Jacob K. Javits Federal Building
The Jacob K. Javits Federal Office Building is a U.S. governmental office building at 26 Federal Plaza on Foley Square in the Civic Center neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Government office
- Description: government building in New York City
- Also known as: “Jacob K Javits Federal Office Building”, “Jacob K. Javits Federal Office Building”, and “Javits Federal Building”
- Address: 26 Federal Plaza, New York, NY
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Woolworth Building and Freedom Tower.
Woolworth Building
Photo: Aude, Public domain.
The Woolworth Building is a 792-foot-tall residential building and early skyscraper at 233 Broadway in the Tribeca neighborhood of Lower Manhattan in New York City. Woolworth Building is situated 1,600 feet southwest of Jacob K. Javits Federal Building.
Freedom Tower
Photo: Pedro Szekely, CC BY-SA 2.0.
One World Trade Center, also known as One WTC and as the Freedom Tower, is the main building of the rebuilt World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan, New York City. Freedom Tower is situated 2,600 feet west of Jacob K. Javits Federal Building.
New York City Hall
Town hall
Photo: Momos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
New York City Hall is the seat of New York City government, located at the center of City Hall Park in the Civic Center area of Lower Manhattan, between Broadway, Park Row, and Chambers Street. New York City Hall is situated 1,100 feet southwest of Jacob K. Javits Federal Building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Downtown Manhattan and TriBeCa.
Downtown Manhattan
Quarter
Photo: King of Hearts, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lower Manhattan, also known as Downtown Manhattan, is the southernmost part of the New York City borough of Manhattan. The area is the historical birthplace of New York City and in the 17th and 18th centuries composed the entirety of the city.
TriBeCa
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
A former industrial district in Lower Manhattan, TriBeCa, short for "Triangle Below Canal Street", has transformed from artist community to upscale residential district in the 21st century.
Little Italy
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Little Italy is a neighborhood in Lower Manhattan in New York City, once known for its Italian American population. It is bounded on the west by Tribeca and Soho, on the south by Chinatown, on the east by the Bowery and Lower East Side, and on the north by Nolita.
Jacob K. Javits Federal Building
- Categories: skyscraper, federal building, building, office, and government building
- Location: Manhattan, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.71543° or 40° 42′ 56″ northLongitude
-74.00418° or 74° 0′ 15″ westElevation
20 feet (6 metres)Inception
1967Open location code
87G7PX8W+58OpenStreetMap ID
way 75363907OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
office=government
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Swedish—“Jacob K. Javits Federal Building” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “مبنى جاكوب ك.جافيتس الفيدرالى”
- Estonian: “Javits Federal Office Building”
- German: “Jacob K. Javits Federal Building”
- Japanese: “ジェイコブ・K・ジャヴィッツ連邦ビル”
- Spanish: “Jacob K. Javits Federal Building”
- Swedish: “Jacob K. Javits Federal Building”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Civic Center and Chinatown.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Jacob K. Javits Federal Building”. Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0.