Talk:List of tallest buildings in Brooklyn

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The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that the Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower was the tallest high-rise building in Brooklyn for 80 years, until The Brooklyner was topped out in 2009?

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Raise the height limit for list

There are 82 buildings on this list because the height minimum for the list is only 295 ft. This seems rather short considering the building boom going on in the borough. Furthermore, because of the low height limit, most of the buildings on it are rather insignificant, as only four out of the 40 buildings under 400 ft have their own pages.

I propose we cut out any building below 400 ft tall, or at the very least 350 ft. This list is becoming excessively long, especially when you consider all the buildings that are under construction, approved, or proposed that are well above 400. Hij802 (talk) 07:54, 1 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that this list is getting long, but 400 feet seems like quite a high cut-off. I'm fine with 350 feet, but 330 feet would also sound good (as it's equivalent to 100 meters). – Epicgenius (talk) 22:26, 7 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

My reasoning for 400 feet is that similar pages have a similar cut off. For example the List of tallest buildings in Jersey City page has a cutoff of 410 ft. Also, most of the buildings on this page below 400 ft don't even have a page, and I believe that if your building isn't tall enough to justify its own Wikipedia page, it doesn't belong on this list.

I believe 350 ft is a good compromise. With 350 ft, the list has 55 buildings (+12 proposed buildings), while 330 ft has 64 buildings (+14 proposed). Plus, the rapidly changing skyline and development boom in the borough means this list will become very long again in coming years, justifying another taller cutoff. Hij802 (talk) 22:37, 7 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The 350-foot cutoff sounds good to me. – Epicgenius (talk) 23:25, 7 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]