Flex and creative space for lease in Harlem

Harlem's 125th Street corridor is a major retail spine with national tenants, and the neighborhood has seen new office and lab development around Columbia's Manhattanville campus.

Office stock
7.7M SF
Office properties
311
Transit
2 3 at 125 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 tax lot records

Office buildings in Harlem

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

Office space
7.7M SF
Properties with office space
311
All commercial space
30.9M SF
Built before 1940
77%

Largest office buildings

  1. 3 floors · built 2011
  2. 11 floors · built 2019
  3. 19 floors · built 1972
  4. 15 floors · built 1974
  5. 12 floors · built 1913
All 16 large commercial buildings in Harlem

Age, height and zoning

  • Median year built: 1910.
  • Median height: 5 floors.
  • Most common zoning districts: R7-2 (937), R7A (310), R8 (143).
  • Historic districts: Mount Morris Park Historic District (47 lots), Hamilton Heights Historic District Extension (26 lots), Hamilton Heights / Sugar Hill Historic District (26 lots).
  • 49 lots are designated city landmarks.

Source: NYC Department of City Planning, PLUTO 26v2, pulled 2026-09-30. Counts cover tax lots with commercial floor area within about 0.6 mi of Harlem'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 Harlem

Every station within about 0.6 mi of Harlem's commercial core, closest first. Stations joined by a free transfer count once.

Stations
17
Subway lines
10
Fully accessible
4 of 17
Closest
145 St, 3 min walk

The 17 stations

  • 145 St3 min walk · Not accessible
  • 116 St4 min walk · Not accessible
  • 125 St5 min walk · Not accessible
  • 125 St6 min walk · Accessible station
  • 116 St7 min walk · Not accessible
  • 135 St7 min walk · Accessible station
  • Harlem-148 St8 min walk · Accessible station
  • 135 St8 min walk · Not accessible
  • 145 St8 min walk · Not accessible
  • 110 St-Malcolm X Plaza8 min walk · Not accessible
  • 145 St9 min walk · Not accessible
  • 137 St-City College11 min walk · Partly accessible
  • 116 St11 min walk · Not accessible
  • 155 St11 min walk · Not accessible
  • 125 St11 min walk · Accessible station
  • Cathedral Pkwy (110 St)11 min walk · Not accessible
  • 155 St12 min walk · Not accessible

Lines

The 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, A, B, C and D trains stop within about 0.6 mi of Harlem's core.

Step-free access

  • 125 St (A B C D) is fully accessible.
  • 135 St (2 3) is fully accessible.
  • Harlem-148 St (3) is fully accessible.
  • 125 St (4 5 6) is fully accessible.
  • 137 St-City College (1) is partly accessible (one direction only).

Source: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, MTA Subway Stations, pulled 2026-09-30. Walking times are straight-line estimates from the nearest point of Harlem'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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Questions about flex / creative space in Harlem

How much does flex / creative space cost in Harlem?

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How do I find flex / creative space in Harlem that is not publicly listed?

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How much office space is there in Harlem?

New York City's PLUTO tax lot data (26v2) records about 7.7 million square feet of office floor area across 311 properties in the part of Harlem Leasemark covers. The largest by that measure is 721 Esplanade Gardens Plaza, at about 294,000 square feet. That is the existing building stock, not space currently for lease.

What subway lines serve Harlem?

17 subway stations sit within about 0.6 mi of Harlem's commercial core, served by the 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, A, B, C and D trains. The closest is 145 St (A B C D), roughly 3 minutes on foot; then 116 St (2 3), 125 St (2 3), 125 St (A B C D), 116 St (B C), 135 St (2 3), Harlem-148 St (3) and 10 more. Walking times are straight-line estimates from MTA station data.

Do tenants in Harlem pay the NYC Commercial Rent Tax?

No. Harlem is north of 96th Street, and the city repealed the Commercial Rent Tax for premises north of the center line of 96th Street, so a commercial lease here does not pay it at any rent. Space south of 96th Street does.

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Is it free to post on Leasemark?

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