# NEW YORK | The Brooklyn Tower (9 DeKalb Ave) | 1,073 FT | 74 FLOORS **URL:** \ **Category:** Under Construction\ **Created:** [June 19, 2014, 5:48pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-the-brooklyn-tower-9-dekalb-ave-1-073-ft-74-floors/338 "2014-06-19T17:48:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 76
**Author:** ![Mackensen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mackensen/32/138218_2.png) [@Mackensen](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Mackensen)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2023, 6:44pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-the-brooklyn-tower-9-dekalb-ave-1-073-ft-74-floors/338/1527 "2023-06-07T18:44:13Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/3/3/330081f115db3291da0f8510dd6e99bc255a75c7.jpeg) [https://www.instagram.com/p/CtHVc0TOoGZ/](https://www.instagram.com/p/CtHVc0TOoGZ/) ---
**Author:** ![TK2000](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/tk2000/32/114212_2.png) [@TK2000](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/TK2000)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 1:14am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-the-brooklyn-tower-9-dekalb-ave-1-073-ft-74-floors/338/1528 "2023-06-08T01:14:14Z")
Someone has GOT TO line up the sun with the top of this tower in the smokey conditions. Eye of Sauron And fun fact, Russia actually wanted to build an Eye of Sauron art installation but it was scrapped in 2014 ---
**Author:** ![IhateUSsteel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/ihateussteel/32/24981_2.png) [@IhateUSsteel](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/IhateUSsteel)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 5:11am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-the-brooklyn-tower-9-dekalb-ave-1-073-ft-74-floors/338/1529 "2023-06-08T05:11:34Z")
This is the closest I’ve seen anyone get it so far. > Lots of jokes about the sun everywhere, lots of jokes about the tower, but nobody’s achieved perfection yet ---
**Author:** ![5Bfilms](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/5bfilms/32/173622_2.png) [@5Bfilms](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/5Bfilms)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 4:56pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-the-brooklyn-tower-9-dekalb-ave-1-073-ft-74-floors/338/1530 "2023-06-08T16:56:51Z")
Do any of these come close? ![BCS-TowerSun](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/0/7/075aa4fe0118a74f37110e2ff68106156f78d712.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![NewYorkCity76](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/newyorkcity76/32/190647_2.png) [@NewYorkCity76](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/NewYorkCity76)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 6:24pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-the-brooklyn-tower-9-dekalb-ave-1-073-ft-74-floors/338/1531 "2023-06-08T18:24:53Z")
Looks ominous looking! 😍 ---
**Author:** ![Mackensen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mackensen/32/138218_2.png) [@Mackensen](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Mackensen)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 10:33pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-the-brooklyn-tower-9-dekalb-ave-1-073-ft-74-floors/338/1533 "2023-06-12T22:33:14Z")
![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/a/7/a725191a6c1881334fc55348ead24344cd929bd6.jpeg) ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/d/a/dadae3394c5d1b4ee75a0685908f8b46264d2a1f.jpeg) ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/a/4/a4a915ecb2e9b8f30a12c5d580f2993110112995.jpeg) ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/7/3/737216f14889ef94c5d704bdfd70319d94c4c8de.jpeg) ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/5/8/58145dc246a965959ad14329439e32d9484a6dfa.jpeg) ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/b/3/b306bd891d7bf2845a2fcf42cf1b9c938b81e8dd.jpeg) ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/f/7/f70db0c13a8d9886ecdf35a50281fdc07bf685ae.jpeg) ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/0/3/036e78ff854d49a8ca683b1ed30bcb2501aa1f27.jpeg) ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/1/9/190c65e4a89947d66a78597247c7df5d43522de2.jpeg) ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/e/7/e728cee3c9301e2eeaddd645582633e500026228.jpeg) ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/c/a/cad7c2ed622ce9eddf703b9c168a8cc1de6f60a3.jpeg) Pics by Michael Young [The Brooklyn Tower's Exterior Nears Completion in Downtown Brooklyn - New York YIMBY](https://newyorkyimby.com/2023/06/the-brooklyn-towers-exterior-nears-completion-in-downtown-brooklyn.html) ---
**Author:** ![GSPLover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@GSPLover](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/GSPLover)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2023, 1:43am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-the-brooklyn-tower-9-dekalb-ave-1-073-ft-74-floors/338/1534 "2023-06-13T01:43:08Z")
This building deserves a great deal of recognition from the architectural community. ---
**Author:** ![chris08876](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/chris08876/32/1617_2.png) [@chris08876](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/chris08876)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2023, 2:53am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-the-brooklyn-tower-9-dekalb-ave-1-073-ft-74-floors/338/1535 "2023-06-14T02:53:27Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/0/4/04b437333a345aa6e6be0f3500dca5181e42b1d9.jpeg) Love this angle below. If NY didn’t have rivers or water effect. Sort of a distant rolling hills effect. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/9/9/99f3f55dd4a97c07253606d3141440155d713132.jpeg) Credit: [The Dronalist](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Th1SGnj3bv0&ab_channel=theDronalist) ---
**Author:** ![GSPLover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@GSPLover](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/GSPLover)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2023, 6:01am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-the-brooklyn-tower-9-dekalb-ave-1-073-ft-74-floors/338/1536 "2023-06-14T06:01:55Z")
Second picture, is that the old B. Altman building front and center? What is the building under construction behind it? ---
**Author:** ![chris08876](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/chris08876/32/1617_2.png) [@chris08876](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/chris08876)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2023, 2:06pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-the-brooklyn-tower-9-dekalb-ave-1-073-ft-74-floors/338/1537 "2023-06-14T14:06:54Z")
I believe its 360 Bowery that’s u/c. ---
**Author:** ![stache](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/stache/32/30186_2.png) [@stache](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/stache)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2023, 10:02pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-the-brooklyn-tower-9-dekalb-ave-1-073-ft-74-floors/338/1538 "2023-06-14T22:02:14Z")
Is it the old Wanamaker building? ---
**Author:** ![NewYorkCity76](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/newyorkcity76/32/190647_2.png) [@NewYorkCity76](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/NewYorkCity76)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2023, 11:25pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-the-brooklyn-tower-9-dekalb-ave-1-073-ft-74-floors/338/1539 "2023-06-14T23:25:50Z")
![IMG_2037](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/3/2/3211f47797ee186b6ddc330c338ab8f9dacde4fc.jpeg) Taken earlier today on my phone ---
**Author:** ![tjr101](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/tjr101/32/125010_2.png) [@tjr101](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/tjr101)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2023, 2:43am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-the-brooklyn-tower-9-dekalb-ave-1-073-ft-74-floors/338/1540 "2023-06-19T02:43:15Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/4/b/4b1eefe3b1d67b759a1ecd9e1e9bac17671c30ae.jpeg) Taken earlier this evening. ---
**Author:** ![baronson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/baronson/32/190290_2.png) [@baronson](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/baronson)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2023, 3:09am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-the-brooklyn-tower-9-dekalb-ave-1-073-ft-74-floors/338/1541 "2023-06-19T03:09:45Z")
All zipped up? ---
**Author:** ![tjr101](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/tjr101/32/125010_2.png) [@tjr101](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/tjr101)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2023, 4:01am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-the-brooklyn-tower-9-dekalb-ave-1-073-ft-74-floors/338/1542 "2023-06-19T04:01:23Z")
It certainly looks that way, not sure as I took this from a distance (Domino Park). ---
**Author:** ![Mackensen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mackensen/32/138218_2.png) [@Mackensen](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Mackensen)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2023, 6:10pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-the-brooklyn-tower-9-dekalb-ave-1-073-ft-74-floors/338/1543 "2023-06-19T18:10:27Z")
[![Imgur](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/f/d/fda1e800575cfbd1db17680a18333c2dd9748b59.jpeg "Brooklyn") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/aerojad/52980264893/) On [https://www.flickr.com/photos/aerojad/](https://www.flickr.com/photos/aerojad/) ---
**Author:** ![baronson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/baronson/32/190290_2.png) [@baronson](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/baronson)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2023, 9:09pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-the-brooklyn-tower-9-dekalb-ave-1-073-ft-74-floors/338/1544 "2023-06-19T21:09:22Z")
While trying to stalk insta on the zipper situation I came across this construction worker’s profile. He has a lot of cool vids from a top the Brooklyn Tower as it was rising on the skyline. > **[Chepito TL (@chepito\_tl) • Instagram photos and videos](https://instagram.com/chepito_tl/?igshid=ZWQyN2ExYTkwZQ==)** > > 1,010 Followers, 1,031 Following, 290 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Chepito TL (@chepito\_tl) ---
**Author:** ![Alemel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/alemel/32/91966_2.png) [@Alemel](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Alemel)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2023, 11:03pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-the-brooklyn-tower-9-dekalb-ave-1-073-ft-74-floors/338/1545 "2023-06-19T23:03:11Z")
One more panel to go (taken 4 hs ago) ![IMG_4570](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/2/c/2c755f07dbcb2300cdbb0cf3b732dca0e6b79617.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![TKDV](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/tkdv/32/83069_2.png) [@TKDV](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/TKDV)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2023, 11:14pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-the-brooklyn-tower-9-dekalb-ave-1-073-ft-74-floors/338/1546 "2023-06-19T23:14:08Z")
Idk about “one” more panel, but theres still really 2 more levels, including the one that needs to be finished filling in. ---
**Author:** ![Skyalign](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/skyalign/32/128133_2.png) [@Skyalign](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Skyalign)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2023, 12:11am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-the-brooklyn-tower-9-dekalb-ave-1-073-ft-74-floors/338/1547 "2023-06-20T00:11:42Z")
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