New York Retail for Lease - Harlem/North Manhattan
159 E 125th Street, known as Gotham Plaza, is a mixed-use commercial property with a retail leasing opportunity along one of Harlem’s most prominent thoroughfares.
The featured unit is a highly visible ground-floor retail space totaling 4,170 square feet, divisible to 2,000 square feet, with up to 36 feet of frontage along East 125th Street. Designed to support a range of professional office, retail, and nonprofit uses, the available spaces benefit from open floor plans and 15.5-foot ceiling heights, creating flexible, light-filled environments.
Gotham Plaza is a three-level building with 233 multifamily units that offers a built-in customer base, features central air conditioning, 24-hour access, elevator service, on-site parking, and prominent building signage. The property is anchored by national retailers such as Bank of America, Foot Locker, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, Dunkin’, and Apple Bank. Enjoy unrivaled exposure to high daily vehicle counts of nearly 19,000 and high pedestrian traffic.
Positioned on the 125th Street Corridor between Lexington and Third Avenues, Gotham Plaza sits at the epicenter of Harlem’s cultural, architectural, and commercial revival. The corridor spans from Broadway to Third Avenue and continues to attract new development, including a planned 543-unit multifamily project directly across the street and several others nearby. Exceptional transit access via the 4, 5, and 6 subway lines, multiple bus routes, and the Metro-North Railroad ensures seamless connectivity. Surrounded by a dense population of approximately 602,000 residents within a 2-mile radius and supported by nearly $6 billion in annual consumer spending, this location presents a rare opportunity to capitalize on sustained demand in a rapidly evolving market.