New York Life Building

The New York Life Building, also known as 51 Madison, is the headquarters of the New York Life Insurance Company at 51 Madison Avenue in the and neighborhoods of in .
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  • Type: Building
  • Description: skyscraper in New York City
  • Also known as: “51 Madison Avenue”, “New York Life Insurance Building”, and “New York Life Insurance Company Building”
  • Roof shape: flat

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Empire State Building and Madison Square Park.

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The is a 102-story, supertall skyscraper in the Midtown South neighborhood of , New York City, United States. The building was designed in the Art Deco style by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon and constructed between 1930 and 1931. is situated 2,100 feet north of New York Life Building.

Park
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Madison Square is a formed by the intersection of and Broadway at 23rd Street in the borough of . The square was named for Founding Father James Madison, the fourth president of the United States.

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The , originally the Fuller Building, is a 22-story, 285-foot-tall steel-framed triangular building at 175 in the eponymous neighborhood of in . is situated 1,300 feet southwest of New York Life Building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rose Hill and NoMad.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood in the borough of , between the neighborhoods of to the north and to the south, Kips Bay to the east, the to the southwest, and to the northwest.

Neighborhood
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, also known as Madison Square North, is a neighborhood centered on the Madison Square North Historic District in the borough of in .

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In the shadow of the skyscrapers of Midtown sit some of 's most colorful and vibrant neighborhoods. Busy Flatiron is one of the borough's most active shopping and entertainment districts, situated between Union Square and Madison Square Park, two of the most popular meeting places for Manhattanites.

New York Life Building

Latitude
40.74275° or 40° 44′ 34″ north
Longitude
-73.98558° or 73° 59′ 8″ west
Inception
1928
Levels
5
Height
72 feet (22 metres)
Open location code
87G8P2V7+3Q
Open­Street­Map ID
way 109280421
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map attribute
roof-shape=­flat
Wiki­data ID
Q1499859
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“New York Life Building” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “New York Life Building”
  • Chinese: “纽约人寿保险大厦”
  • Czech: “New York Life Building”
  • Dutch: “New York Life Building”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مبنى نيويورك لايف”
  • Estonian: “New York Life Building”
  • French: “New York Life Building”
  • German: “New York Life Building”
  • German: “New York Life Insurance Building”
  • Hebrew: “בניין ניו יורק לייף”
  • Italian: “New York Life Building”
  • Japanese: “ニューヨークライフビル”
  • Korean: “뉴욕 라이프 빌딩”
  • Polish: “New York Life Building”
  • Romanian: “New York Life Building”
  • Russian: “Нью-Йорк-Лайф-билдинг”
  • Spanish: “Edificio New York Life Insurance”
  • Spanish: “New York Life Building”
  • Swedish: “New York Life Building”

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