List of tallest buildings in New York

Looking south from Rockefeller Center. In the middle the Empire State Building, on the right the Bank of America Tower

View over Midtown Manhattan in the evening

The article List of the tallest buildings in New York includes lists of skyscrapers in New York , which have been compiled from different points of view: First, a ranking list of the tallest buildings in general, then further lists according to various measurement categories (e.g. height including antennas etc.), according to time Aspects, by function, by district and the degree of their implementation (e.g. under construction or in planning). Finally, there is a list of formerly tall buildings that no longer exist.

introduction

History of high-rise buildings in New York

View from the Hudson River to the western part of Lower Manhattan , the new One World Trade Center can also be seen on the left

Lower Manhattan seen from the Hudson River with the One World Trade Center in the evening with the columns of light Tribute in Light

Aerial view of Manhattan (January 2015)

Graphical size comparison by absolute height from left to right: One World Trade Center , Empire State Building , 432 Park Avenue , Bank of America Tower , Four Times Square , Chrysler Building and the New York Times Tower .

There are around 6,000 high-rise buildings in New York City ,  most of them in the Manhattan borough . Around 400 more high-rise buildings are under construction or are planned. The history of high-rise buildings in New York City begins very early: At the end of the 19th century, New York and Chicago were the first cities in which high-rise buildings were built because, on the one hand, they offered a lot of space and, on the other hand, they increased the prestige of the developers and the city. At that time more and more buildings were built. The foundations for this were, among other things, the development of the elevator and the introduction of steel construction, since steel is more elastic than conventional stone and allows for a lighter construction. As early as 1908, New York City had the tallest building in the world with the 187-meter-high Singer Building , which was demolished again in 1968. In 1909 the Metropolitan Life Tower followed with 213 meters, in 1913 the 241 meter high Woolworth Building . In the late 1920s and early 1930s there was a major building boom in the city, which significantly changed the cityscape. In 1929, the competition for the world's tallest building began again: At that time, the 40 Wall Street and Chrysler Building and their architects competed for the record title. When the 40 Wall Street Building reached 283 meters according to the final plans, the blueprints on the Chrysler Building were changed. Within a short time, a steel spike was erected on the building, so that the building reached a height of 319 meters. At the same time, it had won the title of the tallest structure in the world, as it towered over the 300-meter-high Eiffel Tower , which was not a building, but only a structure due to its hardly usable area. A little later the plans for the Empire State Building were published, which according to the final plans reached 381 meters and was completed in 1931 after a short construction period. The global economic crisis that followed the stock market crash in October 1929 ended this wave of construction. Previously, the 290 meter high 70 Pine Street (formerly American International Building ) and the Rockefeller Center with 259 meters could be built. It was not until the 1960s that the increased construction of tall skyscrapers began again, but now based on new design and design principles that significantly changed the skyline . The Empire State Building remained the tallest building in the world until 1972, before it was surpassed by the 417 meter high north tower of the World Trade Center . This remained the tallest building in New York for almost 30 years. Between the mid-1970s and the year 2000, few high-rises in the order of 250 meters were built in the city. In 2001 the World Trade Center collapsed as a result of a terrorist attack , making the Empire State Building again the tallest structure in the city. It wasn't until the mid-2000s that the construction of taller buildings began again, including the new World Trade Center complex, with One World Trade Center at 541.3 meters being the tallest building in the USA.

Currently tallest building and view

Since the One World Trade Center , the successor to the destroyed twin towers, reached its final height in May 2013 , it has been the tallest building in New York and the USA at 541.3 meters. The 105th floor opened in November 2014. The tallest building in New York to date was the 381-meter-high Empire State Building . It has 102 floors and was completed in 1931. The tallest building in the world until 1972 had again taken the rank of tallest skyscraper in the metropolis after September 11, 2001 . With its antenna it even measures a total height of 443 meters. In October 2014, 432 Park Avenue reached its final height of 426 meters, with the Empire State Building slipping into third place. Fourth is the 366-meter-high Bank of America Tower , which opened in 2009. The new 329 m high Three World Trade Center takes fifth place . The Chrysler Building and the New York Times Tower make up the sixth tallest buildings in the city, both with a height of 319 meters each. On the eighth rank is the One57 , another building over 300 meters high (also called Supertalls in the skyscraper community ). In 2017, New York had 18 high-rise buildings that exceeded 250 meters in height. The tallest building in New York until the construction of the One World Trade Center in 2013 was the 110-storey north tower of the World Trade Center , after its completion in 1972 it was also the tallest building in the world with a height of 417 meters to the roof edge (527 meters including antenna). Its twin, the south tower, was 415 meters high to the roof, but had no antenna.

The World Trade Center complex is currently being completely rebuilt in a different design: The One World Trade Center (541 meters, 104 floors), Two World Trade Center (405 meters, 82 floors), Three World Trade Center (329 meters, 80 floors) and Four World Trade Center (297 meters, 72 floors). In the meantime, the One World Trade Center, the Three World Center and the Four World Trade Center have already opened. Another skyscraper in this complex was completed in 2006: the 228 meter high 7 World Trade Center .

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View of the Manhattan skyline at night

The largest construction project in the city's recent history is at the so-called Hudson Yards . A building complex of around 20 skyscrapers is to be built here. The aim is to establish a new business center, similar to that of the World Trade Center, together with other construction projects in the area. 55 , 35 , 30 , 15 and are already under construction with 10 Hudson Yards already completed.

There are other tall buildings under construction or in planning. One of the lead projects is the 432 Park Avenue building (completed in 2015), which is 426 meters taller than the former towers of the World Trade Center and is only towered over by the One World Trade Center in New York. 432 Park Avenue is on 57th Street , which is currently experiencing a real boom in super skyscrapers. Among other things, there are future monoliths on the street, also known as Billionaire Row , such as the Central Park Tower (472 meters, under construction; future tallest residential building in the United States ), 111 West 57th Street (435 meters, under construction), the One57 (306 meters , Completed in 2014), the 220 Central Park South (290 meters, completed in 2018), or 520 Park Avenue (238 meters, completed in 2017). Other major projects, such as B. the One Vanderbilt (427 meters, under construction) or 53W53 (320 meters, under construction), are currently under construction or planned.

List of tallest skyscrapers in New York City

According to the official height

This list shows the tallest buildings in New York City . Only completed buildings are listed, those under construction are only listed if they have already reached their final height (these are provided with footnotes). The official height for the ranking list applies, i.e. the height of the building structure including the height of the spiers, but no antennas. The Use column indicates the functions of the building: A single function is given if 85 percent or more of the building's usable area is used for a purpose. Mixed use is when each individual function takes up at least 15 percent of the usable area. All buildings with a height of at least 200 meters are listed. Currently (as of April 2017) 68 such buildings have been completed, 5 of which are in the construction phase but have reached their final height.

image	No.	Surname	height	Usage (from bottom to top)	Floors	Construction year	Remarks
	1	One World Trade Center	541.3 m	office	104	2014	The successor to the destroyed World Trade Center reached its final height in May 2013. Since the topping out ceremony , it has been the tallest building in New York, the United States and the western hemisphere. In addition, it is the sixth tallest building in the world and the world's tallest office building. The building was opened in November 2014. From floor 100 up to the end of 2015, viewing floors and a restaurant were built.
	2	Central Park Tower A1	472.4 m	Retail / apartments	98	2020	Also known as the Nordstrom Tower . Tallest building in the USA by roof height.
	3	111 West 57th Street A1	435.3 m	Apartments	91	2020	Also known as the Steinway Tower .
	4th	432 Park Avenue	425.8 m	Apartments	88	2015	First of the new pencil towers with extreme height / footprint ratio
	5	30 Hudson Yards	395 m	office	90	2019	Also known as the North Tower . Outdoor viewing platform at a height of over 336 m. Should be the new headquarters of Time Warner .
	6th	Empire State Building	381 m	office	102	1931	Was again the tallest building in the city for more than eleven years from September 11, 2001 until the One World Trade Center was built. First building in the world with more than 100 floors, was the tallest building in the world from 1931 to 1972 . Has been the tallest building in New York since its completion in 1931, with the exception of 1972 through 2001 when it was the third tallest, or the tallest after the towers of the World Trade Center . Total height with antenna 443.2 m. Has viewing platforms on floors 86 and 102 (at 320 m and 373 m).
	7th	Bank of America Tower	365.8 m	office	55	2009	The mast is included in the height, the roof is 288 m high. Tallest building owned by Bank of America , the largest US bank. Tallest building in New York erected in the 2000s.
	8th	Three World Trade Center	329.2 m	office	80	2017	Part of the World Trade Center rebuilding. Also known as 175 Greenwich Street .
	9	53W53	320 m	Apartments	82	2018	Also known as Tower Verre .
	10	Chrysler Building	318.8 m	office	77	1930	Was the tallest building in the world from 1930 to 1931. It was the first structure to tower over the Eiffel Tower . Ninth tallest building in the United States. To the roof 282 m.
	10	New York Times Tower	318.8 m	office	52	2007	New York Times headquarters . Up to the roof 227 m high, including the mast. Ninth tallest building in the United States.
	12	35 Hudson Yards	307.8 m	Hotel / apartments	71	2019	Part of the new Hudson Yards project. Its second tallest building after 30 Hudson Yards .
	13	One57	306.4 m	Hotel / apartments	79	2014	The building contains the tallest residential apartment in New York and one of the tallest in the United States. It is also the tallest building in the city and has various uses.
	14th	One Manhattan West	303.3 m	office	67	2019	Part of a building ensemble consisting of three buildings.
	15th	Four World Trade Center	297.7 m	office	72	2013	Part of the World Trade Center rebuilding. Also known as 150 Greenwich Street .
	16	220 Central Park South A1	290.2 m	Apartments	66	2017	Should accommodate the most expensive apartment in New York.
	16	70 Pine Street	290.2 m	office	67	1932	Was the tallest building in Lower Manhattan from its completion to the construction of the World Trade Center in 1972 and again from 2001 to 2013 . Formerly known as the American International Building .
	18th	30 Park Place	285.6 m	Hotel / apartments	67	2016	Also known as the Four Seasons Hotel and Condominiums and 99 Church Street . Tallest residential building in Lower Manhattan .
	19th	40 Wall Street	282.5 m	office	71	1930	From April to May 1930 the tallest building in the world, but was then replaced by the Chrysler Building. Also known today as the Trump Building , it was named the Bank of Manhattan Building when it was completed .
	20th	Citigroup Center	278.9 m	office	59	1977	The structure rests on four 35 meter high columns that are not arranged in the corners of the building but in the middle of the four sides of the building. In the open space below there is a green area and a church.
	21st	15 Hudson Yards	278.6 m	Apartments	72	2019	Also known as the D Tower and Culture Tower .
	22nd	125 Greenwich Street A1	278 m	Apartments	72	2019	Developed by Michael Shvo.
	23	10 Hudson Yards	272.8 m	office	52	2016	Also known as the South Tower and Coachtower .
	24	425 Park Avenue	272.2 m	office	47	2019	Designed by Norman Foster.
	25th	8 Spruce Street	267 m	Apartments	76	2011	Also known as the Beekman Tower .
	26th	Trump World Tower	262.2 m	Apartments	72	2001	This building is owned by Donald Trump . It is the third tallest residential building in New York City and the United States, and was also the tallest of its kind in the city and country until 2011.
	27	Comcast Building	259.1 m	office	70	1933	Known as the GE Building until July 2015 . Tallest building in the Rockefeller Center complex; has a viewing platform on the roof.
	28	One Manhattan Square	258.2 m	Apartments	80	2018	This building is in close proximity to the Manhattan Bridge .
	29	56 Leonard Street	250.2 m	office	57	2016
	30th	CitySpire Center	248.1 m	Office / apartments	75	1987	Tallest building constructed in New York City in the 1980s.
	31	28 Liberty Street	247.8 m	office	60	1961
	32	Four Times Square	246.5 m	office	48	2000	With antenna 340.7 m high, but this does not count towards the height. Nevertheless, it is the fourth tallest building in terms of absolute height, after the Empire State Building and the Bank of America Tower. Also known as the Conde Nast Building .
	33	MetLife Building	246.3 m	office	59	1963	Previous name was PanAm Building .
	34	Bloomberg Tower	245.6 m	Office / apartments	54	2005	With antenna 286.8 m high.
	35	Woolworth Building	241.4 m	office	57	1913	Was the tallest building in the world from 1913 to 1930.
	35	111 Murray Street	241.4 m	Apartments	62	2018
	37	50 West Street	238.7 m	Apartments	63	2015	Located in close proximity to the new World Trade Center .
	38	520 Park Avenue	238 m	Apartments	52	2017	Should accommodate one of the most expensive apartments in New York.
	39	55 Hudson Yards A1	237.7 m	office	51	2018	Developed by Related. Also known as 1 Hudson Boulevard .
	40	One Worldwide Plaza	237.1 m	office	50	1989
	40	Skyline Tower (New York) A1	237.1 m	Apartments	67	2020	Is the tallest building in Queens . Currently the tallest building in New York City outside of Manhattan.
	42	Madison Square Park Tower A1	236.8 m	Apartments	64	2017	Tallest building between the Empire State Building and Lower Manhattan .
	43	19 Dutch	231 m	Apartments	63	2018	Also known as 118 Fulton Street .
	44	Carnegie Hall Tower	230.7 m	office	60	1991
	45	383 Madison Avenue	230.3 m	office	47	2001
	46	1717 Broadway	229.5 m	hotel	68	2013	Tallest hotel in New York.
	47	AXA Center	229.2 m	office	54	1986
	48	One Penn Plaza	228.6 m	office	56	1972
	49	1251 Avenue of the Americas	228.5 m	office	54	1971	Former name Exxon Building.
	50	Time Warner Center North Tower	228.3 m	Office / hotel / apartments	55	2004
	50	Time Warner Center South Tower	228.3 m	Office / hotel / apartments	55	2004
	50	Goldman Sachs New World Headquarters	228.3 m	office	46	2010	Goldman Sachs headquarters .
	53	60 Wall Street	227.1 m	office	55	1989
	53	One Astor Plaza	227.1 m	office	54	1972
	55	7 World Trade Center	226.5 m	office	52	2006	First building to be erected as part of the new World Trade Center complex.
	55	One Liberty Plaza	226.5 m	office	54	1973	This building is on the site of the Singer Building, which was demolished in 1968 .
	57	20 Exchange Place	225.9 m	office	57	1931
	58	Three World Financial Center	225.2 m	office	51	1988	Was badly damaged on September 11, 2001 by the collapsing towers of the World Trade Center, but has now been completely renovated. Only building number 3 is 225 m high. The complex consists of four buildings and a winter garden.
	59	Bertelsmann Building	223.3 m	office	42	1990
	60	Three Manhattan West A1	222.8 m	Apartments	64	2016	Also known as The Eugene .
	61	Times Square Tower	221.3 m	office	56	2004	The building is not far from Times Square , hence the name.
	62	Metropolitan Tower	218.2 m	Office / apartments	68	1987
	63	252 East 57th Street	217.9 m	Apartments	65	2016
	64	100 East 53rd Street A1	217 m	Apartments	66	2017	Also known as 610 Lexington Avenue .
	65	500 Fifth Avenue	216.1 m	office	60	1931
	66	JP Morgan World Headquarters	215.5 m	office	52	1960	Has been canceled since 2019 and should be replaced from 2021.
	67	General Motors Building	214.9 m	office	50	1968
	68	23 Park Row A1	213.7 m	Apartments	54	2019
	69	Metropolitan Life Tower	213.4 m	office	50	1909	Was the tallest building on earth from 1909 to 1913.
	70	Americas Tower	210.9 m	office	50	1992
	71	Solow Building	210 m	office	50	1974
	72	Marine Midland Building	209.7 m	office	52	1967	Also known as HSBC Bank Building .
	73	55 Water Street	209.4 m	office	53	1972
	74	277 Park Avenue	209.4 m	office	50	1963
	75	The Beekman Hotel & Residences	209.4 m	office	47	2016	Also known as The Beekman .
	76	Morgan Stanley Building	208.8 m	office	42	1989	Also known by the name of his address 1585 Broadway .
	77	Random House Tower	208.5 m	Office / apartments	52	2003
	78	Four Seasons Hotel New York	207.9 m	hotel	52	1993	Second tallest hotel building in the city. From its completion in 1993, it was the tallest hotel in New York City for two decades until 2013.
	79	Sky	206 m	Apartments	61	2016	Also known as Atelier II .
	80	1221 Avenue of the Americas	205.4 m	office	52	1972	Also known as the McGraw-Hill Building .
	81	Lincoln Building	205.1 m	office	54	1930
	81	Barclay Tower	205.1 m	Apartments	56	2007
	83	One Court Square	205.1 m	office	50	1990	For a long time it was the tallest building in New York outside of Manhattan . It is located in Queens and is also called the Citicorp Building .
	84	One MiMA Tower	204.4 m	Hotel / apartments	55	2011	Also known by the name of his address at 440 West 42nd Street .
	85	Paramount Plaza	204.2 m	office	48	1971
	85	One Seaport A1	204.2 m	Apartments	60	2019	Also known as 161 Maiden Lane .
	87	45 Park Place A1	203.3 m	Apartments	43	2019	Designed by SOMA and Ismael Leyva Architects
	88	Trump Tower	202.4 m	Office / apartments	58	1983	This building is owned by Donald Trump .
	89	Silver Towers East	200 m	Apartments	60	2009
	89	Silver Towers West	200 m	Apartments	60	2009

See also : 17 State Street

According to absolute height

This list shows the height up to the highest point of the building, usually the antenna tip (from a total height of 300 meters). The roof height is also displayed. There are two ways of measuring a building, but officially the height of the building statics applies and not the antenna top or roof height. This structural height is declared in the table with the official height.

No.	Surname	absolute height	Roof height	official height	Floors	Construction year
1	One World Trade Center	546.2 m	417 m	541.3 m	104	2014
2	Central Park Tower	472.4 m	472.4 m	472.4 m	108	2020
3	111 West 57th Street	435.3 m	435.3 m	435.3 m	91	2020
4th	Empire State Building	443.2 m	381 m	381 m	102	1931
5	432 Park Avenue	425.8 m	425.8 m	425.8 m	88	2016
6th	30 Hudson Yards	395 m	395 m	395 m	90	2019
7th	Bank of America Tower	365.8 m	288 m	365.8 m	55	2009
8th	Four Times Square	340.8 m	213.4 m	246.6 m	48	2000
9	Three World Trade Center	329.2 m	329.2 m	329.2 m	80	2018
10	53W53	320 m	320 m	320 m	82	2019
11	Chrysler Building	318.8 m	281.9 m	318.8 m	77	1930
11	New York Times Tower	318.8 m	227.1 m	318.8 m	52	2007
12	35 Hudson Yards	307.8 m	307.8 m	307.8 m	71	2019
13	One57	306.4 m	306.4 m	306.4 m	79	2014
14th	One Manhattan West	303.3 m	303.3 m	303.3 m	67	2019

Tallest buildings of their time

Here are all buildings listed that have ever held the record for tallest building in New York. Every building except the One World Trade Center was also the tallest building in the world when it was completed.

time	building	image	height	Floors	Remarks
1899-1908	Park Row Building		119 m	30th	The building is the oldest surviving record holder of all skyscrapers.
1908-1909	Singer Building		186.6 m	47	Was demolished in 1968.
1909-1913	Metropolitan Life Tower		213.4 m	50
1913-1930	Woolworth Building		241.4 m	57
1930	40 Wall Street		282.6 m	71	Also called The Trump Building , it started out as the Bank of Manhattan Building .
1930-1931	Chrysler Building		318.8 m	77	Was the first skyscraper to surpass the Eiffel Tower and become the tallest structure in the world.
1931-1972	Empire State Building		381 m	102	First building in the world with over 100 floors, 443 m high with antenna since 1950 (449 m before the antenna was converted in 1984).
1972-2001	World Trade Center north tower		417 m	110	Was destroyed by a terrorist attack on September 11, 2001 . Was 527 m high with antenna. The south tower was two meters lower at 415 m.
2001-2013	Empire State Building		381 m	102	Has been the tallest building in the city since the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001 until the One World Trade Center was built.
2013 – today	One World Trade Center		541.3 m	104	The tallest building in the city since the topping-out ceremony in May 2013. The opening was in November 2014.

Tallest buildings in the individual districts

This list shows the tallest buildings in each district (the so-called boroughs ).

district	building	height	Floors	Construction year
The Bronx	Tracey Tower Apartments 1	122 m	41	1972
Brooklyn	The Hub	190 m	52	2017
Manhattan	One World Trade Center	541.3 m	104	2014
Queens	Skyline Tower (New York)	237.1 m	67	2020
Staten Island	Church on Mount Loretto	69 m	2	1894

Tallest buildings by function

This list gives the tallest buildings by function. A single function is given when 85 percent or more of the building's usable area is used for a purpose. Mixed use is when each individual function takes up at least 15 percent of the usable area.

use	building	height	Floors	Construction year
offices	One World Trade Center	541.3 m	104	2014
Mixed use	Central Park Tower	472.4 m	108	2020
Apartments	432 Park Avenue	425.8 m	88	2015
hotel	1717 Broadway	229.5 m	68	2013

Tallest buildings under construction and in planning

Under construction

This is a list of the tallest buildings currently under construction (active construction) in New York City. The years are only approximate. It is possible that this data can change afterwards. At the moment (as of April 2017) there are 29 buildings under construction, with another one being suspended.

building	image	height	Usage (from bottom to top)	Floors	year	Remarks
Central Park Tower		472.4 m	Retail / apartments	131	2018	Also known as the Nordstrom Tower . In future, the tallest building in the USA by roof height.
111 West 57th Street		435.3 m	Apartments	91	2018	Also known as the Steinway Tower .
One Vanderbilt		427 m	office	68	2020	Should be designed by KPF . The planned building is to become a new landmark of New York. Roof height is 393 m.
9 Decal		324.9 m	Apartments	73	2020	Future tallest building in Brooklyn. Also known as 340 Flatbush Avenue.
3 Hudson Boulevard		320 m	office	66	2019	Also known under the name The GiraSole .
425 Park Avenue		272.2 m	office	47	2019	Designed by Norman Foster.
Sutton Place Tower		257.3 m	Apartments	62	2020	Developed by Gamma Real Estate. The architect is Thomas Juul Hansenist. Located near the Queensboro Bridge.
138 East 50th Street		244.8 m	Apartments	64	2019	Designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects. boulevard
Skyline Tower (New York)		232.3 m	Apartments	68	2021	Designed by Hill West Architects. The developer is Chris Xu and the United Construction & Development Group.
15 East 30th Street		230.4 m	Apartments	53	2019	Developed by JD Carlisle.
Queens Plaza Park		228.9 m	Apartments	67	2021	Developed by the Durst Organization. Also called Sven.
242 West 52nd Street		224.8 m	Apartments	62	2018	Designed by Cetra / Ruddy Architects. Also known as the Roseland Tower and ARO .
281 5th Avenue		221.9 m	Apartments	52	2019	Designed by Rafael Viñoly . Would be one of the tallest buildings near the Empire State Building .
City Point Tower 1		219.8 m	Apartments	59	2019	Complex of 3 towers. Located in Downtown Brooklyn .
23 Park Row		213.7 m	Apartments	54	2019
45 Park Place		203.3 m	Apartments	43	2019	Designed by SOMA and Ismael Leyva Architects .

In construction freeze

The following list shows skyscrapers whose construction has already begun but has since been discontinued or interrupted. The year figures are therefore only guidelines.

building	image	height	Usage (from bottom to top)	Floors	previously planned completion	Remarks
Two World Trade Center		405.4 m	office	82	2020	Part of the World Trade Center reconstruction. Road height reached in mid-2012. Its completion is not yet known exactly. Also known as 200 Greenwich Street . At the beginning of March 2013, construction work was stopped until a tenant was found. In June 2015, the previous design was completely discarded and replaced by a new plan.

In planning

This is a list of all buildings in New York City whose construction has not started, but whose construction is being considered or which are in different phases of planning. The years are to be understood as rough guide values. No distinction is made between approved and unapproved projects, but usually noted in the comment column. As of March 2017, around 50 buildings are being planned.

building	height	Usage (from bottom to top)	Floors	year	Remarks
Times Squared 3015	1733 m	Mixed use	321	2050	Times Squared 3015 are the tallest buildings in New York City ever.
Edison Tower	1310 m	Mixed use	296	2030	The Edison Tower will be a vertical city.
Midtown West (development plan)	700 m		150	2025	Includes 4 plans to redesign Madison Square Gardens and Penn Station .
335 Madison Avenue	500 m	Office / hotel			Developed by Howard Milstein. Should be one of the tallest buildings in New York. The altitude is currently (as of March 2015) only an estimate.
80 South Street	438.3 m	Apartments	113	2018	Would be the building with the highest number of floors.
666 5th Avenue	427.7 m	Multiple use			Designed by Zaha Hadid .
Shvo Central Park Tower	400 m	Multiple use	100		Also known as "The Pinnacle".
151 East 60th Street	378 m	Apartments			Designed by Archilier Architecture.
Two Manhattan West	370.6 m	office	66	2018	First requires the construction of a platform over the railroad tracks of the eastern portion of Pennsylvania Station.
15 Penn Plaza	370.6 m	office	67		Also known as the Vornado Tower . Construction postponed indefinitely.
1 Park Lane	368.8 m	Apartments		2020	Developed by Witkoff Group and Macklowe Properties.
41 West 57th Street	365.8 m	Apartments	102		Designed by Mark Foster Gage Architects.
45 Broad Street	339.9 m	Apartments	84	2018	Shall be one of the tallest residential buildings in Lower Manhattan.
520 West 41st Street	335.3 m	Apartments	106		Developed by Silverstein Properties .
247 Cherry Street	307.2 m	Apartments	79	2020	Would be the tallest building on the Lower East Side .
The spiral	306.3 m	Multiple use	65	2020	Developed by Tishman Speyer Properties .
55 Hudson Yards	303.3 m	office	62	2019	Also known as 2 Hudson Boulevard .
740 8th Avenue	300 m	Hotel / office			Also known at 251 West 45th Street. Developed by Gary Barnett. Skyscraper could become New York's tallest building.
989 6th Avenue	300 m	Multiple use	80
1710 Broadway	300 m	office	80		Designed by Goldstein Hill & West . Minimum height is 300 m.
Sherwood Tower	300 m	office	65		Located on the site of the previously planned World Product Center . The address is 447 10th Avenue .
Court Square City View Tower	300 m	Apartments	80		Would be the tallest building in Long Island City .
SNCI NYC Tower	289.6 m	Apartments	57		SNCI = Sustainable Neighborhood Collaborative Initiative. Would be tallest building in Tribeca .
One Madison Avenue	285.6 m	Apartments	74		This building is supposed to sit on top of an older, low-rise building like the Hearst Tower. No project news since 2008.
262 5th Avenue	282.6 m	Apartments	54
520 Fifth Avenue	280.4 m	Apartments	71
80 Flatbush Avenue Tower II	280.4 m	Apartments	74		Part of a large residential complex in Downtown Brooklyn. The smaller tower 80 Flatbush Avenue Tower I is to be 146 m high.
Queens Plaza Park	278.9 m	Mixed use	77		Designed by SLCE Architects.
20 Times Square	260.9 m	office	45		Revision of current design likely. Should include the PANYNJ's new bus terminal .
130 William Street	243.8 m	Apartments	61
650 Madison Avenue	243.8 m	Apartments			Central Park project . The planned height should be over 300 m.
260 South Street Tower I.	243.3 m	Apartments	69
3 West 29th Street	242.6 m	Mixed use	64	2020
321 East 96th Street	231.6 m	Apartments	68
360 10th Avenue	230.4 m	hotel	67	2018
130 Liberty Street	228 m	office	57		Construction was approved. Also called the Five World Trade Center .
55 Broad Street	225.9 m	Office / apartments	53
260 South Street Tower II	221.9 m	Apartments	62
43-30 24th Street	221 m	Apartments	66	2019
271 South Street	220.7 m	Apartments	62
470 11th Avenue	219.5 m	Hotel / apartments	47	2018	Known as the Hudson Rise .
12 East 37th Street	213.4 m	Apartments	65		Designed by Perkins + Will. Minimum height is 213 m.
451 10th Avenue	213.4 m	Hotel / office
Sutton Place Tower	213.3 m	Apartments			Designed by Norman Foster .
200 Amsterdam avenue	203 m	Apartments	51	2019	Would be the tallest building on the Upper West Side .
31 West 57th Street	200 m	Apartments			Demolition of existing buildings in mid-2015.

Formerly tallest planned building

In the following, all buildings are listed that were once planned and ultimately not realized, but which also received a lot of public attention. The minimum requirement is a height of 400 meters (with a few exceptions that received special public attention), as well as a building contractor and (at least) an architectural office.

building	height	Usage (from bottom to top)	Floors	Remarks
Cintas Tower	680 m	Apartments / office	180	Skyscraper presented in 1983. Tallest building ever planned in New York City. Designed by M. Miqueli.
Project 112 Coexistence	658.1 m	office	155	Future Systems vision.
Kostabi World Trade Center	609.9 m	office	160	Developed by Mark Kostabi.
World Trade Center (Childs)	609.9 m	office	70	Rejected draft by David Childs to rebuild the WTC.
Zhongshan Center	591 m	Shopping center / apartments	128	Planned as a social building in Chinatown. Mentioned in public for the first time in October 2012.
Television City Tower	580.3 m	office	150	Planned by Donald Trump in the early 1980s . Project was rejected by New York authorities shortly before construction began.
Columbus Circle 1	550 m	office	137	Complex at Columbus Circle consisting of 6 buildings. No. 2: 468 m and 135 floors; No. 3: 420 m and 122 floors; No. 4: 325 m and 83 floors; No. 5 and 6: each 320 m high with 80 floors. Today the Time Warner Center stands here .
New York Stock Exchange Tower	546 m	office	140	Skyscraper also developed by Trump in the late 1990s. Should be the new headquarters of the New York Stock Exchange and the tallest building in the world. With antenna 700 m high.
World Trade Center (Foster)	538 m	office	98	Project developed by Foster + Partners . One of the candidates for the rebuilding of the World Trade Center. Also known as the Kissing Towers .
New York Breathing Machine	468 m	Hotel / office	72	Vision of Independent Architectural Diplomacy.
World Trade Center (Trump)	450 m	office	111	Project proposed by Donald Trump and Ken Gardner at the end of 2007 for the rebuilding of the WTC. The design was based heavily on that of the former twin towers, but with a greater height and the latest safety features. The heart of the Twin Towers II movement. The northern tower should have an antenna and thus reach a total height of 566 meters.
Metropolitan Life North Building	400 m	office	100	Planned as the tallest building in the world at the end of the 1920s. Should surpass the Empire State Building in both height and size. Construction stopped in 1933. Today only a 137 m high 30-story stump remains. Currently (as of 2014) there are no active plans to continue construction.
Edgar Towers Skyvoid	396.2 m	Multiple use	70
Larkin Building	368.2 m	office	110	Building designed by John and Edward Larkin in 1926.
South Ferry Plaza	330 m	Terminal / retail / office / observation deck	75	Project presented by Leslie E. Robertson in 1987. This building was to be built over the Lower Manhattan Terminal of the Staten Island Ferry .
Travelstead Tower	329 m	office	74	Art Deco style building designed by KPF in 1989 . This is where it now stands at 383 Madison Avenue .

Tallest no longer existing building

This list shows the tallest buildings that previously existed but no longer exist. They were demolished or destroyed.

building	image	height	Floors	Construction year	Existing end	Remarks
One World Trade Center (original) (north tower)		417 m	110	1972	2001	Was destroyed by a terrorist attack on September 11th, 2001 . The building was the tallest skyscraper in New York City during its entire existence and tallest building in the world when it was completed. Tallest destroyed building in the world. With mast 527 m. Had 110 floors.
Two World Trade Center (original) (south tower)		415.1 m	110	1973	2001	Was destroyed by a terrorist attack on September 11, 2001. Was the second tallest building in the city during its entire existence, and had the highest observation deck on a building from 1975 to 2001. Together with the north tower, the south tower had the most floors of a skyscraper in New York with 110 floors.
Singer Building		186.6 m	47	1908	1968	Was demolished in 1968. It is the tallest skyscraper in the world that has ever been demolished. Was the tallest building in the world from 1908 to 1909.
World Trade Center 7		173.7 m	47	1987	2001	Was so badly damaged by rubble from the north tower in the attacks on September 11, 2001 that a fire broke out and the building collapsed in flames after seven hours.
Deutsche Bank Building		157.6 m	40	1974	2011	Badly damaged by rubble from the south tower on September 11, 2001, it was only demolished after a long insurance dispute. Should make room for Tower 5 of the new World Trade Center .
City Investing Building		148 m	33	1908	1968	Was demolished in 1968 together with the Singer Building .

Panoramas

360 ° panorama, Manhattan from the Empire State Building by day (May 2005)

180 ° panorama, Manhattan from the Empire State Building at night (July 2005)

Looking south from Rockefeller Center (December 2005)

View from the Empire State Building to Midtown Manhattan , with the Bank of America Tower (March 2009)

Midtown Manhattan at night as seen from New Jersey (October 2012)

Manhattan from the air in April 2013

Lower Manhattan as seen from Brooklyn in early June 2014

Downtown during the day as seen from Exchange Place ( Jersey City ) (November 2014)

Panorama of Lower Manhattan in mid December 2014

Manhattan as viewed from the west (Weehawken, NJ) January 2015

The Lower Manhattan skyline at sunrise in early May 2015

Aerial view of New York, May 2015.

Manhattan skyline in late July 2015

See also

• List of tallest buildings in the world
• List of tallest structures in the world
• List of the tallest structures of their time
• List of tallest no longer existing buildings
• List of tallest office buildings in the world
• List of tallest residential buildings in the world
• List of tallest buildings in Asia
• List of tallest buildings in North and Central America
• List of tallest buildings in the United States
• List of tallest buildings in Canada
• List of tallest buildings in Toronto
• List of tallest buildings in Chicago

Footnotes

1. ↑ Information relates to buildings with a height of at least 35 meters or 12 floors.

^A1 Building has reached its final height, but is still under construction.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Skyscraperpage.com: Cities
2. ↑ Emporis.com: New York City
3. ^ Ric Burns, James Sanders, Lisa Ades: New York - The Illustrated History from 1609 to Today . 2nd Edition. Frederking & Thaler, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-89405-612-6 .
4. ↑ The Wolkenkratzer.de history of high-rise buildings ( Memento of the original from September 2, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 23, 2012 
5. ^ Andres Lepik: Skyscraper , Prestelverlag Munich 2005
6. ↑ ^{a b} ' Tallest buildings in the New York City .' ctbuh.org, Retrieved August 3, 2014
7. ↑ ^{a b} skyscraperpage.com: Diagram of the tallest buildings in New York on skyscraperpage.com (built, under construction and planned) . Retrieved August 3, 2014.
8. ↑ Resurgence of the Skyscraper City ( Memento of the original from January 12, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Report on CTBUH 
9. ↑ ctbuh.org: Criteria for the measurement and use on the website of the Council on tall buildings and Urban Habitat
10. ^ Emporis: Tallest buildings in New York City . Retrieved June 15, 2015.
11. ↑ “Angled” Tower Breaks Ground in New York City ( Memento of the original from December 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
12. ^ Construction begins on Hudson Yards in New York City
13. ^ Official website of One Seaport Residences
14. ↑ ctbuh.org: Historical tallest buildings . Retrieved April 23, 2012.
15. ↑ ctbuh.org: Lists of tallest buildings by function: Tallest buildings by usage . Retrieved April 23, 2012.
16. ↑ ctbuh.org: Tallest building under construction: [1] Accessed January 1, 2014
17. ↑ 73-Story Tower Would Be Brooklyn's Tallest by Far Report on nytimes.com
18. ↑ [2]
19. ↑ [3]
20. ↑ Revealed: 126 Madison Avenue, aka 15 East 30th Street, 730-Foot Condomium Tower Report on New York YIMBY
21. ^ [4] Report on New York YIMBY
22. ↑ ctbuh.org: Tallest buildings in the world on hold : Tallest buildings in the world on hold ( Memento of the original from September 4, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 1, 2014 
23. ↑ 2WTC construction stopped , CTBUH
24. ^ Two World Trade Center on hold , SSP
25. ↑ ctbuh.org: Tallest building planned: [5] Retrieved on April 23, 2012
26. ↑ https://www.trendsderzukunft.de/time-squared-tower-mile-high-wolkenkratzer-fuer-new-york/amp/&ved=2ahUKEwiqot3xmLPfAhVMJlAKHW8rA24QFjAUegQICRAB&usg=AOvVaw1LdBSinni-
27. ↑ https://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1814457&=1
28. ↑ Four Plans For A New Penn Station Without MSG, Revealed! New York Curbed
29. ↑ Top Firms Tackle Penn Station Redesign , CTBUH
30. ^ New Milstein tower in the works , report on Crains New York
31. ^ Real Estate heavyweights mull turning Fifth Ave. tower into mall New York Post report
32. ↑ Michael Shvo Is Back, and as Brash as Ever , New York Times
33. ↑ Revealed: 1 Park Lane, at 36 Central Park South, 1,210-Foot Tall Condo Tower Replacing the Helmsley Park Lane Report on New York YIMBY
34. ↑ Could This Otherworldly 102-Story Tower Covered in Ornaments Be Coming to 57th Street? Report on 6sqft.com
35. ↑ Planned 1,100-Foot, 86-Story Tower Will Rise at 45 Broad St. Report on New York Curbed
36. ↑ New Times Square mega tower one step closer to becoming reality
37. ↑ Helmsley Hotel on Central Park South Is Set for Condos WSJ Online
38. ↑ kuafu project Properties
39. ↑ CTBUH New York Skyscraper Visions
40. ↑ Cintas Tower, Emporis
41. ^ New York Breathing Machine , CTBUH
42. ↑ wtc2011.com ( Memento of the original from December 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
43. ^ Emporis: Tallest demolished buildings in New York City . Retrieved April 23, 2012.
44. ↑ http://www.manager-magazin.de/unternehmen/artikel/0,2828,373836,00.html

Web links

• Compare the size of the tallest buildings in New York City on skyscraperpage.com

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