Graybar Building

Manhattan, United States

Exterior only

Visible from the street; the inside is private.

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The Graybar Building at 420 Lexington Avenue in Midtown Manhattan is a 30-story Art Deco office tower completed in 1927 by the architectural firm Sloan & Robertson. Situated adjacent to Grand Central Terminal between 43rd and 44th Streets, the structure occupies air rights above the terminal's underground tracks, with its entire superstructure built above the rail lines. The building features the hallmark setbacks and light courts required by the 1916 Zoning Resolution, while its ground floor houses the Graybar Passage, a public corridor connecting Lexington Avenue directly to Grand Central Terminal. Originally called the Eastern Terminal Office Building when construction began in 1925, it was renamed the following year after Graybar, one of its initial tenants, and opened to immediate success—achieving full occupancy in less than a year. The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission designated it an official landmark in 2016.