Brill Building

Brill Building
Seen in 2021
General information
Type	Office building
Location	1619 Broadway, Manhattan, New York
Coordinates	40°45′40″N 73°59′04″W / 40.7611°N 73.9845°W / 40.7611; -73.9845
Opening	1931
Technical details
Floor count	11
Floor area	175,000 sq ft (16,300 m2)
Design and construction
Developer	Victor Bark Jr.
Main contractor	Abraham E. Lefcourt
New York City Landmark
Designated	March 23, 2010
Reference no.	2387

The Brill Building is an office building at 1619 Broadway on 49th Street in the New York City borough of Manhattan, just north of Times Square and further uptown from the historic musical Tin Pan Alley neighborhood. It was built in 1931 as the Alan E. Lefcourt Building, after the son of its builder Abraham E. Lefcourt, and designed by Victor Bark Jr.^[1][2] The building is 11 stories high and has approximately 175,000 square feet (16,300 m²) of rentable area.

The Brill Building is famous for housing music industry offices and studios where some of the most popular American songs were written. It is considered to have been the center of the American music industry that dominated the pop charts in the early 1960s.^[3] The "Brill" name comes from a haberdasher who operated a store at street level and subsequently bought the building. The Brill Building was purchased by 1619 Broadway Realty LLC in June 2013 and underwent renovation during the 2010s. A CVS Pharmacy opened on the first two floors of the building in 2019.^[1][4]