Manhattan · Flatiron and Chelsea

Office buildings on West 20th Street

13 large office buildings on West 20th Street in Manhattan, from 1-3 West 20th Street to 529 West 20th Street, with about 1.4 million square feet of office space, through Flatiron and Chelsea. In address order, with each building's size, age, last sale and nearest subway from the city's own records.

Buildings
13
Office space
1.4M SF
Median year built
1908
Tallest
Brogan Building, 12 floors

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NYC tax lot records

Every large building on West 20th Street, in address order

From 1-3 West 20th Street to 529 West 20th Street. 5 corner or through-block buildings have a main address on another street and are listed at their West 20th 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.

  1. Presbyterian Building1-3 West 20th StreetMain address: 154 Fifth Avenue
    Flatiron · Office building with commercial space · 169K SF office · 14 floors · built 1895
  2. 2-4 West 20th StreetMain address: 148 Fifth Avenue
    Flatiron · Office building with commercial space · 168K SF office · 11 floors · built 1890sold November 2007, $155 million
  3. Goodstein Building10-16 West 20th StreetMain address: 11 West 19th Street
    Flatiron · Office building with commercial space · 207K SF office · 11 floors · built 1904sold April 2006, $87 million
  4. Flatiron · Office building with commercial space · 87K SF office · 11 floors · built 1902
  5. Brogan Building27 West 20th Street
    Flatiron · Office building with commercial space · 92K SF office · 12 floors · built 1908
  6. Flatiron · Office building with commercial space · 97K SF office · 12 floors · built 1910
  7. Crystal Building40 West 20th Street
    Flatiron · Office condominium · 95K SF office · 12 floors · built 1910
  8. Simpson, Crawford & Simpson Building100-108 West 20th StreetMain address: 641 Avenue of the Americas
    Flatiron · Office building with commercial space · 122K SF office · 8 floors · built 1902sold June 2021, $203.8 million
  9. 110-118 West 20th StreetMain address: 111 West 19th Street
    Flatiron · Office building with commercial space · 125K SF office · 8 floors · built 1901
  10. Chelsea · Office building with commercial space · 74K SF office · 7 floors · built 1910
  11. Chelsea · Office building · 69K SF office · 7 floors · built 1914
  12. Chelsea · Warehouse · 95K SF industrial and storage · 9 floors · built 1913
  13. Chelsea · Office building · 111K SF office · 11 floors · built 1930

Source: NYC Department of City Planning, PLUTO 26v2, pulled 2026-09-30, with other addresses on each lot from the city's Property Address Directory and sales from ACRIS. Buildings with at least 50,000 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 West 20th Street

Largest by office space

Buildings with their main address on West 20th Street.

  1. 11 floors · built 1930
  2. 12 floors · built 1910
  3. 40 West 20th Street · 12 floors · built 1910
  4. 27 West 20th Street · 12 floors · built 1908
  5. 11 floors · built 1902
  6. 7 floors · built 1910
  7. 7 floors · built 1914
  8. 9 floors · built 1913

By year built

  1. Before 19002 buildings
    372K SF commercial
  2. 1900 to 192910 buildings
    1.2M SF commercial
  3. 1930 to 19591 building
    111K SF commercial
  4. 1960 to 19890 buildings
    none on the list
  5. 1990 and later0 buildings
    none on the list

NYC storefront registry

Storefronts on West 20th Street

How many shopfronts owners registered along West 20th 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
34
Vacant on Dec 31, 2024
5
Vacancy rate
14.7%
Manhattan 11.1%

Where the storefronts on West 20th Street are

  1. 3 vacant (16.7%)
  2. 2 vacant (15.4%)

3 more elsewhere on West 20th Street

Storefront vacancy across New York City

Source: NYC Department of Finance, Storefronts Reported Vacant or Not (Local Law 157), annual filings, pulled 2026-10-02. 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 West 20th 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 West 20th Street

One sale of the large buildings on West 20th Street has been recorded since 2016, $203.8 million in all.

Source: NYC Department of Finance, ACRIS, Real Property Master, Legals and Parties, pulled 2026-10-02; 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 West 20th Street

Estimated yearly tax per square foot of floor area across the 12 taxed large buildings on West 20th Street, from the 2026/27 assessment roll: taxable value after exemptions times the Class 4 rate, before abatements.

Largest estimated bills

  1. 148 Fifth Avenue$6.47 million
    $34.48 a SF a year
  2. Goodstein Building$4.55 million
    $20.30 a SF a year
  3. $24.27 a SF a year
  4. $18.96 a SF a year
  5. $15.16 a SF a year

On West 20th Street

  • Median: $14.99 a square foot a year; middle half $11.02 to $20.71.
  • Manhattan median across every tracked building: $13.61 a square foot.
  • One building is fully exempt on the roll: Crystal Building.
Property tax by neighborhood across NYC

MTA station data

Subway along West 20th Street

The closest station to each building on the list, in the order the street reaches them. Walks are straight-line estimates.

  • 23 StClosest station to 4 buildings here · 3 min walk from the nearest
  • 23 StClosest station to 3 buildings here · 3 min walk from the nearest
  • 18 StClosest station to 2 buildings here · 3 min walk from the nearest
  • 23 StClosest station to 3 buildings here · 9 min walk from the nearest
  • 14 StClosest station to 1 building here · 9 min walk from the nearest

Source: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, MTA Subway Stations, pulled 2026-10-02.

Questions about West 20th Street

How many office buildings are on West 20th Street?

Leasemark tracks 13 large office buildings on West 20th Street in Manhattan: 8 with their main address on West 20th Street and 5 corner or through-block buildings with a West 20th Street address as well. Together they hold about 1.4 million square feet of office space, from 1-3 West 20th Street to 529 West 20th Street, through Flatiron and Chelsea. The list counts buildings with at least 50,000 square feet of commercial space in the neighborhoods Leasemark covers.

What is the largest office building on West 20th Street?

The largest is 529 West 20th Street, with 111,329 square feet of office space on 11 floors, built in 1930. Next come 37 West 20th Street (97K SF) and the Crystal Building at 40 West 20th Street (95K SF). The tallest is the Brogan Building at 27 West 20th Street, 12 floors.

How old are the buildings on West 20th Street?

The median office building on West 20th Street was built in 1908. The oldest with its main address here is 18 West 20th Street (1902) and the newest 529 West 20th Street (1930). 2 date from before 1900, 10 date from 1900 to 1929 and 1 dates from 1930 to 1959.

When did a building on West 20th Street last sell?

The newest sale on record is 641 Avenue of the Americas, which sold in June 2021 for $203.8 million to 641 AOA OWNER, LLC, per the deed recorded with the city. It is the only sale of the large buildings Leasemark tracks on West 20th Street since 2016.

How much property tax do buildings on West 20th Street pay?

The median estimated tax across the 12 taxed large buildings on West 20th Street is about $14.99 a square foot of floor area a year on the Department of Finance's 2026/27 roll (middle half $11.02 to $20.71), against $13.61 across Manhattan. The largest estimated bill, about $6.47 million a year, is for 148 Fifth Avenue. One building is fully exempt. Estimates are before abatements, and tenants usually pay their share through the lease.

How many storefronts are vacant on West 20th Street?

Owners registered 34 ground- and second-floor storefronts on West 20th Street in Manhattan with the NYC Department of Finance for the end of 2024, and 5 of them (14.7%) stood vacant on December 31, 2024, against 11.1% across Manhattan. The most are in Flatiron (18) and Chelsea (13). 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 West 20th Street?

The closest stations to the large buildings on West 20th Street, in the order the street reaches them, are 23 St (R W), 23 St (F M), 18 St (1), 23 St (C E) and 14 St (A C E L). Together they serve the 1, A, C, E, F, L, M, R and W lines, per MTA station data.

Is there office space for lease on West 20th Street?

No space on West 20th 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.