The
Chrysler Building is an
Art Deco style
skyscraper located on the
East Side of
Midtown Manhattan in
New York City, at the intersection of
42nd Street and
Lexington Avenue in the
Turtle Bay neighborhood. At , the structure was the world's tallest building for 11 months before it was surpassed by the
Empire State Building in 1931. It is still the tallest brick building in the world, albeit with an internal steel skeleton. After the
destruction of the
World Trade Center, it was again the second-tallest building in New York City until December 2007, when the
spire was raised on the 1,200-foot (365.8 m)
Bank of America Tower, pushing the Chrysler Building into third position. In addition,
The New York Times Building, which opened in 2007, is exactly level with the Chrysler Building in height. Both buildings were then pushed into 4th position, when the under construction
One World Trade Center surpassed their height.