One Hanson Place - Brooklyn, New York
N 40° 41.117 W 073° 58.665
18T E 586381 N 4504323
This 37 storey tower, formerly Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower, was the highest building in Brooklyn from the time it was built in 1929 until The Brooklyner was completed in 2010. The Brooklyner beat it out by a grand total of 3 feet.
Waymark Code: WMZ668
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 09/16/2018
Views: 1
The address is 1 Hanson Place and since 2007-08 has been condominiums. It is 512 feet high. It has a large clock at the top which is 17 feet (5.2 m) in diameter.
It was built in 1927–29 as the new headquarters for the Williamsburgh Savings Bank by the architectural firm Halsey, McCormack and Helmer. It was then owned by the bank's parent, Republic National Bank, then, via a merger, HSBC, which has since relocated across the street to 118 Flatbush Avenue. For years the building's offices were notably dentists' offices; the New York Daily News once called it "The Mecca of Dentistry".
The building was declared a New York City landmark in 1977, and the interior in 1996. After conversion, the tower houses 176 apartments and CJ Follini and Noyack Medical Partners in the commercial half.
The building, constructed in a modernized Byzantine-Romanesque style.
Building Name: Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower
Structure Height: 512
Number of Stories: 42
Year Built: 1929
Architect/Design Firm: Halsey, McCormack and Helmer
Use: Both Office and Residential
Publicly accessible areas:
none
Address:
One Hanson Place, Brooklyn, New York, 11243
Building Website: [Web Link]
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) link: [Web Link]
Style: Not listed
Hours: Not listed
Cost: Not listed
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