These Were 2025’s Biggest Office Leases in Brooklyn, Queens

Outer borough offices didn’t have the Manhattan magic.

Brooklyn and Queens office landlords spent much of 2025 courting the same tenants that kept the outer boroughs afloat since the pandemic: government agencies, schools and mission-driven groups. Private-sector users remained scarce, and the boroughs again lagged Manhattan’s healthier leasing market.

Long Island City and parts of Brooklyn continued to draw big-footprint tenants, but the surge of Midtown leasing still hasn’t translated across the river. Brokers say outer borough availability remains high and deal flow uneven, even as education and public-service users quietly make up a growing slice of new leases.

Here are the largest office deals of the year in Queens and Brooklyn, according to data compiled by The Real Deal.

NYC Department of Transportation | 47-25 34th Street | 212,094 square feet
The city’s DOT brought the year’s biggest outer borough deal, signing on for more than 212,000 square feet at 47-25 34th Street in Long Island City. The agency took the space from Metropolitan Realty Associates and Nuveen and plans to use it for both industrial and office uses. Newmark and SL Green represented the landlord side and a CBRE team represented the tenant.

Spectrum | 59 Paidge Avenue | 200,000 square feet
The cable provider renewed its 200,000-square-foot lease at 59 Paidge Avenue in Greenpoint, opting for another 10 years at the Steel Equities-owned site. Spectrum has occupied the low-slung complex since 2011 and locked in one of Brooklyn’s largest commitments of 2025.

Brooklyn Prospect Charter School | 181 Livingston Street | 147,944 square feet
Brooklyn Prospect Charter School continued the trend of education tenants backfilling slow office corridors, taking nearly 148,000 square feet at Tishman Speyer’s 181 Livingston Street in Downtown Brooklyn in the spring. At the time, it was Brooklyn’s largest lease since the third quarter of 2023.

U.S. General Services Administration | 159-30 Rockaway Boulevard | 139,377 square feet
The GSA signed a major lease in Jamaica at an Edward J. Minskoff building, TRD reported at the start of the year, to be used by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Queens. CBRE represented the federal tenant, while JLL handled the landlord side.

Administration for Children’s Services | 1000 Dean Street | 105,000 square feet
ACS inked a full-building lease at 1000 Dean Street in Crown Heights, taking 105,000 square feet, Commercial Observer reported. The move was a consolidation of spaces in Bedford-Stuyvesant and East New York.

Beacon Mobility | 2647 Stillwell Avenue | 83,000 square feet
Transportation firm Beacon Mobility signed an 83,000-square-foot lease at Turnbridge Equities’ Gravesend property. Turnbridge Equities acquired the Gravesend site two years ago for $13 million. Cushman & Wakefield repped both sides of the deal.

Plaza College | 118-35 Queens Boulevard | 80,000 square feet
Plaza College renewed its Forest Hills presence, taking 80,000 square feet at Muss Development’s tower. CBRE’s Roy Chipkin represented the tenant.

NYC School Construction Authority | 30-30 47th Avenue | 75,000 square feet
The SCA extended its lease for 15 years at Atlas Capital Group’s Long Island City building, at an asking rent of $45 per square foot. Unfortunately for ownership, the $300 million loan tied to the 1.1 million-square-foot office property was sent to special servicing in September for “imminent maturity default,” according to Morningstar Credit.