If you take aim from Manhattan across the Manhattan Bridge and from across the Brooklyn Bridge you will hit Oro, which is to say that from high up in the Oro condominium tower in Downtown Brooklyn looking to the northwest you can look directly across the roadways of both the Manhattan and Brooklyn bridges from the same vantage point.

No matter how you slice it, that's pretty cool and very dramatic.

This 40-story condominium apartment tower, which is known as Oro, has 303 units and is located at 306 Gold Street in Downtown Brooklyn. It is the part of a cluster of high-rise towers including the Avalon Fort Greene and the Toren, but its location is closest to Manhattan resulting in it having best views of the city of this trio.

It is distinguished by its sheared-off rooftop, which almost conceals its exposed watertank, its rounded corners, and the pale orange-brick masonry of the center sections of its facades with square, inset windows. The building's tower is setback on its 7-story base and its corners have thin, protruding elements beneath the windows at the corners for all but the top seven floors and as such they are very discrete design touches that add a good sense of rhythm and texture to the tower.

Building amenities include a doorman, a two-level, state-of-the-art fitness center with a basketball/racquetball court, a resident lounge with screening room and wet bar, an indoor swimming pool and a parking garage.

Each home features exquisite details such as: exotic Brazilian hard wood floors throughout; sleek kitchens featuring European-style cabinets with matte lacquer finish, Quarella Lagos Blue Engineered Stone countertops complemented by ice-glass backsplashes, GE stainless steel appliances, Kohler fixtures; and luxurious baths with Durango stone walls, soaking tubs, glass-enclosed showers, cherry wood and sycamore vanities, Ozer white countertops, Zucchetti/Isyfresh faucets, and Porcher/Cubo fixtures.

Situated in a prime location, Oro allows easy access to the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges and numerous subway lines. The building is a few blocks from Fort Greene Park.

Oro includes a mix of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units ranging from 450 square feet to more than 1,500 square feet. Large windows and high ceilings in each unit maximize views.

In 2005, the city rezoned this area to encourage high-rise construction between the Manhattan Bridge and Fulton Street, especially along the Flatbush Avenue corridor.

The building, which is also known as 147-157 Flatbush Avenue Extension and 151-165 Johnson Street, was designed by Ismael Leyva, whose other buildings include 785 Eighth Avenue in the Theater District of Manhattan. When this building was completed, it was the tallest structure to be completed in Brooklyn in about 80 years.

Greenfield Partners, a private equity fund based in South Norwalk, Conn., bought out the building s original investors, United Homes, which was led by Ron Herscho, and Palin Enterprises, headed by Dean Palin, who are still involved in the Oro II, 38-story, hotel-and-apartment complex planned for 311 Gold Street and also designed in very similar style by Mr. Leyva.

An article by Linda Collins in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle said that a Hilton Hotel would occupy the lower 25 floors at Oro II beneath about 74 apartments. A brownstoner.com article in October, 2009, however said that Oro II's "pit in the ground has been filled and smoothed over," adding that "we're assuming the work was just to clean up the site for long-term lay-away."