Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower is a hotel in East Village, the United States.[1] Wikidata describes it as “office skyscraper in Manhattan, New York”. It opened in 1909. It is owned by Marriott International. The building has 50 floors. It stands about 1.5 km from the centre of East Village.[3]
Overview
The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower (colloquially known as the Met Life Tower and also as the South Building) is a skyscraper occupying a full block in the Flatiron District of Manhattan in New York City, New York, United States. The building is composed of two sections: a 700-foot-tall (210 m) tower at the northwest corner of the block, at Madison Avenue and 24th Street, and a shorter east wing occupying the remainder of the block bounded by Madison Avenue, Park Avenue South, 23rd Street, and 24th Street.
From “Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower” on English Wikipedia, by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0.[2]
History and building
The hotel opened in 1909. It was designed by Napoleon LeBrun, in the Renaissance Revival architecture style. The building has 50 floors and is 213 m tall. It is listed as a National Historic Landmark, a National Register of Historic Places contributing property, a National Register of Historic Places listed place, a New York City Landmark and a New York State Register of Historic Places listed place. [1]
Location
Measured in a straight line, the hotel is 1.5 km from the centre of East Village. The nearest airport with scheduled flights is LaGuardia Airport (LGA), about 11 km from the centre of East Village.[4]
It is one of 124 hotels in and around East Village recorded in Wikidata, 67 of which have an article in Innpedia.[5] Of the 38 with a recorded opening date, the earliest is Murray Hill Hotel, opened in 1884. See Hotels in East Village.
Other hotels within 1.5 km:
- Hotel Giraffe — 0.3 km, opened 1999
- George Washington Hotel — 0.3 km, opened 1930
- Freehand New York — 0.3 km
- The Evelyn Hotel — 0.3 km
- Gramercy Park Hotel — 0.3 km
- Hotel Kenmore Hall — 0.3 km
- Prince George Hotel — 0.4 km
- Park South Hotel — 0.4 km
- Seville Hotel — 0.4 km
- The James New York - NoMad — 0.4 km
See also
- Hotels in East Village
- Hotels in the United States
- Marriott International
- Hotels designed by Napoleon LeBrun
- Hotels in the Renaissance Revival style
- List of heritage-listed hotels in the United States
- List of hotels opened in the 1900s
References
- ^ Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower (Q652452). Wikidata. CC0.
- ^ Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower. Wikipedia. Text excerpted under CC BY-SA 4.0; revision of 2026-10-01.
- ^ East Village (Q1043326). Wikidata. CC0.
- ^ Airports. OurAirports. Public domain.
- ^ Hotels in East Village. Wikidata. CC0.
Facts as stated in Wikidata, read in October 2026.