Brooklyn's Next Tower Could Be Taller Than the Empire State Building

The tallest building in New York City outside of Manhattan will be a super-tall, super-skinny, neo-Deco skyscraper designed by SHoP Architects. When it’s completed, it will be the most distinctive new Brooklyn building outside the Domino Sugar Refinery redevelopment, which SHoP is also designing. And it will be tall—not quite new Manhattan tall, but quite possibly old Manhattan tall.

Rebecca Baird-Remba at New York YIMBY reports that the latest permits for 340 Flatbush Avenue Extension in Downtown Brooklyn call for a skyscraper that will rise 1,066 feet. While that’s not as high as the Empire State Building, it’s in the neighborhood—maybe 200 feet or so shy. And with the additional air rights from an adjacent parcel purchased by the developer back in August, Brooklyn’s new SHoP tower could exceed the height of the Empire State Building.