Manhattan

Commercial space in the Upper East Side

The Upper East Side is one of Manhattan's main medical office markets, with practices clustered near NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell, Hospital for Special Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering and Lenox Hill Hospital. Madison Avenue carries luxury boutiques through the 60s and 70s, while Lexington, Third and Second Avenues and 86th Street hold neighborhood retail and restaurants.

Commercial properties
2,639
Office stock
8.6M SF
Median year built
1918
Known for
Medical, Retail, Office

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

The building stock in the Upper East Side

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

Commercial properties
2,639
Office space
8.6M SF
Retail space
7.6M SF
Built before 1940
76%

Largest office buildings

  1. 413 East 69th Street243K SF
    18 floors · built 2011
  2. 1334 York Avenue223K SF
    10 floors · built 1921
  3. 205 East 67th Street149K SF
    7 floors · built 1950
  4. 309 East 94th Street146K SF
    5 floors · built 1927
  5. 511 East 71st Street82K SF
    11 floors · built 1958
All 6 large commercial buildings in the Upper East Side

Age, height and zoning

  • Median year built: 1918.
  • Median height: 5 floors.
  • Most common zoning districts: R8B (813), C1-9 (412), R10 (411).
  • Historic districts: Upper East Side Historic District (401 lots), Expanded Carnegie Hill Historic District (95 lots), Metropolitan Museum Historic District (58 lots).
  • 69 lots are designated city landmarks.

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

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

Stations
10
Subway lines
8
Fully accessible
5 of 10
Closest
77 St, 1 min walk

The 10 stations

  • 77 St1 min walk · Not accessible
  • 86 St2 min walk · Partly accessible
  • 68 St-Hunter College2 min walk · Accessible station
  • 86 St3 min walk · Accessible station
  • Lexington Av/63 St4 min walk · Accessible station
  • 72 St6 min walk · Accessible station
  • Lexington Av/59 St7 min walk · Not accessible · connects to 59 St
  • 96 St10 min walk · Not accessible
  • 96 St10 min walk · Accessible station
  • 5 Av/59 St11 min walk · Not accessible

Lines

The 4, 5, 6, M, N, Q, R and W trains stop within about 0.6 mi of the Upper East Side's core.

Step-free access

  • 68 St-Hunter College (6) is fully accessible.
  • 86 St (Q) is fully accessible.
  • Lexington Av/63 St (M Q) is fully accessible.
  • 72 St (Q) is fully accessible.
  • 96 St (Q) is fully accessible.
  • 86 St (4 5 6) is partly accessible (one direction only).

Source: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, MTA Subway Stations, pulled 2026-09-26. Walking times are straight-line estimates from the nearest point of the Upper East Side'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 the Upper East Side

How much commercial space is there in the Upper East Side?

New York City's PLUTO tax lot data (26v2) records about 38.7 million square feet of commercial floor area across 2,639 properties in the part of the Upper East Side Leasemark covers, including about 8.6 million square feet of office and about 7.6 million square feet of retail. The largest office building by that measure is 413 East 69th Street, at about 243,000 square feet. That is the existing building stock, not space currently available.

What subway lines serve the Upper East Side?

Ten subway stations sit within about 0.6 mi of the Upper East Side's commercial core, served by the 4, 5, 6, M, N, Q, R and W trains. The closest is 77 St (6), roughly 1 minute on foot; then 86 St (4 5 6), 68 St-Hunter College (6), 86 St (Q), Lexington Av/63 St (M Q), 72 St (Q), Lexington Av/59 St (N R W 4 5 6) and 3 more. Walking times are straight-line estimates from MTA station data.

Which subway stations in the Upper East Side are accessible?

Five of the ten stations within about 0.6 mi of the Upper East Side's commercial core are fully accessible, per the MTA: 68 St-Hunter College (6), 86 St (Q), Lexington Av/63 St (M Q), 72 St (Q) and 96 St (Q). 86 St (4 5 6) is partly accessible (one direction only).

Is it free to post on Leasemark?

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Getting there

  • 4 5 6 at 86 St
  • 6 at 77 St
  • Q at 72 St

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