The
Flatiron Building, originally the
Fuller Building, is a triangular 22-story steel-framed landmarked building located at 175
Fifth Avenue in the
borough of
Manhattan,
New York City, and is considered to be a groundbreaking
skyscraper. Upon completion in 1902, it was one of the tallest buildings in the city at 20 floors high, and one of only two skyscrapers north of
14th Street – the other being the
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower, one block east. The building sits on a triangular block formed by
Fifth Avenue,
Broadway and
East 22nd Street, with
23rd Street grazing the triangle's northern (uptown) peak. As with numerous other wedge-shaped buildings, the name "Flatiron" derives from its resemblance to a cast-iron
clothes iron.