175 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan

Flatiron Building

A source-backed guide to New York's triangular steel-frame landmark: exterior visit, architecture, residential conversion, media archive, and agent-readable data.

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Flatiron Building, 1910Public domain

Address175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010

Built1902

Height285 ft

AccessExterior public viewing

Landmark hub

One building. Six jobs.

Plan the exterior visit

Views, subway stops, photo angles, and public-access boundaries.

Check street conditions

Weather, light, wind, and sidewalk status for the Flatiron corner.

Choose a field route

Prow view, ornament walk, early-skyscraper loop, and conversion watch.

Read the building

Burnham, Dinkelberg, the Fuller Company, steel frame, landmark status.

Inspect the archive

Local image set with per-file credit, source URL, author, and license.

Use the guides

Evergreen visit, architecture, conversion, and photo field notes.

Fast answer

Free to view outside. Private inside. Landmarked since 1966.

The Flatiron Building is best understood from the street: north prow, Broadway/Fifth geometry, facade ornament, and the Madison Square approach.