245 Park Avenue is a 648 ft skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Designed by Shreve, Lamb and Harmon, it was completed in 1967 and contains 1.7 e6sqft on 48 floors. The Building Owners and Managers Association awarded the 2000/2001 Pinnacle Award to 245 Park Avenue.[3] The building is assigned its own ZIP Code, 10167; it was one of 41 buildings in Manhattan that had their own ZIP Codes as of 2019.[4]
History
The site used to be occupied by the second Grand Central Palace exhibition hall, which was demolished in 1964 to make way for 245 Park Avenue.[5] The building was previously named for American Tobacco Company, American Brands, and Bear Stearns at various points in its history.