1115 Broadway (New York City, New York)

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150-foot, 12-story office building completed in 1914. Designed by John B. Snook Sons as a store-and-loft building, it is roughly L-shaped, with a wing extending through the block to 24th Street. All three main facades are clad in brown brick above a 2-story limestone base (three stories on 24th Street). The base has a grey granite water table, and spans 13 bays along 25th Street, with three bays on Broadway and 24th Street.

The Broadway elevation has modernized silver metal-and-glass entrances in the two northern bays; above the doorways and the windows to the south are large metal-framed windows with louvers at the top. The 2nd floor has single, large, plate-glass windows in each bay. The ground floor of the eastern six bays project out from the building line; the end bays of these six have entrances recessed back to the building line. The next four bays to the west (all containing storefronts) also project out, but are slightly shorter and faced in black metal and glass, instead of stone. These bays are topped by a black metal roof lined with projecting half-circles. Above this roof, the original upper windows are the ground floor are visible - three short windows per bay with transoms, between the stone piers. Some have been replaced with metal vents. The western three bays also have small upper windows, but without transoms. The westernmost bay has three, above a service door; the next bay has two wider openings (one with a metal vent), and the next bay has three. The entire length of the 2nd floor has triple-windows separated by black metal mullions. A few of the panes here are also replaced by black metal vents. The three 2nd-floor bays on Broadway have large, single-pane windows. A stone cornice caps the base on both of these facades.

The 3rd floor, faced in brown brick, has a stone band course above it. Each bay has triple-windows divided by metal mullions. Paneled brick decorates each pier. From the 4th-10th floor, each bay has paired windows, with brick pilasters in between. The piers between the bays are uninterrupted up to the 10th floor. The spandrels are paneled with brickwork. Above a small band course, the top two floors have triple-windows with metal mullions. There are stone bases at the bottom of the piers on the 11th floor, keystones above the center windows on the 12th floor, and paneled brickwork on the piers. A green bracketed roof cornice crowns both facades.

The 24th Street facade has a service entrance in the western bay, with a window on the right, above a low, dark grey-painted wall. The other two bays have storefronts above the low brick wall; a set of metal steps in the middle bay leads up to a door to the storefront. Light-blue translucent panels serve as spandrels between the 1st & 2nd floor, where the western and center bays have double-windows, and the eastern bay has triple-windows, each divided by black metal mullions. Above cast-stone spandrels, the 3rd floor has three windows per bay, separated by black metal mullions. The westernmost pane has been replaced by a black metal vent.

The upper floors are clad in brown brick, with a stone band course above the 4th floor, where the bays each have triple-windows with black metal mullions, and the piers have paneled brickwork. The floors above have paired windows with joined stone sills; some of the windows are replaced by black metal vents. Above a stone band course, the top two floors have triple-windows divided by stone pilasters. A keystone tops the center windows on the 12th floor. The brick piers on the top two floors have stone bases and capitals, below a green, bracketed roof cornice. The eastern elevation is clad in reddish-brown brick with two windows.

The ground floor is occupied by the 40/40 Club, NYKB Kitchen & Bath store, and Apple Seeds children's center.