Brooklyn Tower

The Brooklyn Tower (formerly 340 Flatbush Avenue Extension and 9 DeKalb Avenue; also 55 Fleet Street and 85 Fleet Street) is a supertall mixed-use, primarily residential skyscraper in the Downtown Brooklyn neighborhood of New York City. Developed by JDS Development Group, it is situated on the north side of DeKalb Avenue near Flatbush Avenue. The main portion of the skyscraper is a 74-story, 1,035-foot (315 m) residential structure designed by SHoP Architects and built from 2018 to 2022. Preserved at the skyscraper's base is the Dime Savings Bank Building, designed by Mowbray and Uffinger, which dates to the 1900s and is a New York City designated landmark. The tower is the first supertall building in Brooklyn, as well as the tallest building in the borough and the tallest in New York City outside Manhattan. The Dime Savings Bank Building contains a white-marble facade with colonnades; a diagonal entrance portico on Albee Square; and a domed roof. The bank's interior contains a hexagonal rotunda, which is used as retail space. The building includes 120,000 square feet (11,000 m2) of amenity spaces, some of which are within the bank. The tower section accommodates approximately 150 condominiums and 425 rental apartments, totaling roughly 466,000 square feet (43,300 m2). The bank building was built in 1906–1908 for the Dime Savings Bank of Brooklyn. The original building, which o

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