80 Vacant Storefronts Blight 51 Upper West Side Broadway Blocks

By Gus Saltonstall

The number of ground-floor vacant commercial storefronts along Broadway on the Upper West Side has increased over the past year, according to a West Side Rag survey completed this month.

Overall, on Broadway from West 59th to 110th streets, the Rag counted 80 vacant storefronts in October 2025 — five more than the 75 vacancies the Rag found along the same stretch last October , but five fewer than the 85 empty Broadway storefronts we found in August of 2023.

Below is a map of the Broadway commercial vacancies from 59th to 110th streets in 2025.

Where do we see the most vacancies on the UWS?

There are more vacant storefronts along Broadway in the northern section of the Upper West Side than in the southern. The 20 blocks from 60th to 79th streets have 22 vacancies