One Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza

Office skyscraper in Manhattan, New York

40°45′13″N 73°58′12″W / 40.753519°N 73.969971°W / 40.753519; -73.969971Completed1972OwnerRockpoint GroupHeightRoof628 ft (191 m)Technical detailsFloor count49Floor area750,000 sq ft (69,677 m²)Design and constructionArchitecture firmEmery Roth & Sons
Raymond & RadoDeveloperRuben CompaniesReferences^[1]

One Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza is a skyscraper located at 885 Second Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.^[2] It is a 628-foot (191 m) tall skyscraper. It was designed by Emery Roth and developed by Lawrence Ruben.^[3] Named for Dag Hammarskjöld, it was completed in 1972 and has 49 floors. It has 750,000 square feet (70,000 m²) of floor area and is the 102nd tallest building in New York.

Its main usage is office space. Denmark, Turkey, Canada, France, Italy, the United Kingdom, Spain, Chile, Belgium, Ireland, Austria and Sweden all have their permanent missions to the United Nations located in this building, while Norway and Belgium have consulates there. Communications company Dell Publishing is also a tenant.^[4] It is owned by Rockpoint Group, who bought the building from the Ruben Companies in 2018 for $600 million.^[5]^[6] Andy Warhol's Factory stood on the site (on 47th Street) from 1963 to 1967.

References

^ "One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza". Emporis. Archived from the original on July 11, 2015. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
^ "1 Dag Hammarskjold Plaza – The Skyscraper Center". www.skyscrapercenter.com. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
^ Weiss, Lou (September 6, 2018). "One Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza to be sold for $600 million". New York Post. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
^ "News of the Realty Trade". The New York Times. July 18, 1976. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 23, 2022.
^ Kim, Betsy (January 10, 2019). "Rockpoint Group Buys One Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza for $600M". GlobeSt. Retrieved September 23, 2022.
^ Small, Eddie (September 7, 2018). "Familiar face in contract on Ruben Companies' One Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza". The Real Deal New York. Retrieved September 23, 2022.

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East Midtown (34th–59th Sts, east of Lexington Ave) and Turtle Bay

Manhattan, New York City

Buildings

34th–42nd Sts	146 East 38th Street 152 East 38th Street 333 East 38th Street Allerton 39th Street House Civic Club / Estonian House The Copper The Corinthian Daily News Building George S. Bowdoin Stable Jonathan W. Allen Stable Kips Bay Brewing Company Manhattan Place Socony–Mobil Building Tudor City View 34
42nd–51st Sts	50 United Nations Plaza 219 East 49th Street 525 Lexington Avenue 569 Lexington Avenue Amster Yard Beaux-Arts Apartments Beekman Tower Edgar J. Kaufmann Conference Center Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice Lescaze House Luxembourg House One Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza Trump World Tower Tudor City Turkish House Turtle Bay Gardens United Nations headquarters Dag Hammarskjöld Library Conference Building General Assembly Building Secretariat Building
51st–59th Sts	One Sutton Place South 23 Beekman Place 252 East 57th Street 300 East 57th Street 303 East 51st Street 312 and 314 East 53rd Street 599 Lexington Avenue 731 Lexington Avenue 919 Third Avenue Citigroup Center Lipstick Building Modulightor Building River House Rockefeller Guest House The Sovereign
Former	East Side Airline Terminal Kips Bay Generating Station Waterside Generating Station

Culture

Shops, restaurants, nightlife	Mischa P. J. Clarke's Sarge's Deli Shun Lee Palace Sparks Steak House Sushi Amane Sushi Yasuda Tempura Matsui Townhouse Bar
Museums/venues	The ImaginAsian Japan Society Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre Trygve Lie Gallery
Hotels	The Benjamin Royal Sonesta New York Lexington Hotel Millennium Hilton New York One UN Plaza The Westin New York Grand Central Hotel
Former	Belmont Plaza Hotel Café Nicholson Caesar's Retreat Christ Cella Cloud Club Convivio DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Metropolitan New York City El Morocco The Embers Lafayette Le Cirque Le Club Lutèce Murray Hill Theatre Museum of the Peaceful Arts New York Marriott East Side Tulsi Vong

Other points of interest

Green spaces	Amster Yard Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza East River Greenway Greenacre Park MacArthur Playground Peter Detmold Park Ralph Bunche Park Robert Moses Playground St. Vartan Park Trygve Lie Plaza
Education	Cathedral High School High School of Art and Design Lyceum Kennedy International School P.S. 135 Stern College for Women
Religion	Church Center for the United Nations Church of the Covenant Church of the Holy Family St. Agnes Church St. Boniface Church St. Gabriel Church St. John the Evangelist Church St. Vartan Armenian Cathedral Sutton Place Synagogue

Transportation

Subway stations	Grand Central–42nd Street Lexington Avenue/51st Street Lexington Avenue/59th Street
Railroad, ferry	Grand Central Madison Grand Central Terminal East 34th Street Ferry Landing
Streets	First Avenue Second Avenue Third Avenue 34th Street 42nd 47th 50th 51st 52nd 53rd 54th 55th 57th 59th Beekman Place Lexington Avenue Sutton Place