Retail space for lease in Williamsburg

Williamsburg has become a full commercial market, with new waterfront office, converted warehouses, and some of the strongest retail streets in Brooklyn on Bedford Avenue and North 6th Street. East of the BQE, the East Williamsburg industrial blocks on Morgan Avenue and Frost Street hold warehouse and light manufacturing buildings.

Retail stock
4.4M SF
Retail properties
1,196
Largest retail
193 Berry Street
Transit
L at Bedford Av

Building figures are existing stock from NYC PLUTO 26v2 tax lot records, not space on the market. More below.

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Want · Retail / Flex / Creative

Coffee roaster cafe and roastery

Posted by the tenant · Food and beverage

Where
Greenpoint, Williamsburg +1
Size
1,500 to 3,500 SF
Budget
to $90/SF
Move in
Feb 2027
Street frontageKitchen / vented
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NYC Department of Finance filings

Rent collected per square foot: retail buildings in Brooklyn

In 2024, 2,856 Brooklyn retail properties filed income statements with the city. Their median gross income was $33.16 per square foot, and the middle half collected between $22.30 and $48.57. The typical property's income was up 1.7% on 2023. The city publishes these figures by borough, not by neighborhood, so they cover Brooklyn as a whole.

Gross income per square foot, 2024

  • Manhattan$64.71Middle half $38.35 to $104.91 · 1,328 filings
  • Brooklyn$33.16Middle half $22.30 to $48.57 · 2,856 filings · this page
  • Queens$36.08Middle half $24.11 to $54.28 · 3,243 filings
  • Bronx$33.65Middle half $22.85 to $48.55 · 1,487 filings
  • Staten Island$29.60Middle half $19.65 to $42.13 · 715 filings

Bar: the middle half of properties. Tick: the median.

Brooklyn retail buildings

Median gross income
$33.16/SF
Middle half
$22.30 to $48.57
Typical change on 2023
+1.68%
Citywide median
$36.07/SF
Filings
2,856

Source: NYC Department of Finance, FY 2027 RPIE 2024 Income and Expense Distributions (FY 2027 assessment roll, published January 2026), page 16. Owners of income-producing properties file a Real Property Income and Expense statement each year; gross income is everything a property collected in 2024 per square foot, as filed, with outlier and partial-year filers left out. It includes vacant space, concessions and older leases, so it is not an asking rent.

NYC storefront registry

Storefronts in Williamsburg

How many shopfronts the city's registry counts here and how many stood empty at the end of 2025: a quick read on how much choice a retail or restaurant tenant has.

Registered storefronts
945
Vacant on Dec 31, 2025
81
Vacancy rate
8.6%
NYC 9.2%
A year earlier
9.3%
fewer empty now

Streets with the most storefronts in Williamsburg

  1. 11 vacant (12.9%)
  2. 4 vacant (4.9%)
  3. 3 vacant (4.3%)
  4. North 6th Street52
    7 vacant (13.5%)
  5. 9 vacant (18.0%)

Large buildings with a vacant storefront

Owners of 2 of the 6 large buildings we track in Williamsburg with registered storefronts reported at least one vacant on December 31, 2025. Each links to the building's filings by year. Not listings: the registry records no size, rent or asking terms.

Large buildings in Williamsburg whose owners reported a storefront vacant on December 31, 2025
BuildingVacant storefrontsReported vacant
242 Broadway1 of 1End of 2025
55 Lombardy Street1 of 5End of 2025

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NYC storefront vacancy report: every borough, neighborhood and street, by year

Source: NYC Department of Finance, Storefronts Reported Vacant or Not (Local Law 157), annual filings, pulled 2026-10-16. Owners of buildings with ground- or second-floor storefronts register each one every year with its status on December 31. Neighborhood figures count storefronts near the neighborhood's commercial core, the same area as the building figures on this page. 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 tax lot records

Retail buildings in Williamsburg

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

Retail space
4.4M SF
Properties with retail space
1,196
All commercial space
12.9M SF
Built before 1940
69%

Largest retail buildings

  1. 2 floors · built 1973
  2. 1 floor · built 1999
  3. 193 North 9th Street32K SF
    6 floors · built 1900
  4. 184 Bedford Avenue24K SF
    2 floors · built 2024
  5. 54 North 11th Street23K SF
    2 floors · built 1920
All 20 large commercial buildings in Williamsburg

Age, height and zoning

  • Median year built: 1920.
  • Median height: 3 floors.
  • Most common zoning districts: R6 (549), M1-2/R6A (336), R6B (336). 34% of these lots are zoned for manufacturing.
  • Historic districts: Fillmore Place Historic District (7 lots).
  • 12 lots are designated city landmarks.

Source: NYC Department of City Planning, PLUTO 26v2, pulled 2026-10-16. Counts cover tax lots with commercial floor area within about 0.7 mi of Williamsburg'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 Williamsburg

Every station within about 0.7 mi of Williamsburg's commercial core, closest first. Stations joined by a free transfer count once.

Stations
4
Subway lines
5
Fully accessible
3 of 4
Closest
Bedford Av, 7 min walk

The 4 stations

  • Bedford Av7 min walk · Accessible station
  • Marcy Av9 min walk · Accessible station
  • Metropolitan Av11 min walk · Accessible station · connects to Lorimer St
  • Hewes St13 min walk · Not accessible

Lines

The G, J, L, M and Z trains stop within about 0.7 mi of Williamsburg's core.

Step-free access

  • Bedford Av (L) is fully accessible.
  • Marcy Av (J M Z) is fully accessible.
  • Metropolitan Av (G) is fully accessible.

Source: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, MTA Subway Stations, pulled 2026-10-16. Walking times are straight-line estimates from the nearest point of Williamsburg'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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Is there retail space for lease in Williamsburg right now?

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How much does retail space cost in Williamsburg?

Leasemark has no asking rents posted here yet, so here are the city's own numbers. Retail buildings in Brooklyn collected a median $33.16 per square foot in 2024, and the middle half between $22.30 and $48.57, according to the income and expense statements owners file with the NYC Department of Finance (FY 2027 distributions, 2,856 filings). The city publishes these figures by borough, so this is Brooklyn as a whole, not Williamsburg alone. That is what buildings actually collected, with vacant space, concessions and leases signed years ago in the mix, so it is a baseline rather than a quote: a specific space's price depends on the building's class, floor, condition and the length of the lease.

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How do I find retail space in Williamsburg that is not publicly listed?

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How much retail space is there in Williamsburg?

New York City's PLUTO tax lot data (26v2) records about 4.4 million square feet of retail floor area across 1,196 properties in the part of Williamsburg Leasemark covers. The largest by that measure is 193 Berry Street, at about 93,000 square feet. That is the existing building stock, not space currently for lease.

How many storefronts are vacant in Williamsburg?

Owners registered 945 ground- and second-floor storefronts in the part of Williamsburg Leasemark covers for the end of 2025, and 81 of them (8.6%) stood vacant on December 31, 2025, against 9.2% citywide and 9.3% here a year earlier. The most storefronts are on Broadway (85) and Grand Street (82). 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.

Which large buildings in Williamsburg have a vacant storefront?

Owners of 2 of the 6 large buildings Leasemark tracks in Williamsburg with registered storefronts reported at least one vacant on December 31, 2025. The most vacant: 242 Broadway (1 of 1 storefronts) and 55 Lombardy Street (1 of 5 storefronts). Each building's page shows its filings by year. 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 serve Williamsburg?

Four subway stations sit within about 0.7 mi of Williamsburg's commercial core, served by the G, J, L, M and Z trains. The closest is Bedford Av (L), roughly 7 minutes on foot; then Marcy Av (J M Z), Metropolitan Av (G L) and Hewes St (J M). Walking times are straight-line estimates from MTA station data.

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