Jacob K. Javits Federal Building

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federal office building government building modernist building skyscraper

The Jacob K. Javits Federal Building is a prominent modernist federal office tower in Lower Manhattan, New York City, housing numerous U.S. government agencies and immigration courts.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Jacob K. Javits Federal Building canonical	4
26 Federal Plaza	1
Jacob K. Javits Federal Building plaza	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2161782 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Jacob K. Javits Federal Building
Context triple: [James Ingo Freed, notableWork, Jacob K. Javits Federal Building]

A. Alfred E. Smith State Office Building
The Alfred E. Smith State Office Building is a prominent Art Deco skyscraper in Albany, New York, that houses various New York State government offices.
B. New York Court of Appeals Building
The New York Court of Appeals Building is the historic courthouse in Albany that houses New York State’s highest court.
C. James A. Farley Building
The James A. Farley Building is a historic Beaux-Arts former main post office in Manhattan that has been transformed into the Moynihan Train Hall, a major expansion of New York City’s Penn Station.
D. New York City Hall
New York City Hall is the historic municipal building in Lower Manhattan that houses the offices of the Mayor and the New York City Council.
E. White Plains City Hall
White Plains City Hall is the central municipal government building of White Plains, New York, housing the city’s administrative offices and serving as a focal point for local civic affairs.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Jacob K. Javits Federal Building
Target entity description: The Jacob K. Javits Federal Building is a prominent modernist federal office tower in Lower Manhattan, New York City, housing numerous U.S. government agencies and immigration courts.

A. Alfred E. Smith State Office Building
The Alfred E. Smith State Office Building is a prominent Art Deco skyscraper in Albany, New York, that houses various New York State government offices.
B. New York Court of Appeals Building
The New York Court of Appeals Building is the historic courthouse in Albany that houses New York State’s highest court.
C. James A. Farley Building
The James A. Farley Building is a historic Beaux-Arts former main post office in Manhattan that has been transformed into the Moynihan Train Hall, a major expansion of New York City’s Penn Station.
D. New York City Hall
New York City Hall is the historic municipal building in Lower Manhattan that houses the offices of the Mayor and the New York City Council.
E. White Plains City Hall
White Plains City Hall is the central municipal government building of White Plains, New York, housing the city’s administrative offices and serving as a focal point for local civic affairs.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (39)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	federal office building ⓘ government building ⓘ modernist building ⓘ skyscraper ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Modernism ⓘ
borough	Manhattan ⓘ
category	Federal buildings in New York City ⓘ Government buildings in Manhattan ⓘ Skyscraper office buildings in Manhattan ⓘ
city	New York City ⓘ
coordinates	approximate: 40.714°N 74.003°W ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
function	houses U.S. government offices ⓘ houses immigration courts ⓘ
hasPart	federal agency offices ⓘ immigration courtrooms ⓘ
locatedIn	Lower Manhattan ⓘ Manhattan ⓘ New York City ⓘ New York State ⓘ linked to: New York United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
managedBy	U.S. General Services Administration ⓘ
namedAfter	Jacob K. Javits ⓘ linked to: Jacob Javits Jacob Koppel Javits ⓘ linked to: Jacob Javits
neighborhood	Civic Center ⓘ
ownedBy	U.S. federal government ⓘ linked to: United States government
significance	major hub for U.S. immigration proceedings in New York City ⓘ one of the principal federal office complexes in Lower Manhattan ⓘ
state	New York ⓘ
streetAddress	26 Federal Plaza ⓘ linked to: Jacob K. Javits Federal Building
tenant	Department of Homeland Security offices ⓘ linked to: United States Department of Homeland Security Executive Office for Immigration Review ⓘ Federal Bureau of Investigation offices ⓘ linked to: Federal Bureau of Investigation Internal Revenue Service offices ⓘ linked to: Internal Revenue Service Social Security Administration offices ⓘ linked to: Social Security Administration U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ⓘ U.S. Department of Labor offices ⓘ linked to: United States Department of Labor U.S. General Services Administration offices ⓘ
use	office ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

James Ingo Freed → notableWork → Jacob K. Javits Federal Building ⓘ

James Ingo Freed → designed → Jacob K. Javits Federal Building ⓘ

Civic Center, Manhattan → contains → Jacob K. Javits Federal Building ⓘ

Jacob K. Javits Federal Building → streetAddress → 26 Federal Plaza ⓘ

linked to: Jacob K. Javits Federal Building

Civic Center neighborhood → contains → Jacob K. Javits Federal Building ⓘ

Tilted Arc → commissionedFor → Jacob K. Javits Federal Building plaza ⓘ