Staten Island · Port Richmond and Mariners Harbor
Retail buildings on Forest Avenue
6 large retail buildings on Forest Avenue in Staten Island, from 1351 Forest Avenue to 2501 Forest Avenue, with about 902,000 square feet of retail space, through Port Richmond and Mariners Harbor. In address order, with each building's size, age, last sale and nearest subway from the city's own records.
- Buildings
- 6
- Retail space
- 902K SF
- Median year built
- 1992
- Tallest
- 1351 Forest Avenue, 1 floor
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NYC tax lot records
Every large building on Forest Avenue, in address order
From 1351 Forest Avenue to 2501 Forest Avenue.
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Spreadsheet
Download these 6 buildings
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.
Source: NYC Department of City Planning, PLUTO 26v2, pulled 2026-10-11, 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 Forest Avenue
Largest by retail space
By the city's floor area estimates.
By year built
NYC storefront registry
Storefronts on Forest Avenue
How many shopfronts owners registered along Forest Avenue 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
- 204
- Vacant on Dec 31, 2024
- 30
- Vacancy rate
- 14.7%
- Staten Island 7.3%
- A year earlier
- 9.1%
- more empty now
Where the storefronts on Forest Avenue are
Storefront vacancy across New York City
Source: NYC Department of Finance, Storefronts Reported Vacant or Not (Local Law 157), annual filings, pulled 2026-10-11. 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 Forest Avenue 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 Department of Finance
Property tax on Forest Avenue
Estimated yearly tax per square foot of floor area across the 6 taxed large buildings on Forest Avenue, from the 2026/27 assessment roll: taxable value after exemptions times the Class 4 rate, before abatements.
Largest estimated bills
On Forest Avenue
- Median: $6.36 a square foot a year; middle half $4.90 to $7.84.
- Staten Island median across every tracked building: $6.85 a square foot.
- None of the buildings is fully exempt.
MTA station data
Subway along Forest Avenue
The closest station to each building on the list, in the order the street reaches them. Walks are straight-line estimates.
- Grasmere
- Jefferson Av
- Grant City
Source: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, MTA Subway Stations, pulled 2026-10-11.
Questions about Forest Avenue
How many retail buildings are on Forest Avenue?
Leasemark tracks 6 large retail buildings on Forest Avenue in Staten Island. Together they hold about 902,000 square feet of retail space, from 1351 Forest Avenue to 2501 Forest Avenue, through Port Richmond and Mariners Harbor. The list counts buildings with at least 35,000 square feet of commercial space in the neighborhoods Leasemark covers.
What is the largest retail building on Forest Avenue?
The largest is 1489 Forest Avenue, with 245,118 square feet of retail space on 1 floor, built in 1957. Next come 2501 Forest Avenue (162K SF) and 2040 Forest Avenue (152K SF). The tallest is 1351 Forest Avenue, 1 floor.
How old are the buildings on Forest Avenue?
The median retail building on Forest Avenue was built in 1992. The oldest with its main address here is 1489 Forest Avenue (1957) and the newest 2161 Forest Avenue (2004). 1 dates from 1930 to 1959, 1 dates from 1960 to 1989 and 4 went up in 1990 or later.
How much property tax do buildings on Forest Avenue pay?
The median estimated tax across the 6 taxed large buildings on Forest Avenue is about $6.36 a square foot of floor area a year on the Department of Finance's 2026/27 roll (middle half $4.90 to $7.84), against $6.85 across Staten Island. The largest estimated bill, about $1.35 million a year, is for 2501 Forest Avenue. Estimates are before abatements, and tenants usually pay their share through the lease.
How many storefronts are vacant on Forest Avenue?
Owners registered 204 ground- and second-floor storefronts on Forest Avenue in Staten Island with the NYC Department of Finance for the end of 2024, and 30 of them (14.7%) stood vacant on December 31, 2024, against 7.3% across Staten Island and 9.1% on Forest Avenue a year earlier. The most are in Mariners Harbor (65) and Port Richmond (60). 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 Forest Avenue?
The closest stations to the large buildings on Forest Avenue, in the order the street reaches them, are Grasmere (SIR), Jefferson Av (SIR) and Grant City (SIR). Together they serve the SIR line, per MTA station data.
Is there retail space for lease on Forest Avenue?
No space on Forest Avenue 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.