The Brooklyner is a
skyscraper
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at 111 Lawrence Street in
Downtown Brooklyn,
New York City
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. Built by the Clarett Group and designed by GKV Architects, with WSP Cantor Seinuk (Structural Engineers), and Langan Engineering (Geotechnical Engineers), it became the
tallest building
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in
Brooklyn
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, surpassing the
Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower
The Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower, also known as One Hanson Place, is a skyscraper in the Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City. Located at the northeast corner of Ashland Place and Hanson Place near Downtown Brooklyn, the t ...
in 2010. Later, in 2014, the Brooklyner was surpassed by
388 Bridge Street for the tallest skyscraper in the borough.
The structure contains 491 rental units and is currently managed by
Equity Residential
Equity Residential is a publicly traded real estate investment trust that invests in apartments.
As of December 31, 2021, the company owned or had investments in 310 properties consisting of 80,407 apartment units in Southern California, San Fr ...
. The building is 51 stories tall and 531.5 feet (162 meters) in height.
Gallery
File:BrooklynerAngled.jpg, Front façade of building looking northeast from Red Hook Lane.
File:BrooklynerRear.jpg, Rear concrete façade of building looking west.
File:BrooklynerSide.jpg, Side exterior shot looking north on Lawrence street.
See also
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List of tallest buildings in Brooklyn
Brooklyn, the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, contains over 60 high-rises that stand taller than . The Brooklyn Tower, a condominium and rental tower in the Downtown neighborhood of the borough, is Brooklyn's tallest building a ...
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List of tallest buildings in New York City
New York City, the most populous city in the United States, is home to over 7,000 completed high-rise buildings of at least , of which at least 95 are taller than . The tallest building in New York is One World Trade Center, which rises ...
References
External links
Official website*
The Brooklyner' at GKV Architects
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The Brooklyner' on
CTBUH
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The Brooklyner' on
Emporis
Emporis GmbH was a real estate data mining company that was headquartered in Hamburg, Germany. The company collected data and photographs of buildings worldwide, which were published in an online database from 2000 to September 2022.
On 12 Sept ...
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The Brooklyner' on the
Skyscraperpage.com
Residential buildings in Brooklyn
Residential skyscrapers in New York City
Residential buildings completed in 2010
Downtown Brooklyn
2010s architecture in the United States
2010 establishments in New York City
Condominiums and housing cooperatives in Brooklyn
Postmodern architecture
Skyscrapers in Brooklyn
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