300 East 57th Street

Coordinates: 40°45′32″N 73°57′54″W / 40.758923°N 73.965116°W / 40.758923; -73.965116

The upper floors of 300 East 57th Street."

300 East 57th Street is an apartment building on the corner of East 57th Street and Second Avenue in New York City. Designed by Emery Roth and completed in November 1947, it was one of the first new luxury buildings built in Manhattan during the housing boom following the end of World War II.

In 1948, only a few months after the building opened, theater producer Max Jelin was killed in a gas explosion in his apartment.^[1]

The building is the last known New York address for J. D. Salinger before he moved to a life of seclusion in the New Hampshire woods.^[2][3]

Other notable tenants have included Liza Minnelli, Howard St. John,^[4] Peter Allen, Rocky Marciano, and Kay Thompson.^[5]

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v d e Sources generally relevant to articles in the category Buildings and structures in New York City Free databases: NYC Department of Buildings "Property Profile Overview" using a "BIS (Building Information System) Web Query" NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development (HPD) Complaints, Violations and Registration Information (requires property address or BBL number) NYS Department of State Division of Corporations NYC Department of Finance "Property Address Search" (requires property address) New York City Department of Finance Office of the City Register (Requires BBL number)