The Brooklyner

111 Lawrence Street | also 14 Metrotech Center | Downtown Brooklyn | built 2009

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The lot about 1940
About 1940. Via 1940s.nyc
The lot about 1985
About 1985. Via 80s.nyc

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

  1. 2010

    The Brooklyner passes the Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower as Brooklyn's tallest building

    At 51 stories and 531.5 feet, the Brooklyner at 111 Lawrence Street became the tallest building in Brooklyn in 2010, overtaking the Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower. The Clarett Group built it to a design by GKV Architects. It has 491 rental units, and Vivmark Residential owns and manages it.

    Source: Wikipedia

  2. 2010

    June 3

    The Brooklyner is more than half rented, Brownstoner reports

    On June 3, 2010, Brownstoner reported that the 490-unit Brooklyner, then called the tallest residential building in Brooklyn, had passed the point of being more than 50 percent rented. The figure came from a source at the developer. Earlier posts on the same site had tracked the building's progress, including an item on 20 percent rented with move-ins under way.

    Source: brownstoner.com

  3. 2014

    388 Bridge Street takes the title of Brooklyn's tallest skyscraper from the Brooklyner

    The Brooklyner held the record as Brooklyn's tallest building only briefly. In 2014 the tower at 388 Bridge Street surpassed it as the tallest skyscraper in the borough.

    Source: Wikipedia

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