Manhattan · Midtown and Upper East Side
Office buildings on East 59th Street
15 large office buildings on East 59th Street in Manhattan, from 2-32 East 59th Street to 232 East 59th Street, with about 4.9 million square feet of office space, through Midtown and the Upper East Side. In address order, with each building's size, age, last sale and nearest subway from the city's own records.
- Buildings
- 15
- Office space
- 4.9M SF
- Median year built
- 1962
- Tallest
- 55 East 59th Street, 24 floors
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NYC tax lot records
Every large building on East 59th Street, in address order
From 2-32 East 59th Street to 232 East 59th Street. 10 corner or through-block buildings have a main address on another street and are listed at their East 59th Street address.
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Owner of record, size, floors, year built, zoning, estimated property tax, last sale, energy grade and nearest subway for every building on this list, as a CSV file for Excel or Google Sheets. Free with a Leasemark account.
City records and estimates, not availability: a building on the list is not a space for lease.
- 9-27 East 59th StreetMain address: 650 Madison Avenue
- 35-39 East 59th StreetMain address: 637 Madison Avenue
- 100-108 East 59th StreetMain address: 499 Park Avenue
- 101-109 East 59th StreetMain address: 505 Park Avenue
- 110-114 East 59th StreetMain address: 111 East 58th Street
- 135 East 59th StreetMain address: 750 Lexington Avenue
- 141-165 East 59th StreetMain address: 743 Lexington Avenue
- 206-216 East 59th StreetMain address: 979 Third Avenue
Source: NYC Department of City Planning, PLUTO 26v2, pulled 2026-10-05, with other addresses on each lot from the city's Property Address Directory and sales from ACRIS. Buildings with at least 35,000 square feet of commercial space in the neighborhoods Leasemark covers; floor areas are the city's estimates for whole buildings, not available space.
Largest and oldest on East 59th Street
Largest by office space
Buildings with their main address on East 59th Street.
NYC storefront registry
Storefronts on East 59th Street
How many shopfronts owners registered along East 59th Street for the end of 2024 and how many stood empty: a quick read on how much choice a retail or restaurant tenant has on the street.
- Registered storefronts
- 30
- Vacant on Dec 31, 2024
- 1
- Vacancy rate
- 3.3%
- Manhattan 11.1%
Where the storefronts on East 59th Street are
Storefront vacancy across New York City
Source: NYC Department of Finance, Storefronts Reported Vacant or Not (Local Law 157), annual filings, pulled 2026-10-08. Owners of buildings with ground- or second-floor storefronts register each one every year with its status on December 31. Counts are the storefronts whose owners typed East 59th Street in the registration, so a few with misspelled addresses are missing; each is placed in a neighborhood by its map point. The year before is shown only when both filings count about as many storefronts on the street. 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 property records (ACRIS)
Building sales on East 59th Street
3 sales of the large buildings on East 59th Street have been recorded since 2016, $281.8 million in all. Median price: about $1,021 a square foot of floor area across 3 one-building sales.
Source: NYC Department of Finance, ACRIS, Real Property Master, Legals and Parties, pulled 2026-10-08; prices as the deeds state them, buyers named only when they are companies. Condo buildings (sold unit by unit), partial interests and sales of the company that owns a building are left out.
NYC Department of Finance
Property tax on East 59th Street
Estimated yearly tax per square foot of floor area across the 15 taxed large buildings on East 59th Street, from the 2026/27 assessment roll: taxable value after exemptions times the Class 4 rate, before abatements.
Largest estimated bills
On East 59th Street
- Median: $19.08 a square foot a year; middle half $15.83 to $24.73.
- Manhattan median across every tracked building: $13.55 a square foot.
- None of the buildings is fully exempt.
MTA station data
Subway along East 59th Street
The closest station to each building on the list, in the order the street reaches them. Walks are straight-line estimates.
- 5 Av/59 St
- 59 St
Source: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, MTA Subway Stations, pulled 2026-10-05.
Questions about East 59th Street
How many office buildings are on East 59th Street?
Leasemark tracks 15 large office buildings on East 59th Street in Manhattan: 5 with their main address on East 59th Street and 10 corner or through-block buildings with a East 59th Street address as well. Together they hold about 4.9 million square feet of office space, from 2-32 East 59th Street to 232 East 59th Street, through Midtown and the Upper East Side. The list counts buildings with at least 35,000 square feet of commercial space in the neighborhoods Leasemark covers.
What is the largest office building on East 59th Street?
The largest is 55 East 59th Street, with 276,347 square feet of office space on 24 floors, built in 1985. Next come 130 East 59th Street (206K SF) and 111 East 59th Street (171K SF).
How old are the buildings on East 59th Street?
The median office building on East 59th Street was built in 1962. The oldest with its main address here is 232 East 59th Street (1926) and the newest 222 East 59th Street (2001). 1 dates from before 1900, 1 dates from 1900 to 1929, 4 date from 1930 to 1959, 8 date from 1960 to 1989 and 1 went up in 1990 or later. One is a designated New York City landmark.
When did a building on East 59th Street last sell?
The newest sale on record is 500 Park Avenue, which sold in January 2025 for $68.8 million to 500 PARK COMMERCIAL OWNER LLC, per the deed recorded with the city. 3 sales, $281.8 million in all, have been recorded of the large buildings Leasemark tracks on East 59th Street since 2016. The median price was about $1,021 a square foot of floor area across 3 one-building sales.
How much property tax do buildings on East 59th Street pay?
The median estimated tax across the 15 taxed large buildings on East 59th Street is about $19.08 a square foot of floor area a year on the Department of Finance's 2026/27 roll (middle half $15.83 to $24.73), against $13.55 across Manhattan. The largest estimated bill, about $85.6 million a year, is for the General Motors Building at 761 Fifth Avenue. Estimates are before abatements, and tenants usually pay their share through the lease.
How many storefronts are vacant on East 59th Street?
Owners registered 30 ground- and second-floor storefronts on East 59th Street in Manhattan with the NYC Department of Finance for the end of 2024, and 1 of them (3.3%) stood vacant on December 31, 2024, against 11.1% across Manhattan. The most are in the Upper East Side (20) and Midtown (10). 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 are near East 59th Street?
The closest stations to the large buildings on East 59th Street, in the order the street reaches them, are 5 Av/59 St (N R W) and 59 St (4 5 6 N R W). Together they serve the 4, 5, 6, N, R and W lines, per MTA station data.
Is there office space for lease on East 59th Street?
No space on East 59th Street is listed on Leasemark right now. Owners and brokers can list space here for free and it is matched against every active requirement the day it goes up; tenants can post a requirement to be matched when space opens up.