List of tallest buildings in New York City

Skyline of Midtown Manhattan, as seem from the observation deck of the GE Building

This list of tallest buildings in New York City ranks skyscrapers in New York City by height. The tallest building in the city is currently the Empire State Building. World Trade Center Towers 1 and 2 (at 1,368 feet (417 m) and 1,362 feet (415 m) respectively) were the first and second tallest buildings in New York City before they were destroyed in September 11, 2001 attacks.

New York City currently has 191 structures that stand at least 500 feet (152 meters) in height. This is more than any other city in the United States.

Midtown Manhattan skyline

Tallest buildings in New York City

Rank	Name	Height feet / meters	Floors	Year
1	Empire State Building 1	1,250 / 381	102	1931
2=	Chrysler Building 1	1,046 / 319	77	1930
2=	New York Times Tower	1,046 / 319	52	2007
4	American International Building	952 / 290	66	1932
5	40 Wall Street (The Trump Building) 1	927 / 283	70	1930
6	Citigroup Center	915 / 279	59	1977
7	Trump World Tower	861 / 262	72	2001
8	GE Building	850 / 259	69	1933
9	CitySpire Center	814 / 248	75	1987
10	One Chase Manhattan Plaza	813 / 248	60	1961
11	Condé Nast Building (Four Times Square)	809 / 247	48	1999
12	MetLife Building	808 / 246	60	1963
13	Bloomberg Tower	806 / 246	54	2005
14	Woolworth Building 1	792 / 241	57	1913
15	One Worldwide Plaza	778 / 237	50	1989
16	Carnegie Hall Tower	757 / 231	60	1991
17	Bear Stearns World Headquarters	755 / 230	47	2001
18	AXA Center	752 / 229	54	1986
19	One Penn Plaza	750 / 229	57	1972
20	1251 Avenue of the Americas	750 / 229	54	1971
21	Time Warner Center North Tower	750 / 229	55	2004
22	Time Warner Center South Tower	750 / 229	55	2004
23	60 Wall Street (Deutsche Bank H.Q.)	745 / 227	55	1989
24	One Astor Plaza	745 / 227	54	1972
25	One Liberty Plaza	743 / 226	54	1973
26	20 Exchange Place	741 / 226	57	1931
27	7 World Trade Center	741 / 226	49	2006
28	Three World Financial Center	739 / 225	51	1986
29	Times Square Tower	726 / 221	47	2004
30	Metropolitan Tower	716 / 218	68	1987
31	JP Morgan Chase World Headquarters	707 / 215	52	1960
32	General Motors Building	705 / 215	50	1968
33	Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower 1	700 / 213	50	1909
34	500 Fifth Avenue	697 / 212	60	1931
35	Americas Tower	692 / 211	50	1992
36	Solow Building	689 / 210	50	1974
37	HSBC Bank Building	688 / 210	52	1967
38	55 Water Street	687 / 209	53	1972
39	277 Park Avenue	687 / 209	50	1962
40	1585 Broadway	685 / 209	42	1989
41	Random House Tower	684 / 208	52	2003
42	Four Seasons Hotel New York	682 / 208	52	1993
43	Bertelsmann Building	676 / 206	42	1990
44	McGraw-Hill Building	674 / 205	51	1969
45	Lincoln Building	673 / 205	55	1930
46	Paramount Plaza	670 / 204	48	1971
47	Trump Tower	664 / 202	58	1983
48	Citicorp Building (One Court Square)	658 / 201	50	1990
49	Bank of New York Building	654 / 199	50	1931
50	599 Lexington Avenue	653 / 199	50	1986
51	712 5th Avenue	650 / 198	52	1990
52	Chanin Building	649 / 198	56	1930
53	245 Park Avenue	648 / 198	44	1966
54	Sony Building	647 / 197	37	1984
55	Two World Financial Center	645 / 197	44	1987
56	One New York Plaza	640 / 195	50	1969
57	570 Lexington Avenue	640 / 195	50	1931
58	345 Park Avenue	634 / 193	44	1969
59	W.R. Grace Building	630 / 192	50	1971
60	Home Insurance Plaza	630 / 192	45	1966
61	Verizon Building	630 / 192	40	1974
62	101 Park Avenue	629 / 192	49	1982
63	One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza	628 / 191	49	1972
64	Central Park Place	628 / 191	56	1988
65	888 7th Avenue	628 / 191	46	1971
66	Waldorf-Astoria Hotel	625 / 191	47	1931
67	Burlington House	625 / 191	50	1969
68	Trump Palace Condominiums	623 / 190	54	1991
69	Olympic Tower	620 / 189	51	1976
70	Mercantile Building	620 / 189	48	1929
71	425 5th Avenue	618 / 188	55	2003
72	The Epic	615 / 187	58	2007
73	919 Third Avenue	615 / 187	47	1971
74	New York Life Building	615 / 187	40	1928
75	750 7th Avenue	615 / 187	40	1989
76	Tower 49	614 / 187	45	1985
77	Credit Lyonnais Building	609 / 186	45	1964
78	The Orion	604 / 184	58	2006
79	590 Madison Avenue	603 / 184	41	1983

1. Note 1: Was the world's tallest building when completed.

Downtown Manhattan skyline

Under Construction, Approved, or Proposed

Tall buildings that are currently being built, are approved for construction, or are proposals in New York City include:

Rank	Name	Height feet / meters	Floors	Status	Year
1	Freedom Tower (1 WTC)	1,776 / 541	108	Under Construction	2011
2	200 Greenwich Street (2 WTC)	1,350 / 411	78	Approved	2012
3	175 Greenwich Street (3 WTC)	1,255 / 383	71	Approved	2011
4	Bank of America Tower	1,200 / 366	57	Under Construction	2008
5	80 South Street	1,123 / 342	56	Approved	2009
6	150 Greenwich Street (4 WTC)	947 / 288	61	Approved	2011
7	Beekman Place Tower	876 / 267	75	Under Construction	2009
8	708 First Avenue Tower I	864 / 263	57	Proposed	2008
9	765 First Avenue	836 / 255	67	Proposed	2008
10	616 First Avenue	800 / 244	79	Proposed	2009
11	700 First Avenue Tower I	792 / 241	63	Proposed	2009
12	Vornado Tower	760 (est.) / 232 (est.)	60	Proposed	2009
13	Goldman Sachs Headquarters	749 / 228	43	Under Construction	2009
14	130 Liberty Street (5 WTC)	743 / 226	42	Proposed	2013
15	610 Lexington Avenue	709 / 216	62	Approved	2010
16	50 West Street	700 / 213	69	Proposed	2010
17	605 West 42nd Street	653 (est.) / 199 (est.)	57	Proposed	2010
18	20 East 53rd Street	648 / 198	50	Proposed	2009
19	700 First Avenue Tower II	643 / 196	50	Proposed	2009
20	400 5th Avenue	632 / 193	57	Proposed	2007
21	123 Washington Street	630 / 192	53	Construction	2008
22	160 West 62nd Street	621 / 189	57	Proposed	2010
23	Times Square Plaza	601 / 183	40	Approved	2009
24=	Queens Street Apartments	600 / 183		Proposed
24=	Silvercup Studios West Tower I	600 / 183	57	Proposed	2009
26	The Saya	597 / 182	50	Under Construction	2008
27	Sky House	588 / 179	55	Under Construction	2007
28	Barclay Tower	584 / 178	56	Under Construction	2007
29=	616 First Avenue Tower II	578 / 176	45	Proposed	2009
29=	616 First Avenue Tower II	578 / 176	45	Proposed	2009
31	785 Eighth Avenue	566 / 173	42	Under Construction	2009
32	4 East 102nd Street	564 / 172	39	Proposed	2009
33	Two River Place	559 / 170	54	Under Construction	2009
34	Silvercup Studios West Tower II	557 / 170		Proposed	2009
35	The Tower at 15 Central Park West	550 / 168	35	Under Construction	2007
36	708 First Avenue Tower II	528 / 161	40	Proposed	2010
37	William Beaver House	523 / 159	47	Under Construction	2008
38	Silvercup Studios West Tower III	517 / 158	49	Proposed	2009
39	Atlantic Yards Building I	511 / 156		Proposed	2010

Tallest buildings in New York City's satellite cities and suburbs

Rank	Name	Location	Height feet / meters	Floors	Year
1	Goldman Sachs Tower	Jersey City	781 / 238	42	2004
2	101 Hudson Street	Jersey City	548 / 167	42	1992
3	Newport Tower	Jersey City	531 / 162	36	1991
4	Exchange Place Centre	Jersey City	490 / 149	30	1989
5	Harborside Plaza 5	Jersey City	480 / 146	34	2002
6	National Newark Building	Newark	465 / 142	34	1931
7	1180 Raymond Boulevard	Newark	448 / 137	35	1930
8	Trump Plaza	New Rochelle	420 / 128	32	2007
9	Galaxy Towers 1	Guttenberg	415 / 126	44	1976
10	Galaxy Towers 2	Guttenberg	415 / 126	44	1976
11	Galaxy Towers 3	Guttenberg	415 / 126	44	1976
12	Connecticut Financial Center	New Haven	383 / 117	26	1993
13	Liberty View Towers (East)	Jersey City	380 / 116	36	2003
14	Liberty View Towers (West)	Jersey City	380 / 116	36	2003
15	Avalon-on-the-Sound II	New Rochelle	375 / 114	39	2007
16	Prudential Plaza	Newark	374 / 114	24	1960
17	80 Park Plaza	Newark	360 / 110	26	1980
18	One Gateway Center	Newark	359 / 109	30	1971
19	One City Place	White Plains	354 / 108	35	2004
20	Trump Tower at City Center	White Plains	354 / 108	35	2005

Source

• Emporis

See also

• Buildings and architecture of New York City