Brown Building
The Brown Building is a ten-story building that is part of the campus of New York University, which owns it. It is located at 23–29 Washington Place, between Greene Street and Washington Square East in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, and is best known as the location of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of March 25, 1911, which killed 146 people.
- University building
- …stands 143 feet (44 metres) tall
- …has 10 floors
- …has a flat roof
- Description: classroom building in Manhattan, New York
- Also known as“Asch Building”“Triangle Shirtwaist Factory”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Washington Square Park and Washington Square Arch.
Washington Square Park
Park
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Washington Square Arch
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Places in the Area
Nearby places include Greenwich Village and Washington Square Village.
Washington Square Village
Neighborhood
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Neighborhood
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Brown Building
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Latitude
40.73007° or 40° 43′ 48″ north
Longitude
-73.99537° or 73° 59′ 43″ west
Open location code
87G8P2J3+2V
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OpenStreetMap feature
building=university
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In Other Languages
From Estonian to Spanish—“Brown Building” goes by many names.
- Estonian: “Brown Building (Manhattan)”
- Estonian: “Brown Building”
- French: “Asch Building”
- French: “Brown Building”
- Hebrew: “בניין בראון”
- Japanese: “アッシュ・ビルディング”
- Japanese: “ブラウンビル”
- Spanish: “Brown Building (Manhattan)”
- Spanish: “Edificio Brown (Manhattan)”
- Spanish: “Edificio Brown”
- Spanish: “Triangle Shirtwaist Factory”
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Highlights include Triangle Fire Memorial and Silver Center.
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