Manhattan · Midtown and Hell's Kitchen
Office buildings on West 51st Street
15 large office buildings on West 51st Street in Manhattan, from 1 West 51st Street to 631 West 51st Street, with about 12.6 million square feet of office space, through Midtown and Hell's Kitchen. In address order, with each building's size, age, last sale and nearest subway from the city's own records.
- Buildings
- 15
- Office space
- 12.6M SF
- Median year built
- 1947
- Tallest
- Esso Building, 33 floors
No space on West 51st Street is listed on Leasemark yet. Own or broker space here? List it free and it is matched against every active requirement the day it goes up, or import a spreadsheet of up to 50 spaces at once.
NYC tax lot records
Every large building on West 51st Street, in address order
From 1 West 51st Street to 631 West 51st Street. 10 corner or through-block buildings have a main address on another street and are listed at their West 51st Street address.
Looking for a particular address?
Spreadsheet
Download these 15 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.
- 1 West 51st StreetMain address: 640 Fifth Avenue
- Esso Building15 West 51st Street
- 31-73 West 51st StreetMain address: 1290 Avenue of the Americas
- 100-130 West 51st StreetMain address: 1271 Avenue of the Americas
- 101-129 West 51st StreetMain address: 1285 Avenue of the Americas
- 132-146 West 51st StreetMain address: 135 West 50th Street
- 200-206 West 51st StreetMain address: 1648 Broadway
- 550-556 West 51st StreetMain address: 706 Eleventh 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 West 51st Street
Largest by office space
Buildings with their main address on West 51st Street.
By year built
Landmarks on West 51st Street
NYC property records (ACRIS)
Building sales on West 51st Street
2 sales of the large buildings on West 51st Street have been recorded since 2016, $2.22 billion in all.
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 West 51st Street
Estimated yearly tax per square foot of floor area across the 15 taxed large buildings on West 51st Street, from the 2026/27 assessment roll: taxable value after exemptions times the Class 4 rate, before abatements.
Largest estimated bills
On West 51st Street
- Median: $21.04 a square foot a year; middle half $13.57 to $25.43.
- Manhattan median across every tracked building: $13.55 a square foot.
- None of the buildings is fully exempt.
MTA station data
Subway along West 51st Street
The closest station to each building on the list, in the order the street reaches them. Walks are straight-line estimates.
- 5 Av/53 St
- 47-50 Sts-Rockefeller Ctr
- 7 Av
- 50 St
- 50 St
Source: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, MTA Subway Stations, pulled 2026-10-05.
Questions about West 51st Street
How many office buildings are on West 51st Street?
Leasemark tracks 15 large office buildings on West 51st Street in Manhattan: 5 with their main address on West 51st Street and 10 corner or through-block buildings with a West 51st Street address as well. Together they hold about 12.6 million square feet of office space, from 1 West 51st Street to 631 West 51st Street, through Midtown and Hell's Kitchen. 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 West 51st Street?
The largest is the Esso Building at 15 West 51st Street, with 544,135 square feet of office space on 33 floors, built in 1947. Next come 609 West 51st Street (122K SF) and 7 West 51st Street (37K SF).
How old are the buildings on West 51st Street?
The median office building on West 51st Street was built in 1947. The oldest with its main address here is 609 West 51st Street (1924) and the newest 622 West 51st Street (2019). 2 date from 1900 to 1929, 6 date from 1930 to 1959, 6 date from 1960 to 1989 and 1 went up in 1990 or later. 3 are designated New York City landmarks.
When did a building on West 51st Street last sell?
The newest sale on record is 135 West 50th Street, which sold in December 2019 for $285 million to 135 WEST 50TH STREET GROUND OWNER LLC, per the deed recorded with the city. 2 sales, $2.22 billion in all, have been recorded of the large buildings Leasemark tracks on West 51st Street since 2016.
How much property tax do buildings on West 51st Street pay?
The median estimated tax across the 15 taxed large buildings on West 51st Street is about $21.04 a square foot of floor area a year on the Department of Finance's 2026/27 roll (middle half $13.57 to $25.43), against $13.55 across Manhattan. The largest estimated bill, about $51.9 million a year, is for the Radio City Music Hall at 1260 Avenue of the Americas. Estimates are before abatements, and tenants usually pay their share through the lease.
What subway lines are near West 51st Street?
The closest stations to the large buildings on West 51st Street, in the order the street reaches them, are 5 Av/53 St (E F), 47-50 Sts-Rockefeller Ctr (B D F M), 7 Av (B D E), 50 St (1) and 50 St (C E). Together they serve the 1, B, C, D, E, F and M lines, per MTA station data.
Is there office space for lease on West 51st Street?
No space on West 51st 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.