| 333 East 38th Street | |
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 333 East 38th Street in 2023 | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Town or city | New York City |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 40°44′48.5″N 73°58′19″W / 40.746806°N 73.97194°W |
| Year(s) built | 1928[1] |
| Opened | April 17, 1929[2] |
| Renovated | 1989[3] |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 12[4] |
| Floor area | 436,000 square feet (40,500 m2)[4] |
| Design and construction | |
| Architecture firm | Starrett & van Vleck[5] |
| Main contractor | White Construction Company[6] |
333 East 38th Street is a 12-story commercial building in the Murray Hill neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. Located on the west side of First Avenue between East 38th and 39th streets, the building was built in 1928 as a warehouse and distribution hub for the Eleto Company, which provided delivery services for merchandise sold by Lord & Taylor and James McCreery & Company. After the package deliveries for these department stores were contracted to United Parcel Service (UPS) in 1930, UPS became a major tenant in the building and the facility served as the company's corporate headquarters and main depot in the New York metropolitan area. UPS vacated the site in 1964 and since then the building has mostly been used as commercial and medical office space. It currently houses NYU Langone Health's Orthopedic Center and Outpatient Surgery Center.
- ^ "Big Service Warehouse Is Sold by Store Group". The New York Times. January 29, 1944. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
- ^ Longstreth, Richard (December 2, 2009). "Purpose-built Service Buildings and Parking Garages for Department Stores, 1913-1960" (DOC). The History of Department Stores. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
- ^ Garbarine, Rachelle (August 14, 1991). "All Offices Leased in a Converted East Side Warehouse". The New York Times. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
- ^ a b Dunlap, David W. (June 23, 1991). "Renovations; Primping Up at a Time When the Best Goes Begging". The New York Times. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
- ^ "First Av. Warehouse for Eleto Company". The New York Times. October 9, 1927. ProQuest 104073392.
- ^ "To Build Tall Warehouse". The New York Times. February 24, 1928. Retrieved July 17, 2023.