Q, R and W trains stop within about 0.5 mi of Greenwich Village's core.

Step-free access

  • W 4 St-Wash Sq (A B C D E F M) is fully accessible.
  • 6 Av (L) is fully accessible.
  • 14 St-Union Sq (4 5 6 L N Q R W) is fully accessible.
  • 8 Av (L) is fully accessible.

Source: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, MTA Subway Stations, pulled 2026-10-16. Walking times are straight-line estimates from the nearest point of Greenwich Village's commercial core (the same area as the building counts), so the street route is longer. Accessibility is the MTA's rating for the named station. PATH, LIRR, Metro-North and ferries are not in this data.

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How much does restaurant space cost in Greenwich Village?

Leasemark has no asking rents posted here yet, so here are the city's own numbers. Retail buildings in Manhattan collected a median $64.71 per square foot in 2024, and the middle half between $38.35 and $104.91, according to the income and expense statements owners file with the NYC Department of Finance (FY 2027 distributions, 1,328 filings). The city publishes these figures by borough, so this is Manhattan as a whole, not Greenwich Village alone. That is what buildings actually collected, with vacant space, concessions and leases signed years ago in the mix, so it is a baseline rather than a quote: a specific space's price depends on the building's class, floor, condition and the length of the lease.

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How do I find restaurant space in Greenwich Village that is not publicly listed?

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How much retail space is there in Greenwich Village?

New York City's PLUTO tax lot data (26v2) records about 1.5 million square feet of retail floor area across 464 properties in the part of Greenwich Village Leasemark covers. The largest by that measure is 543 La Guardia Place, at about 33,000 square feet. That is the existing building stock, not space currently for lease.

How many restaurants are there in Greenwich Village?

The NYC Health Department had 345 restaurants and other food service places with an inspection on file in the part of Greenwich Village Leasemark covers as of October 2026, and 45 more had applied for a permit and were waiting for their first inspection. The most common kinds are American (68), coffee and tea (38) and Italian (27). The streets with the most are Bleecker Street (48), Macdougal Street (41) and Sixth Avenue (40).

How many new restaurants opened in Greenwich Village in the last year?

57 food service places in the part of Greenwich Village Leasemark covers had their first pre-permit health inspection in the 12 months to October 23, 2026, 17% of the 345 open there. Counts are food service permits in an active status: restaurants, cafes, bakeries, bars that serve food and similar places. A new permit is either a new restaurant or a new operator taking over an existing one. Places that opened and closed again within the year are not counted.

How many bars and restaurants have a liquor license in Greenwich Village?

The New York State Liquor Authority listed 156 active full liquor licenses and 71 beer and wine licenses for drinking on site in the part of Greenwich Village Leasemark covers as of October 23, 2026. 18 more applications for on-site licenses were waiting for a decision, 10 of them for full liquor.

Does the 500-foot rule apply to a new liquor license in Greenwich Village?

New York's 500-foot rule (Alcoholic Beverage Control Law, section 64) bars a new full liquor license for on-site drinking within 500 feet of three or more places that already hold one, unless the State Liquor Authority finds at a hearing that it is in the public interest. In the part of Greenwich Village Leasemark covers, 156 of the 156 places with a full liquor license (100%) have three or more others within 500 feet, so almost any new full liquor license here would need that hearing. A beer and wine license is not subject to the rule and does not count toward it. Distances here are between map points, so check the exact address before you sign a lease.

How many storefronts are vacant in Greenwich Village?

Owners registered 572 ground- and second-floor storefronts in the part of Greenwich Village Leasemark covers for the end of 2025, and 50 of them (8.7%) stood vacant on December 31, 2025, against 9.2% citywide and 9.5% here a year earlier. The most storefronts are on Avenue of the Americas (61) and Bleecker Street (56). A vacant storefront is not always on the market: some are being renovated, held empty or already leased to a tenant who has not moved in.

What subway lines serve Greenwich Village?

Eight subway stations sit within about 0.5 mi of Greenwich Village's commercial core, served by the 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, A, B, C, D, E, F, L, M, N, Q, R and W trains. The closest is W 4 St-Wash Sq (A B C D E F M), roughly 2 minutes on foot; then Christopher St-Stonewall (1), 6 Av (L 1 2 3 F M), 8 St-NYU (R W), 14 St-Union Sq (4 5 6 L N Q R W), 8 Av (L A C E), Astor Pl (6) and 1 more. Walking times are straight-line estimates from MTA station data.

Do tenants in Greenwich Village pay the NYC Commercial Rent Tax?

Yes, for larger leases. Greenwich Village is in Manhattan below 96th Street, where the city's Commercial Rent Tax applies. A tenant owes it only when base rent for the space is $250,000 a year or more. The tax is 6% of base rent after a 35% reduction, so 3.9% of rent, with a sliding credit between $250,000 and $300,000, and the Small Business Tax Credit wipes it out for businesses with total income of $5 million or less and base rent under $500,000.

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