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281 Park Avenue South

Floor/Suite: 

Entire LL-6

Size: 

2,732 – 45,002 RSF

Lease type:

Direct

Multiple Space Available:

  • Lower Level - 2,732 SF
  • 1st Floor - 6,913 SF
  • 2nd Floor - 7,058 SF
  • 3rd Floor - 7,011 SF
  • 4th Floor - 7,146 SF
  • 5th Floor - 7,146 SF
  • 6th Floor - 6,996 SF
  • 281 Park Avenue South (Landmark)
  • between East 21st and East 22nd Streets
  • Owned by: RFR Holding
  • Class: B
  • 45,000 Total RSF
  • 7 floors

Building Details

  • Built in 1894, 281 Park Avenue South epitomizes the elegance of turn of the 20th century architecture in America, when European-trained architects created Beaux-Arts masterpieces in New York City which timelessly stand to this day.
  • Originally named the Church Missions House, the Property was jointly designed by Robert W. Gibson and Edward J. Neville Stent on behalf of the adjacent Calvary Episcopal Church.
  • Gibson was trained in architecture at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, and Stent was an artist who evolved into an ecclesiastical designer. Construction was funded by wealthy donors including Cornelius Vanderbilt and J. Pierpont Morgan.
  • This magnificent architectural structure was designated a New York City landmark in 1979 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
  • This six-story masterpiece was designed by Robert W. Gibson and Edward J. Neville Stent for the Episcopal Church’s Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society.
  • Gibson was known as an architect of Episcopal churches in New York state during the 1890s, while Stent specialized in interior designs of churches during the same period. The design was inspired by the town halls of Haarlem and Medieval Amsterdam in the Netherlands
  • FACADE is constructed with a combination of rusticated and carved granite at the ground floor, and intricately carved Indiana Limestone on the upper floors. The facade’s composition is based on the arrangement of the superstructure, which was conceived as a grid of rectangles. At each corner of the building is a tourelle that extends the height of the building. The rest of the facade is subdivided by vertical columns, which divide the
    facade into bays of openings, and horizontal spandrels, separating the windows on each floor. The Park Avenue facade is divided into eight bays while the 22nd Street facade is divided into seven bays. The bays on the lowest two floors are paired; the 22nd Street facade is asymmetrical due to the arrangement of bays there. According to the AIA Guide to New York City, the Medieval-inspired facade was “equal to buildings of the Flemish
    and Dutch Renaissance.”
  • MAIN ENTRANCE is through a porch at the center of the Park Avenue facade. It consists of an archway, above which is a triangular pediment with a tympanum inside a bas-relief. The bas-relief is based on a scene from Christus Consolator, in which the ill are blessed by Christ. On the tympanum itself, the left side shows Augustine of Canterbury preaching to British people in the sixth century, while the right side shows Samuel Seabury, the first
    American bishop of the Episcopal Church. Edward J. Neville Stent carved the tympanum. The remainder of the ground floor contains storefront windows, which are flanked by piers of rock-faced granite
  • 281 Park Avenue South is located in the Gramercy Park neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, less than a block away from the historic Gramercy Park itself. The rectangular lot is on the southeast corner of East 22nd Street and Park Avenue South, covering approximately 5,600 square feet (520 m2). The lot has a frontage of 70 feet (21 m) on East 22nd Street to the north and 80 feet (24 m) on Park Avenue South to the west.
  • 281 Park Avenue South is adjacent to the historic Calvary Church to the south, and is directly across from the United Charities Building to the north and 300 Park Avenue South to the northwest.
  • Other notable nearby buildings include the Gramercy Park Hotel on the southeast corner of the same block, the historic Sage House cooperative to the east, and recent condominium developments at 121 East 22nd Street and Madison Square Park Tower to the northeast.
  • The location on north-south arterial Park Avenue South, and one block south of east-west arterial 23rd Street, provides thoroughfare access throughout Manhattan and points beyond. Directly outside the building is an entrance to the New York City Subway’s 23rd Street station, served by the local 6 train.
  • 281 Park Avenue South was restored to its original architectural splendor and was transformed into a state of the art, experiential retail asset with $40mm invested in construction, soft costs, marketing and pre-opening operations for the museum and associated outlets. Fotografiska’s renovation scope consisted of a new high capacity elevator, structural enhancements, restaurant infrastructure, in addition to its interior construction and museum outfitting. The museum, restaurant, and bar opened in 2019.
  • The Café can offer an eclectic mix of coffee house delights by day. By night, grab a glass of wine and head up to the upper floors.

As of 06-18-2024

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