How Brooklyn's $750M Skyscraper Went Wrong

Brooklyn Tower, Brooklyn's tallest skyscraper, Brooklyn Tower condos Brooklyn's $750 million skyscraper rises 1,066 feet above Flatbush Avenue. That is about three and a half Statues of Liberty, pedestal included. It was built with 143 condos for sale at the top. By June 2025, three years after sales began, 23 of them had sold. In today's video, we look at: How Brooklyn's $750M Skyscraper Went Wrong … keep watching to learn about Brooklyn Tower, Brooklyn's tallest skyscraper and Brooklyn Tower condos. Also check out: What Went Wrong With San Francisco's Sinking Skyscraper →    • What Went Wrong With San Francisco's Sinki...   #megaprojects #megastructures #BrooklynTower Image credits (images may be cropped and animated with pan and zoom), all via Wikimedia Commons: "Downtown Brooklyn Sep 2026 75", "87", "93", "108", "110", "112" and "124" by Epicgenius (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ca..., licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/.... "Nine Dekalb 008", "The Brooklyn Tower 010", "The Brooklyn Tower 012" and "The Brooklyn Tower 016" by Kidfly182, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/.... "The Brooklyn Tower 047", "059", "089", "097", "Dime Savings Bank Building 009" and "Dime Savings Bank Building 011" by Kidfly182, licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/.... "Brooklyn Tower (55268723550)" by ajay_suresh, licensed under CC BY 4.0. "Brooklyn Tower 9 Dekalb Av 2023 jeh" and "111 W57 from W60 wide 2021 jeh" by Jim.henderson, licensed under CC BY 4.0. "Brooklyn Tower viewed from Liberty Island" by Hurstbergn, licensed under CC BY 4.0. "The Brooklyn Tower from Albee Square, Brooklyn, NYC" by BrokenSegue, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. "Dime Savings Bank - Overall" by Professorcornbread, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. "Dime Savings Bank Copper Clock Tower" by Steven Bornholtz, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. "Dime Savings Bank Brooklyn" by Beyond My Ken, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. "Fulton St Lawrence St Gallatin Pl td (2022-12-02) 11 - 1 Willoughby Square, The Brooklyn Tower" by Tdorante10, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. "Billionaires' Row 2020" by Itrytohelp32, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. "05 23 2022 Supertall Building 111 West 57th Street from Roof NYC" by Wil540 art, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. "Day Trip to New York City (2787623053)" by Jazz Guy, licensed under CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/....