NEW YORK | Brooklyn Tower (9 DeKalb) | 1,073 FT | 73 FLOORS

[chris08876]

Credit: Michael Young via NYY

[BuildThemTaller]

For a skyline that has been built mostly over the last decade+, Brooklyn is remarkably devoid of blue glass boxes.

[QUEENSNYMAN]

chris08876, those pics were great! Brooklyn will have the King of Kings County!

[Imaus]

A true beauty, love seeing it and how it compliments the skyline.

[BK1985]

Originally Posted by BuildThemTaller

For a skyline that has been built mostly over the last decade+, Brooklyn is remarkably devoid of blue glass boxes.

Lol good. Let’s keep it that way.

[NYguy]

Brooklyn has seen mostly residential towers, and those tend to stay away from the blue glass, which itself is mostly centered on Manhattan’s west side.

[BuildThemTaller]

Originally Posted by NYguy

Brooklyn has seen mostly residential towers, and those tend to stay away from the blue glass, which itself is mostly centered on Manhattan’s west side.

Maybe, but there are a lot of blue glass residential towers in NYC and around the country. Long Island City, near Court Square, has a bunch. The Williamsburg waterfront, the Two Bridges towers, Central Park Tower, etc. A lot of the recent residential towers in Philly, Miami, and Austin are blue glass.

It's nice to have a place where that isn't the dominant trend.

[Barney Greengrass]

Originally Posted by BuildThemTaller

Maybe, but there are a lot of blue glass residential towers in NYC and around the country. Long Island City, near Court Square, has a bunch. The Williamsburg waterfront, the Two Bridges towers, Central Park Tower, etc. A lot of the recent residential towers in Philly, Miami, and Austin are blue glass.

It's nice to have a place where that isn't the dominant trend.

In Vancouver and Toronto it became a running joke, though it seems to have subsided now. Downtown Brooklyn avoided the trend but you're right, there are plenty of others scattered around here and LIC definitely has its share.

[NYguy]

Originally Posted by BuildThemTaller

Maybe, but there are a lot of blue glass residential towers in NYC and around the country. Long Island City, near Court Square, has a bunch.

There really aren't a lot going up in midtown besides the west side, where they're built in clusters. LIC isn't characterized by blue glass buildings either, that's not what's been going up there for the most part. And of course, here in Brooklyn you don't see a lot of it. A lot of the buildings are bland (both in Brooklyn and LIC), but you can't just pin that on blue glass.




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[QUEENSNYMAN]

My latest video from last night, by NYCSKYSCRAPERS2020:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbBSWRaMDwQ

[NYguy]

https://www.instagram.com/p/CUF1jUhL54i/

[NYguy]

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[NYguy]

https://www.thecity.nyc/brooklyn/202...pment-go-ahead

[NYguy]

The amended zoning diagram changes the height....















Another look at that sunrise shoot....



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[QUEENSNYMAN]

9 Dekalb is in my latest video from Brooklyn, By NYCSKYSCRAERS2020:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KECd2BC0hpY

[Crawford]

So this is officially 1,073 ft.

Was that an increase from 1,066 or a decrease from 1,099? I see both figures in official documents.

[ht-freak]

I've been noticing dicrepancies in heights whether in "official" or actual heights. Too bad there isn't a group that can verify street to highest part of the structure(not including antenna) by drone.

[NYguy]

Originally Posted by Crawford

So this is officially 1,073 ft.

Was that an increase from 1,066 or a decrease from 1,099? I see both figures in official documents.

The height of 1,066 has been changed for a long time.

Originally Posted by ht-freak

I've been noticing dicrepancies in heights whether in "official" or actual heights. Too bad there isn't a group that can verify street to highest part of the structure(not including antenna) by drone.

There have been no discrepancies. The DOB documents are official. Buildings do sometimes undergo changes, and that's what's reflected. Also, keep in mind that when someone quotes a height, it may be an actual "roof" height, omitting rooftop structures or parapet heights.



1066 ft



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This is the last amendment. As the building is close to being topped out, I would assume there would be no more changes.


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[ht-freak]

NYguy That is incorrect. If you compare different websites, you will see different heights for the same building. I lived in Brooklyn for 9 years leaving in the 70's. I could see the existing tallest buildings. For years, many sources had the Montague-Court building listed as 399', which I knew had to be incorrect. I finally found the correct height (462') in Skyscraper center(Council on tall buildings and urban habitat) and emailed this site to correct in the diagrams, which they did as did other sources. I've been trying to get this site to do the same for 75 Livingston St. listed as 343', should be 399' as stated in aforementioned website. The list goes on and on. Check it out yourself. Look at Ava Dobro, 540 Fulton(to name a couple)Look up their respective heights on this site, Skyscraper City, wikipedia and others to see what I mean.

[QUEENSNYMAN]

Some pics I took yesterday, BY NYMAN2010:

NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE, SEPTEMBER 24TH 2021, FROM BROOKLYN. by NYMAN2010, on Flickr

NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE, SEPTEMBER 24TH 2021, FROM BROOKLYN. by NYMAN2010, on Flickr

NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE, SEPTEMBER 24TH 2021, FROM BROOKLYN. by NYMAN2010, on Flickr

NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE, SEPTEMBER 24TH 2021, FROM BROOKLYN. by NYMAN2010, on Flickr

And from September 20th, 2021:

NEW YORK CITY SCENES FROM A DISTANCE. SEPTEMBER 20TH, 2021. by NYMAN2010, on Flickr