388 Bridge Street is a 590-foot residential high-rise skyscraper in

Downtown Brooklyn Downtown Brooklyn is the third-largest central business district in New York City (after Midtown Manhattan, Midtown and Lower Manhattan), and is located in the northwestern section of the borough (New York City), borough of Brooklyn. The neighb ...

, within

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. It contains 378

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units, mixed between 234 rentals and 144 condominiums. The building was originally under construction as an all condominium tower before the 2000s real estate crash and subsequent

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. Construction halted from 2008 to 2012 due to the recession, but resumed in 2013. When

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in 2013, it was the tallest building in Brooklyn, passing the four-year-old Brooklyner, until it, too, was passed by AVA DoBro. 388 Bridge Street is now the eighth-tallest in Brooklyn.

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File:388 Bridge Street street front.JPG, Front entrance for the tower. File:388 Bridge1.jpg, External shot of tower looking north, with one of its distinct wind turbines on the roof.

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