225 (center right) and 233 (bottom center), as seen from the west side of Park Avenue South at 18th Street
225 Park Avenue South (originally named the American Woolen Building for its tenant, American Woolen Company) is an office building complex in the Flatiron DistrictofManhattan, New York City. Located at the northeast corner of Park Avenue South and East 18th Street,[1][2] it is two blocks north of Union Square.[3] The property includes the 19-story 225 Park Avenue South, as well as the 12-story 233 Park Avenue South.
The 19-story-tall 225 Park Avenue South was designed by Robert Henderson Robertson,[4] of R.H. Robinson & Sons. The consulting engineer was C. T. Main.[5] 225 has a total of 537,500 square feet (49,940 m2) of space.[2] Built on a steel frame and with a limestone exterior,[1] 225 has a ram's head at its main entrance,[4] on Park Avenue.[1] A freight entrance is on 19th Street.[6]
225 had five elevators for general use for floors 1-13. There were six elevators intended for company and client use only, with two serving the basement through floor 18, one going to floor 19, and three going only to floor 14. The freight elevators in the rear, also only for company/client use, numbered four, with three of them also intended for human passengers.[1] The 14th floor was used as the American Woolen Company's reception area.[6]
233 Park Avenue South, to the north of 225,[7] was constructed around the same time[4] and is 12 stories tall.[8] 233 has a brass ring at its main entrance.[4]
225 Park Avenue South was built in 1909 as the American Woolen Building.[4] Its address was initially 225 Fourth Avenue.[9] The old address number was kept when the section of Fourth Avenue between 17th and 32nd Streets was renamed Park Avenue South in 1959.[10] Historically. the American Woolen Company occupied floors 13-19.[1]
Crown Publishing Group had its headquarters at 225 Park Avenue South,[13][14] occupying 80,000 square feet (7,400 m2) of space. Random House received the space when it acquired the company. In 1990, Random House signaled intentions to sublease the space.[15]
In 2001, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey moved its headquarters to the 225 Park Avenue South complex[16] after its previous headquarters, at 1 World Trade Center in the former World Trade Center complex,[17] were destroyed in the September 11, 2001 attacks. PANYNJ, which said it intended to use the facility only as a temporary headquarters, leased a total of 315,000 square feet (29,300 m2) in 225 Park Avenue South and 233 Park Avenue South.[18] The Office of Medical Services was at 233 Park Avenue South.[19] In 2014 and 2015, PANYNJ moved to 4 World Trade Center.[19][3] The medical offices remained at 233 Park Avenue South, but in 2016 the board PANYNJ was scheduled to vote on a new location for those offices.[19] Terence Cullen of Commercial Observer wrote that Facebook "likely" took former PANYNJ space.[2]
In 2014, Buzzfeed signed a lease for 194,000 square feet (18,000 m2) of space on floors 11 through 16.[20]
In 2016, Facebook signed a lease for 200,000 square feet (19,000 m2) of space in the building, with 78,666 square feet (7,308.3 m2) on floors 17-19.[2] and other space between Floor 6 and Floor 10.[7]
A major renovation was executed after the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey departed; it was completed in 2017.[4][21]
As of 2017[update], 97.9% of its space was leased.[8] Its 10 tenants included BuzzFeed, Facebook, and STV Inc.,[22] which occupied the largest spaces in the building.[8]
^ abDunlap, David W. (March 4, 2015). "With Newfound Modesty, Port Authority Returns to the World Trade Center". The New York Times. Retrieved January 5, 2019. After 14 years near Union Square, the agency's headquarters have returned to a spot at the World Trade Center, where they had been from 1973 until Sept. 11, 2001.[...]the interim board room at 225 Park Avenue South, at East 18th Street.
^ abWeiss, Lois (March 25, 2016). "Facebook snags another downtown office space". New York Post. Retrieved January 5, 2019. Facebook will have 78,666 square feet on the 17th to 19th floors at the top of the 107-year-old building to the south[...]The smaller building to the north is 12 stories tall.
^The Illustrated Gospels: According to St. Matthew, St. Mark, St. Luke & St. John. Crown Publishers, 1985. ISBN0517559250, 9780517559253. p. 4. "Published in the United States in 1985 by Crown Publishers, Inc. , 225 Park Avenue South, New York, New York, 10003"
^School Library Journal: SLJ., Volume 36, Issues 7-12. R.R. Bowker Company, Xerox Company, 1990. p. 27. See image: "The Crown Publishing Group 225 Park Ave. South, New York, NY 10003 A Random House Company"
^Home. Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. January 1, 2006. Retrieved on January 5, 2019. "The Port Authority of NY & NJ | 225 Park Avenue South, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10003-1604"
^"About." Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. February 7, 2001. Retrieved on January 5, 2019. "Mailing Address: The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey 67 West # 1 World Trade Center New York, NY 10048"
