Welcome to the Factory District and Innovation Triangle-West Harlem!

Connect at the Triangle -

Embedded in the beautiful tree-lined streets of West Harlem’s Manhattanville neighborhood, the four-acre 1.5mm rsf Factory District connects its125th Street urban Factory District campus and the world-renowned campuses of Columbia University and City College of New York. This triangle of innovation is without equal, boasting the greatest concentration of academic and research excellence in New York City.

Introducing New York’s Leading Innovation Hub.

It’s all right here.

“Think about every one of these powerful institutions all coming together right here.  And it’s happening here as a model for other communities and other parts of our state and this is what is so special.”

Kathy Hochul, Governor of New York State, describing Innovation Triangle-West Harlem at the Taystee Lab Building’s ribbon-cutting.

Factory District

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Columbia University

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CUNY Advanced Science Research Center & City College of New York

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A Walkable Urban Campus.

Centered around the unusual intersection of West 126th and 127th Streets and stretching from West 125th to 128th Street, the Factory District layers an extraordinary series of open landscaped passageways and courtyards onto the urban beauty of its striking brick and bluestone factory buildings. 

From the Hudson River Greenway to the District’s own public courtyards to your large private terrace, the great outdoors of New York City is all right here.

  • Create.

    Create in a diverse array of enjoyable, quality work spaces, all with different character and charm -- from spaces with cast iron columns and brick-vaulted ceilings to spaces with 30-foot steel column grids and 14-foot glass curtain walls.

    Each building has a space that offers the perfect experience for you.

  • Play.

    Play in the world-famous 125th Street arts and science corridor. Enjoy a show at the Apollo Theater, Harlem Stage or Studio Museum; dine at Dinosaur BBQ, Jin Ramen or ROKC; test yourself at Vital Climbing Gym - Steep Rock Bouldering.

  • Live.

    Whether renting or owning, you’ll find beautiful and affordable homes in West Harlem. Widely admired for our historic brownstone blocks and riverside palazzos overlooking the Hudson River, you’ll be surprised by all of the modern condos here, as well.

    Welcome home!

From its unique history still evident in its Dutch names, to its German-American brewery buildings and pioneering bakery and confectionary factories; to its iconic African American and Latino flavor and world-renowned research universities; to its brownstones and townhouses, tree-lined streets and vast and growing food, beverage and hospitality establishments, welcome to a real New York City neighborhood that is youthful, authentic, energetic and fun!

Surround yourself with innovation and creation. The spirit of the District, the Innovation Triangle and West Harlem is evident in everything you can do here. 

New York’s last, best, undiscovered real place. 

    • Alexander Hamilton Historic Home

    • Apollo Theater

    • Minton’s Playhouse

    • Harlem Stage

    • Showman’s Jazz Cafe

    • Harlem School of the Arts

    • National Jazz Museum

    • SoHarlem Collaborative

    • Studio Museum of Harlem

    • Charisse Weston Studio

    • Devin N. Morris Studio

    • Aaron Davis Hall

    • Lenfest Center for the Arts

    • Manhattan School of Music

    • Wallach Art Gallery

    • General Grant National Memorial

    • Urban Civil Rights Museum Experience

    • Academic, Research:

    • Columbia University

    • Columbia University Irving Medical Center

    • City College of the City University of New York

    • CUNY Advanced Science Research Center

    • Jerome L. Greene Science Center

    • Barnard College

    • Renal Research Institute

    • Quicksilver Therapeutics

    • Volastra Therapeutics

    • New York Structural Biology Center

    • CCNY Center for Discovery & Innovation

    • Harlem Biospace

    • Chan Zuckerberg Biohub

    • Hemogenyx Pharmaceuticals

    • Harlem Biospace @ Mink

    • Hypothekids

    • BioBus

    • Union Theological Seminary

    • Jewish Theological Seminary

    • Manhattan School of Music

    • Harlem School of the Arts

    • Riverside Park

    • Hamilton Heights Historic District

    • The Baylander

    • Harlem Piers

    • Hudson River Bike Greenway

    • Morningside Park

    • Vital Climbing Gym - Steep Rock Bouldering

    • Morningside Heights Historic District

    • Riverbank State Park

    • General Grant National Memorial

    • Hamilton Grange

    • Marriott Renaissance Hotel

    • Plowshares Coffee Roasters

    • Dinosaur Bar-B-Que

    • Maison Harlem

    • Jin Ramen

    • V&T Pizza

    • ALoft Hotel

    • Hungarian Pastry Shop

    • Toast

    • Pisticci Ristorante

    • Dear Mama

    • The Baylander

    • Massawa

    • Columbia International Hotel and Residences

    • Kuma Kura

    • Max SoHa

    • Nikko

    • Red Rooster

    • Corner Social

    • Harlem Shake

    • Barawine

    • I Like it Black

    • Charles Pan-Fried Chicken

    • Manhattanville Market

    • Whole Foods

    • Target

    • Trader Joes

    • International House

    • Chokolat Patisserie

    • Harlem Tavern

    • Minton’s Playhouse

    • Vinateria

    • Lido’s

    • ROKC

Connect.

Whether coming or going by bike, foot, train, plane or automobile, the Factory District and Innovation Triangle-West Harlem enjoy a myriad of options for easy accessibility.

By Subway

With five subway lines within two blocks, access to and from the entire City is unrivaled.

Just to the east is the 125th Street A/C and B/D subway lines.

A and D Express

  • One stop to Midtown (8 minutes)

  • Two stops to Port Authority (13 minutes)

  • Two stops to Columbia University Medical Center (11 minutes)

  • Three stops to Rockefeller Center (22 minutes)

  • Three stops to Penn Station (16 minutes)

Just to the west is the Broadway #1 subway line, serving the entire west side of Manhattan.

  • One stop to Columbia University Main Gate (3 minutes)

  • Four stops to 96th St #2 and #3 Express Trains (9 minutes)

Long-term, the MTA has announced its planned extension of the Second Avenue subway to the Factory District’s front door at 125th Street/Broadway.

By Bike

Grab a bike and enjoy the Hudson River Greenway around Manhattan, to Brooklyn or over the George Washington Bridge to New Jersey.

  • Citi Bike station across the street

  • Hudson River Greenway protected bike path with no Stop signs or traffic lights three blocks away

  • Bike rooms on premises

By Car/Truck

Cars and trucks have exceptional access.

  • North- and South-bound West Side Highway entrance and exit to Upstate New York, New Jersey and downtown is three blocks away.

  • Two-way Amsterdam Avenue (truck route into/out of Manhattan) connects directly to Interstate-95.

  • Easy accessibility to East Side FDR Drive to airports, Manhattan East Side, Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island

  • Numerous short-term and long-term parking options

By Bus

There is no denser concentration of bus routes criss-crossing and converging in a neighborhood.

  • Express bus to LaGuardia Airport across the street

  • Local and Express MTA buses

  • Easy access to both Port Authority bus terminals to New Jersey, Upstate and Interstate

By Train

Commute from near or visit from far.

  • 125th Street MetroNorth Commuter Rail Station to Upstate New York, Connecticut or Grand Central Station

  • Three stops to both Grand Central and Moynihan Penn Stations for MetroNorth, New Jersey Transit, Long Island Railroad and Interstate AMTRAK

  • 125th Street AMTRAK Station under study

By Air

Easiest access to all four New York Airports

  • 19 min to LaGuardia Airport

  • 30 min to JFK International Airport

  • 1 hr to New York Stewart International Airport

  • 45 min to Newark Liberty International Airport

Four Options Today; More Tomorrow.

  1. The Taystee Lab Building

  2. The Malt House

  3. The Mink Building

  4. The Sweets Building

  5. The Roastery Building

  6. Future Development

  7. Additional Potential Development

The Taystee Lab Building

450 West 126th Street

The Taystee Lab Building is simply the best new-construction, purpose-built commercial lab building in New York City available today.

  • 350,000 rsf

  • LEED-Silver Certified

  • Direct 125th Street entry

  • Two Lobbies/Cores

  • Multiple floorplate sizes/configurations

  • Multiple Private Terraces

  • Peerless Engineering and Infrastructure

  • As-of-Right and Discretionary Economic Incentives

The Malt House

461 West 126th Street

Widely acclaimed for its stunning and sensitive design, the award-winning Malt House combines original brick and cast iron brewery structures with a modern glass addition. Enjoy privacy on your own full floor from 6,000 rsf to 30,000 rsf.

  • 206,000 rsf

  • Multiple floorplate sizes/configurations

  • 25,000 sf shared outdoor courtyard

  • Multiple Private Terraces

  • Energy-Saving, Tenant-Controlled VRF HVAC in each unit

  • As-of-Right and Discretionary Economic Incentives

The Mink Building

1361 Amsterdam Avenue

A brewery until Prohibition, the completely-renovated Mink Building now houses start-up commercial labs, a graduation space for small lab users, successful and growing not-for-profits including a cultural industries accelerator, and renowned artists’ studios.

  • 150,000 rsf

  • State-of-the Art Infrastructure Engineered by BR+A including private HVAC for each suite

  • Multiple floorplate sizes/configurations

  • As-of-Right and Discretionary Economic Incentives

The Sweets Building

423 West 127th Street

Post-brewery era, Sweets Laboratories was the birthplace of Dentyne chewing gum. Today, the distinctive Sweets Building offers remarkable space for smaller tenants featuring high ceilings, small floorplates, large windows and direct elevator-suite entry.

It’s home to world-famous architects, incubating research entrepreneurs, leading not-for-profits and the Janus Property Company.

  • 50,000 rsf

  • Small Floorplates/Direct Elevator Suite Entry

  • Private HVAC for each suite

  • As-of-Right and Discretionary Economic Incentives

  • Additional Future Development Potential

Grow Here.

The Factory District includes multiple development sites with a unique Special Mixed-Use District zoning designation allowing for hundreds of thousands of additional as-of-right square feet for all types of uses.