One Court Square facts for kids
Quick facts for kids One Court Square |
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| General information | |
| Type | Office |
| Completed | 1990 |
| Height | |
| Roof | 673 ft (205 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 50 |
| Floor area | 1,401,630 sq ft (130,216 m2) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill |
One Court Square, also known as the Citigroup Building, is a very tall office tower in Long Island City, Queens. This part of New York City is right across the East River from Manhattan.
The building is 50 stories high and stands 673 feet (205 m) tall. It was finished in 1990 by a company called Skidmore, Owings & Merrill for Citigroup. For many years, it was the tallest building in Queens, until Skyline Tower was completed in 2019.
Building Design
One Court Square was designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. It has a cool green-tinted glass outside. The building has 50 floors above the ground, but a total of 54 floors if you count the ones below ground. Inside, there are 27 elevators for people and 4 for moving goods, plus 6 escalators. The building has a huge space for offices, about 1.4 million square feet.
For 29 years, this tower was the tallest building in New York state outside of Manhattan. It was also the tallest building on Long Island. But in 2019, two new buildings became taller: the Brooklyn Point Tower and the Skyline Tower. This made One Court Square the third tallest building on Long Island and the second tallest in Queens. Another building, Queens Plaza Park, will be even taller in Queens when it's finished in 2021.
This building is different from the Citigroup Center in Manhattan. That building is near Citigroup's old main office. You can get to both buildings using the New York City Subway's IND Queens Boulevard Line (E and M train). Citigroup Center is near the Lexington Avenue–53rd Street subway stop, while One Court Square is right above the Court Square–23rd Street stop.
Building History
One Court Square first opened its doors in 1990.
Citigroup sold the building in 2005. Later, in 2012, some real estate investors bought One Court Square for a lot of money. In 2020, the big Citi logo was taken off the building. It was replaced with the logo of Altice USA, a telecommunications company that has offices there.
Who Works There?
Several companies and organizations use One Court Square for their offices.
WNYZ-LP, also known as Pulse 87, is a radio station that broadcasts from the very top of this building. Other small TV stations also broadcast from there.
Since 2017, the main offices for Altice USA have been on the top floors of the building.
In 2018, the company Amazon planned to use up to 25 floors in the building for one of its new main offices, called Amazon HQ2. However, Amazon later decided not to build its HQ2 location in New York City.
See also
In Spanish: One Court Square para niños
