List of tallest buildings in New York City
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This list of tallest buildings in New York City ranks skyscraper
s in that city by height.
in midtown Manhattan
, the basic structure of which, completed in 1931, rises 1,250 feet (381 meters), increased to 1454 feet (443.2 m) by its superstructures. It also is the third-tallest building in the United States and the fifteenth-tallest building in the world, and stood as the tallest building in the world from its completion until 1972.
Next. The second-tallest building is the Bank of America Tower, 1200 feet (366 m) high, including the spire.
Third. Tied for the third tallest are the 1046 feet (319 m) Chrysler Building
, which was the world's tallest building from 1930 until 1931, and the New York Times Building
(2007).
in 1890; the structure rose 348 feet (106 m). Though not the city's first high-rise, it was the first building to surpass the 284 feet (87 m) spire of Trinity Church
. The World Building, which stood as the tallest in the city until 1899, was demolished
in 1955 to allow for the construction of an expanded entrance to the Brooklyn Bridge
.
New York has played a prominent role in the development of the skyscraper; since 1890, eleven structures in the city having held the title of world's tallest building. New York City went through a very early high-rise construction boom that lasted from the early 1910s to the early 1930s, during which 16 of the city's 82 tallest buildings were built—including the Bank of Manhattan Trust Building
, the Chrysler Building and the Empire State Building, each of which was the tallest in the world at the time of its completion.
A second skyscraper boom began about 1960. Since then, the city has seen the completion of nearly 70 structures rising at least 600 feet (183 m) high, including the twin towers of the World Trade Center
. The North Tower, "One World Trade Center", was the tallest building in the world from 1972 until 1973 and the tallest building in New York City until 2001. The North Tower, as well as the other six buildings in the World Trade Center complex, were destroyed in the September 11 attacks of 2001.
and Lower Manhattan
, although other neighborhoods of Manhattan and the boroughs
of Brooklyn
, Queens
and The Bronx
also have significant amounts of high-rises. , the entire city has 216 buildings that rise at least 492 feet (150 m) in height, including those under construction—more than any other city in the United States. , there were 5,912 completed high-rises in the city.
). It is part of the complex that will replace the destroyed World Trade Center; this complex also includes the under construction 1350 feet (411 m) 200 Greenwich Street, the under construction 1240 feet (378 m) 175 Greenwich Street, the under construction 975 feet (297 m) 150 Greenwich Street, the approved 743 feet (226 m) 130 Liberty Street, and the completed 741 feet (226 m) 7 World Trade Center
. , there were 338 high-rise buildings under construction, approved for construction or proposed for construction in New York City.
of New York City based on standard height measurement. The "Year" column indicates the year in which a building was completed.
This lists buildings, expected to rise at least 600 feet (183 m) in height, that have been proposed, but not yet approved, for construction in New York City.
† A blank entry indicates that information has not yet been released about a proposed building's number of floors, its date of completion, or both.
, was the tallest building in the world at the time of its completion.
Skyscraper
A skyscraper is a tall, continuously habitable building of many stories, often designed for office and commercial use. There is no official definition or height above which a building may be classified as a skyscraper...
s in that city by height.
Overview
Tallest. Subsequent to the destruction of the two primary World Trade Center buildings, the city's tallest building is the 102-story Empire State BuildingEmpire State Building
The Empire State Building is a 102-story landmark skyscraper and American cultural icon in New York City at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street. It has a roof height of 1,250 feet , and with its antenna spire included, it stands a total of 1,454 ft high. Its name is derived...
in midtown Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan, or simply Midtown, is an area of Manhattan, New York City home to world-famous commercial zones such as Rockefeller Center, Broadway, and Times Square...
, the basic structure of which, completed in 1931, rises 1,250 feet (381 meters), increased to 1454 feet (443.2 m) by its superstructures. It also is the third-tallest building in the United States and the fifteenth-tallest building in the world, and stood as the tallest building in the world from its completion until 1972.
Next. The second-tallest building is the Bank of America Tower, 1200 feet (366 m) high, including the spire.
Third. Tied for the third tallest are the 1046 feet (319 m) Chrysler Building
Chrysler Building
The Chrysler Building is an Art Deco style skyscraper in New York City, located on the east side of Manhattan in the Turtle Bay area at the intersection of 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue. Standing at , it was the world's tallest building for 11 months before it was surpassed by the Empire State...
, which was the world's tallest building from 1930 until 1931, and the New York Times Building
New York Times Building
The New York Times Building is a skyscraper on the west side of Midtown Manhattan that was completed in 2007. Its chief tenant is The New York Times Company, publisher of The New York Times as well as The Boston Globe, the International Herald Tribune, and other newspapers...
(2007).
History
The history of skyscrapers in New York City began with the completion of the World BuildingNew York World Building
The New York World Building was a skyscraper in New York City designed by early skyscraper specialist George Browne Post and built in 1890 to house the now-defunct newspaper, The New York World. It was razed in 1955.-History:...
in 1890; the structure rose 348 feet (106 m). Though not the city's first high-rise, it was the first building to surpass the 284 feet (87 m) spire of Trinity Church
Trinity Church, New York
Trinity Church at 79 Broadway, Lower Manhattan, is a historic, active parish church in the Episcopal Diocese of New York...
. The World Building, which stood as the tallest in the city until 1899, was demolished
Demolition
Demolition is the tearing-down of buildings and other structures, the opposite of construction. Demolition contrasts with deconstruction, which involves taking a building apart while carefully preserving valuable elements for re-use....
in 1955 to allow for the construction of an expanded entrance to the Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn Bridge
The Brooklyn Bridge is one of the oldest suspension bridges in the United States. Completed in 1883, it connects the New York City boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn by spanning the East River...
.
New York has played a prominent role in the development of the skyscraper; since 1890, eleven structures in the city having held the title of world's tallest building. New York City went through a very early high-rise construction boom that lasted from the early 1910s to the early 1930s, during which 16 of the city's 82 tallest buildings were built—including the Bank of Manhattan Trust Building
40 Wall Street
40 Wall Street is a 70-story skyscraper in New York City. Originally known as the Bank of Manhattan Trust building, and also known as Manhattan Company Building, it was later known by its street address when its founding tenant merged to form the Chase Manhattan Bank and today is known as the...
, the Chrysler Building and the Empire State Building, each of which was the tallest in the world at the time of its completion.
A second skyscraper boom began about 1960. Since then, the city has seen the completion of nearly 70 structures rising at least 600 feet (183 m) high, including the twin towers of the World Trade Center
World Trade Center
The original World Trade Center was a complex with seven buildings featuring landmark twin towers in Lower Manhattan, New York City, United States. The complex opened on April 4, 1973, and was destroyed in 2001 during the September 11 attacks. The site is currently being rebuilt with five new...
. The North Tower, "One World Trade Center", was the tallest building in the world from 1972 until 1973 and the tallest building in New York City until 2001. The North Tower, as well as the other six buildings in the World Trade Center complex, were destroyed in the September 11 attacks of 2001.
Concentration
New York skyscrapers are concentrated in MidtownMidtown Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan, or simply Midtown, is an area of Manhattan, New York City home to world-famous commercial zones such as Rockefeller Center, Broadway, and Times Square...
and Lower Manhattan
Lower Manhattan
Lower Manhattan is the southernmost part of the island of Manhattan, the main island and center of business and government of the City of New York...
, although other neighborhoods of Manhattan and the boroughs
Borough (New York City)
New York City, one of the largest cities in the world, is composed of five boroughs. Each borough now has the same boundaries as the county it is in. County governments were dissolved when the city consolidated in 1898, along with all city, town, and village governments within each county...
of Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...
, Queens
Queens
Queens is the easternmost of the five boroughs of New York City. The largest borough in area and the second-largest in population, it is coextensive with Queens County, an administrative division of New York state, in the United States....
and The Bronx
The Bronx
The Bronx is the northernmost of the five boroughs of New York City. It is also known as Bronx County, the last of the 62 counties of New York State to be incorporated...
also have significant amounts of high-rises. , the entire city has 216 buildings that rise at least 492 feet (150 m) in height, including those under construction—more than any other city in the United States. , there were 5,912 completed high-rises in the city.
Construction
Since 2003, New York City has seen the completion of 12 buildings that rise at least 600 feet (183 m) in height. Fifteen more are under construction, including the 1776 feet (541 m) One World Trade Center (formerly known as Freedom TowerFreedom Tower
One World Trade Center , more simply known as 1 WTC and formerly known as the Freedom Tower, is the lead building of the new World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan in New York City...
). It is part of the complex that will replace the destroyed World Trade Center; this complex also includes the under construction 1350 feet (411 m) 200 Greenwich Street, the under construction 1240 feet (378 m) 175 Greenwich Street, the under construction 975 feet (297 m) 150 Greenwich Street, the approved 743 feet (226 m) 130 Liberty Street, and the completed 741 feet (226 m) 7 World Trade Center
7 World Trade Center
7 World Trade Center is a building in New York City located across from the World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan. It is the second building to bear that name and address in that location. The original structure was completed in 1987 and was destroyed in the September 11 attacks...
. , there were 338 high-rise buildings under construction, approved for construction or proposed for construction in New York City.
Tallest buildings
There are over 975,000 buildings in New York City. This list ranks New York City skyscrapers that stand at least 600 feet (183 m) tall, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. An equal sign (=) following a rank indicates the same height between two or more buildings. The "Year" column indicates the year in which a building was completed.| Rank | Name | Image | Height ft / m |
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| 1 | Empire State Building Empire State Building The Empire State Building is a 102-story landmark skyscraper and American cultural icon in New York City at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street. It has a roof height of 1,250 feet , and with its antenna spire included, it stands a total of 1,454 ft high. Its name is derived... |
102 | 1931 | 17th-tallest building in the world, 3rd-tallest in the United States. First building in the world to contain over 100 floors. Built in just 14 months during the Great Depression Great Depression The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations, but in most countries it started in about 1929 and lasted until the late 1930s or early 1940s... , it was the tallest building in the world from its completion in 1931 until the World Trade Center World Trade Center The original World Trade Center was a complex with seven buildings featuring landmark twin towers in Lower Manhattan, New York City, United States. The complex opened on April 4, 1973, and was destroyed in 2001 during the September 11 attacks. The site is currently being rebuilt with five new... was completed in 1972, and has been New York City's tallest building since the World Trade Center was destroyed in the aerial attacks of September 11, 2001 See Tallest destroyed, below. |
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| 2 | Bank of America Tower | 54 | 2008 | 18th-tallest building in the world, 4th-tallest in the United States. First skyscraper to receive a Platinum LEED Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design consists of a suite of rating systems for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings, homes and neighborhoods.... certification. |
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| 3 | Chrysler Building Chrysler Building The Chrysler Building is an Art Deco style skyscraper in New York City, located on the east side of Manhattan in the Turtle Bay area at the intersection of 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue. Standing at , it was the world's tallest building for 11 months before it was surpassed by the Empire State... |
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77 | 1930 | 33rd-tallest building in the world, 7th-tallest in the United States. First building in the world to rise higher than 1,000 ft (305 m). Stood as the tallest building in the world from 1930 until 1931. Tallest all-brick building in the world. |
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| 4 | New York Times Building New York Times Building The New York Times Building is a skyscraper on the west side of Midtown Manhattan that was completed in 2007. Its chief tenant is The New York Times Company, publisher of The New York Times as well as The Boston Globe, the International Herald Tribune, and other newspapers... |
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52 | 2007 | 33rd-tallest building in the world, 8th-tallest in the United States. Also known as the Times Tower. |
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| 5 | American International Building American International Building The American International Building is a 66-story, 952 foot tall building in Lower Manhattan in New York City. The official address is 70 Pine Street, New York, NY 10270 and is also bordered by Cedar Street and Pearl Street. It was completed in 1932 by the Cities Service Company for the oil and... |
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952 / 290 | 66 | 1932 | 44th-tallest building in the world, 16th-tallest in the United States. Formerly known as the Cities Service Building. |
| 6 | 40 Wall Street 40 Wall Street 40 Wall Street is a 70-story skyscraper in New York City. Originally known as the Bank of Manhattan Trust building, and also known as Manhattan Company Building, it was later known by its street address when its founding tenant merged to form the Chase Manhattan Bank and today is known as the... |
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927 / 283 | 70 | 1930 | 53rd-tallest building in the world, 20th-tallest in the United States. Was world's tallest building for one day in 1930. Also known as the Trump Building; formerly the Bank of Manhattan Trust Building. |
| 7 | Citigroup Center Citigroup Center The Citigroup Center is one of the ten tallest skyscrapers in New York City, United States, located at 53rd Street between Lexington Avenue and Third Avenue in midtown Manhattan... |
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915 / 279 | 59 | 1977 | 58th-tallest building in the world, 22nd-tallest in the United States. Formerly known as the Citicorp Center. |
| 8 | 8 Spruce Street 8 Spruce Street 8 Spruce Street, originally known as Beekman Tower and currently marketed as New York by Gehry, is a 76-story skyscraper designed by architect Frank Gehry in the New York City borough of Manhattan at 8 Spruce Street, just south of City Hall Plaza and the Brooklyn Bridge.8 Spruce Street is one of... (Beekman) |
876 / 267 | 76 | 2010 | Topped out Completed in February 2011. | |
| 9 | Trump World Tower Trump World Tower Trump World Tower is a residential skyscraper at 845 United Nations Plaza in Manhattan, New York City. Construction began in 1999 and concluded in 2001... |
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861 / 262 | 72 | 2001 | 79th-tallest building in the world, 28th-tallest in the United States. Tallest all-residential building in New York City and the United States. |
| 10 | GE Building GE Building The GE Building is an Art Deco skyscraper that forms the centerpiece of Rockefeller Center in the midtown Manhattan section of New York City. Known as the RCA Building until 1988, it is most famous for housing the headquarters of the television network NBC... |
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850 / 259 | 70 | 1933 | 93rd-tallest building in the world, 32nd-tallest in the United States. Formerly known as the RCA RCA RCA Corporation, founded as the Radio Corporation of America, was an American electronics company in existence from 1919 to 1986. The RCA trademark is currently owned by the French conglomerate Technicolor SA through RCA Trademark Management S.A., a company owned by Technicolor... Building. Colloquially referred to as 30 Rock. |
| 11 | CitySpire Center CitySpire Center The CitySpire Center is the tallest mixed-use skyscraper in New York City, located on the south side of West 56th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues in Midtown Manhattan. Finished in 1987, it is 248 meters tall and has 73 floors, with a total area of... |
814 / 248 | 75 | 1987 | 123rd-tallest building in the world, 39th-tallest in the United States. |
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| 12 | One Chase Manhattan Plaza One Chase Manhattan Plaza One Chase Manhattan Plaza is a banking skyscraper located in the downtown Manhattan Financial District of New York City, between Pine, Liberty, Nassau, and William Streets. Construction on the building was completed in 1961... |
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813 / 248 | 60 | 1961 | 125th-tallest building in the world, 40th-tallest in the United States. |
| 13 | Condé Nast Building Condé Nast Building The Condé Nast Building, officially 4 Times Square, is a modern skyscraper in Times Square in Midtown Manhattan. Located on Broadway between 42nd Street and 43rd, the structure was finished in January 2000 as part of a larger project to redevelop 42nd Street... |
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809 / 247 | 48 | 1999 | 130th-tallest building in the world, 41st-tallest in the United States. Also known as Four Times Square. |
| 14 | MetLife Building MetLife Building The MetLife Building, originally called the Pan Am Building, is a skyscraper located at 200 Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.-History:... |
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808 / 246 | 59 | 1963 | 131st-tallest building in the world, 42nd-tallest in the United States. Formerly known as the Pan Am Building. |
| 15 | Bloomberg Tower Bloomberg Tower Bloomberg Tower is a glass skyscraper on the East Side of Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It houses the headquarters of Bloomberg L.P., retail outlets, restaurants and 105 luxury condominiums. The residences are known as One Beacon Court and are served by a separate entrance. The tower is the... |
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806 / 246 | 54 | 2005 | 132nd-tallest building in the world, 43rd-tallest in the United States. |
| 16 | Woolworth Building Woolworth Building The Woolworth Building is one of the oldest skyscrapers in New York City. More than a century after the start of its construction, it remains, at 57 stories, one of the fifty tallest buildings in the United States as well as one of the twenty tallest buildings in New York City... |
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792 / 241 | 57 | 1913 | 148th-tallest building in the world, 44th-tallest in the United States. It was the tallest building in the world from 1913 until 1930. |
| 17 | One Worldwide Plaza One Worldwide Plaza One Worldwide Plaza is part of a three-building, mixed-use commercial and residential complex completed in 1989, in the New York City borough of Manhattan, known collectively as Worldwide Plaza. One Worldwide Plaza is a commercial office tower on Eighth Avenue... |
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778 / 237 | 50 | 1989 | 175th-tallest building in the world, 53rd-tallest in the United States. |
| 18 | Carnegie Hall Tower Carnegie Hall Tower Carnegie Hall Tower is a 60-story skyscraper located on 57th Street in New York City. Part of a cluster of three very tall buildings , the tower was built in an architectural style in harmony with its western neighbor Carnegie Hall, a New York landmark.The tower is 231 meters tall and was... |
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757 / 231 | 60 | 1991 | 199th-tallest building in the world, 61st-tallest in the United States. |
| 19 | 383 Madison Avenue 383 Madison Avenue 383 Madison Avenue is an office building in New York City located on Madison Avenue between 46th and 47th Streets and owned by JP Morgan Chase. Designed by David Childs of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, it is 755 ft tall with 47 floors. It was completed in 2001 and opened in 2002, at... |
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755 / 230 | 47 | 2001 | 64th-tallest building in the United States. Formerly known as the Bear Stearns Bear Stearns The Bear Stearns Companies, Inc. based in New York City, was a global investment bank and securities trading and brokerage, until its sale to JPMorgan Chase in 2008 during the global financial crisis and recession... World Headquarters. |
| 20 | AXA Center AXA Center The AXA Equitable Center is a 752-foot -tall skyscraper located in New York City.... |
752 / 229 | 54 | 1986 | 65th-tallest building in the United States. Formerly known as the Equitable Building and Equitable Center West. |
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| 21= | One Penn Plaza One Penn Plaza One Penn Plaza is a skyscraper in New York City, located between 33rd and 34th Streets, west of Seventh Avenue, and adjacent to Pennsylvania Station and Madison Square Garden. It is the tallest building in the Pennsylvania Plaza complex of office buildings, hotels, and entertainment facilities... |
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750 / 229 | 57 | 1972 | 66th-tallest building in the United States. |
| 21= | 1251 Avenue of the Americas |  |
750 / 229 | 54 | 1971 | 66th-tallest building in the United States. Also known as the Exxon Exxon Exxon is a chain of gas stations as well as a brand of motor fuel and related products by ExxonMobil. From 1972 to 1999, Exxon was the corporate name of the company previously known as Standard Oil Company of New Jersey or Jersey Standard.... Building. |
| 21= | Time Warner Center South Tower Time Warner Center The Time Warner Center is a mixed-use skyscraper developed by AREA Property Partners and The Related Companies in New York City. Its design, by David Childs of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, consists of two 750 ft towers bridged by a multi-story atrium containing upscale retail shops... |
750 / 229 | 55 | 2004 | 66th-tallest building in the United States. | |
| 21= | Time Warner Center North Tower Time Warner Center The Time Warner Center is a mixed-use skyscraper developed by AREA Property Partners and The Related Companies in New York City. Its design, by David Childs of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, consists of two 750 ft towers bridged by a multi-story atrium containing upscale retail shops... |
750 / 229 | 55 | 2004 | 66th-tallest building in the United States. | |
| 25 | 200 West Street 200 West Street Goldman Sachs Tower is the global headquarters of Goldman Sachs located in Lower Manhattan. The building is a , 43-story building that opened in October 2009 in the Battery Park City neighborhood of Manhattan. It is located on West Street, between Vesey and Murray Streets... |
749 / 228 | 44 | 2010 | ||
| 26= | 60 Wall Street 60 Wall Street 60 Wall Street is a 55-story skyscraper in Lower Manhattan, which currently serves as the American headquarters of Deutsche Bank.- History :Built between 1987 and 1989 as the headquarters for J.P. Morgan & Co... |
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745 / 227 | 55 | 1989 | 73rd-tallest building in the United States. Also known as the Deutsche Bank Deutsche Bank Deutsche Bank AG is a global financial service company with its headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany. It employs more than 100,000 people in over 70 countries, and has a large presence in Europe, the Americas, Asia Pacific and the emerging markets... Headquarters. |
| 26= | One Astor Plaza One Astor Plaza One Astor Plaza is a high skyscraper in Times Square in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Completed in 1972, the building is 54 stories tall and was designed by Der Scutt of Ely J. Kahn & Jacobs. Originally known as the W. T... |
745 / 227 | 54 | 1972 | 73rd-tallest building in the United States. | |
| 28 | One Liberty Plaza One Liberty Plaza One Liberty Plaza, formerly the U.S. Steel Building, is a skyscraper in lower Manhattan, New York City, at the location of the former Singer Building . 1 Liberty Plaza is currently owned and operated by Brookfield Properties. The building is tall and 54 floors. It was built in 1973... |
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743 / 226 | 54 | 1973 | 76th-tallest building in the United States. Formerly known as the U.S. Steel U.S. Steel The United States Steel Corporation , more commonly known as U.S. Steel, is an integrated steel producer with major production operations in the United States, Canada, and Central Europe. The company is the world's tenth largest steel producer ranked by sales... Building. |
| 29= | 20 Exchange Place |  |
741 / 226 | 57 | 1931 | 77th-tallest building in the United States. Formerly known as the City Bank-Farmers Trust Building. |
| 29= | 7 World Trade Center 7 World Trade Center 7 World Trade Center is a building in New York City located across from the World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan. It is the second building to bear that name and address in that location. The original structure was completed in 1987 and was destroyed in the September 11 attacks... |
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741 / 226 | 49 | 2006 | 77th-tallest building in the United States. |
| 31 | Three World Financial Center Three World Financial Center Three World Financial Center also known as American Express Tower, is one of the thirty tallest skyscrapers in New York City. Located on West Street between Liberty Street and Vesey Street in Lower Manhattan the building is the tallest, 739 feet , of the four buildings in the World Financial... |
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739 / 225 | 51 | 1986 | also known as American Express Tower 81st-tallest building in the United States. |
| 32 | Bertelsmann Building Bertelsmann Building Bertelsmann Building, originally known as 1540 Broadway, is a 42-story, 733 foot office tower in Times Square in Manhattan, New York City, standing at West 45th Street. The building is the North American headquarters of Bertelsmann.... |
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733 / 223 | 42 | 1990 | 85th-tallest building in the United States. |
| 33 | Times Square Tower Times Square Tower Times Square Tower is a 47-story, 726-foot office tower in Times Square in Manhattan, New York City, standing at West 41st Street.Started in 2002 and completed in 2004, the tower contains Class A office space. Some of the most prominent features of the Times Square Tower are its billboards,... |
726 / 221 | 47 | 2004 | 92nd-tallest building in the United States. | |
| 34 | Metropolitan Tower | 716 / 218 | 68 | 1987 | 98th-tallest building in the United States. | |
| 35 | 500 Fifth Avenue 500 Fifth Avenue 500 Fifth Avenue is a 60-floor , 697-foot art deco office tower in Manhattan, New York City, standing at West 42nd Street. It is adjacent to Bryant Park.... |
709 / 216 | 60 | 1931 | 101st-tallest building in the United States. | |
| 36 | JP Morgan Chase World Headquarters 270 Park Avenue The JPMorgan Chase Tower or the Union Carbide Building is a skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, designed by the office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. It was built in 1961, and served as the headquarters for Union Carbide until the company moved to Danbury, Connecticut. It is currently the world... |
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707 / 215 | 52 | 1960 | 104th-tallest building in the United States. |
| 37 | General Motors Building General Motors Building (New York) The General Motors Building is a 50-story, 705-foot office tower in Manhattan, New York City, facing Fifth Avenue at 59th Street . The building is one of the few structures in Manhattan that occupies a full city block... |
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705 / 215 | 50 | 1968 | 105th-tallest building in the United States. |
| 38 | Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower, also known as the Metropolitan Life Tower or Met Life Tower, is a landmark skyscraper located on East 23rd Street between Madison Avenue and Park Avenue South, off of Madison Square Park. in the borough of Manhattan in New York City... |
700 / 213 | 50 | 1909 | 106th-tallest building in the United States. Was world's tallest building when completed in 1909. |
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| 39 | Americas Tower Americas Tower Americas Tower, also known as 1177 Avenue of the Americas, is a 50-storey, 692-foot office tower in Manhattan, New York City, standing at West 45th Street.... |
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692 / 211 | 50 | 1992 | |
| 40 | Solow Building Solow Building The Solow Building, located at 9 West 57th Street, is a Manhattan skyscraper designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill's Gordon Bunshaft and built in 1974. It is located just west of Fifth Avenue, sandwiched between the 57th and 58th Street, next to such prominent buildings as the Bergdorf Goodman... |
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689 / 210 | 50 | 1974 | |
| 41 | HSBC Bank Building Marine Midland Building The Marine Midland Building is a 51-story office building located at 140 Broadway in Manhattan's financial district. The building, completed in 1967, is 688 ft tall and is known for the distinctive sculpture at its entrance, Isamu Noguchi's Cube... |
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688 / 210 | 52 | 1967 | Also known as Marine Midland Building. |
| 43= | 55 Water Street 55 Water Street 55 Water Street is a 687ft tall skyscraper in Lower Manhattan, New York City. It was completed in 1972 and has 53 floors. Emery Roth & Sons designed the building, which is tied with 277 Park Avenue as the 40th tallest building in New York City. When it was completed it was the largest office... |
687 / 209 | 53 | 1972 | ||
| 43= | 277 Park Avenue 277 Park Avenue 277 Park Avenue is an office building in New York City and is the current home of the JPMorgan Chase's Investment Banking Division. JP Morgan's takeover of Bear Stearns in 2008 will mean most employees will be moved to 383 Madison Avenue to reduce the leased real estate footprint in Midtown... |
687 / 209 | 50 | 1962 | ||
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685 / 209 | 42 | 1989 | Also known as the Morgan Stanley Morgan Stanley Morgan Stanley is a global financial services firm headquartered in New York City serving a diversified group of corporations, governments, financial institutions, and individuals. Morgan Stanley also operates in 36 countries around the world, with over 600 offices and a workforce of over 60,000.... World Headquarters. |
| 45 | Random House Tower Random House Tower The Random House Tower and Park Imperial is a 52-story mixed use tower in New York City that is used as the headquarters of Random House and a luxury apartment complex called Park Imperial. The book publisher entrance is on Broadway and goes up to 27 floors, while the apartment complex entrance... |
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684 / 208 | 52 | 2003 | |
| 46 | Four Seasons Hotel New York Four Seasons Hotel New York Four Seasons Hotel New York is a luxury hotel in New York.-Building:In the 1980s, William Zeckendorf, a prominent American real estate developer, assembled of vacant property on 57th Street between Madison and Park Avenue. Robert H... |
682 / 208 | 52 | 1993 | Tallest all-hotel building in the city. | |
| 47 | McGraw-Hill Building 1221 Avenue of the Americas 1221 Avenue of the Americas, also known as the McGraw-Hill Building is a skyscraper built in 1969, located at 1221 Sixth Avenue, Midtown Manhattan, New York City, United States, between Sixth Avenue and Seventh Avenue... |
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674 / 205 | 51 | 1969 | Also known as 1221 Avenue of the Americas. |
| 49= | Lincoln Building |  |
673 / 205 | 55 | 1930 | |
| 49= | Barclay Tower Barclay Tower The Barclay Tower is a skyscraper located in New York City's TriBeCa near Lower Manhattan. The residential building rises 673 feet above street level, containing 56 floors for 441 rental units. Construction of the building lasted from 2005 to 2007, with the topping out ceremony happening in Fall... |
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673 / 205 | 56 | 2007 | |
| 50 | Paramount Plaza Paramount Plaza Paramount Plaza is a 48-story skyscraper on Broadway in New York City that houses two Broadway theatres. In 2007 it was listed as number 46 on the list of tallest buildings in New York City.-History:... |
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670 / 204 | 48 | 1971 | |
| 51 | 440 West 42nd Street 440 West 42nd Street 440 West 42nd Street is 55-story skyscraper currently under-construction in New York City. Ground was broken in 2007 and topping out occurred in early August 2010. The building's height is 204 meters . The building is expected to be ready for occupancy in 2011. 440 West 42nd Street will contain a... |
669 / 204 | 55 | 2011 | Also known as MiMa | |
| 52 | Trump Tower Trump Tower (New York) Trump Tower is a 58-story mixed-use skyscraper located at 725 Fifth Avenue, at the corner of East 56th Street in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It was developed by Donald Trump and the Equitable Life Assurance Company, and designed by Der Scutt of Swanke, Hayden Connell... |
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664 / 202 | 58 | 1983 | |
| 53 | One Court Square | 658 / 201 | 50 | 1990 | Tallest building in New York City outside of Manhattan Manhattan Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York... . Tallest building on Long Island Long Island Long Island is an island located in the southeast part of the U.S. state of New York, just east of Manhattan. Stretching northeast into the Atlantic Ocean, Long Island contains four counties, two of which are boroughs of New York City , and two of which are mainly suburban... and in the Borough of Queens Queens Queens is the easternmost of the five boroughs of New York City. The largest borough in area and the second-largest in population, it is coextensive with Queens County, an administrative division of New York state, in the United States.... . Formerly known as the Citigroup Citigroup Citigroup Inc. or Citi is an American multinational financial services corporation headquartered in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States. Citigroup was formed from one of the world's largest mergers in history by combining the banking giant Citicorp and financial conglomerate... Building. |
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654 / 199 | 50 | 1931 | |
| 55= | 599 Lexington Avenue 599 Lexington Avenue 599 Lexington Avenue is a 653ft tall, 50-story skyscraper in New York City, New York designed by Edward Larrabee Barnes. It was the first building constructed by Mortimer Zuckerman and his company Boston Properties in New York City. The site was acquired for $84 million in 1984, and completed in... |
653 / 199 | 50 | 1986 | ||
| 55= | Silver Towers Silver Towers The Silver Towers are twin residential buildings in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan. The 60-story buildings stand on the west side of Eleventh Avenue between 41st Street and 42nd Street near the Hudson River and will contain 1,359 units... |
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653 / 199 | 57 | 2009 | |
| 57 | 712 5th Avenue 712 5th Avenue 712 5th Avenue is a 650ft tall skyscraper in New York City, New York. It was constructed from 1990 to 1991. It is the 53rd tallest building in New York City. The towers design had to accommodate the landmarked façades of the Coty and Rizzoli buildings at the base of the tower... |
650 / 198 | 52 | 1990 | ||
| 58 | Chanin Building Chanin Building The Chanin Building is a brick and terra-cotta skyscraper located at 122 East 42nd Street, at the corner of Lexington Avenue, in Manhattan. Built by Irwin S. Chanin in 1929, it is 56 stories high, reaching excluding the spire and including it... |
649 / 198 | 56 | 1930 | ||
| 59 | 245 Park Avenue 245 Park Avenue 245 Park Avenue is a 648ft tall skyscraper in New York City, New York. It was completed in 1967 and has 48 floors. Shreve, Lamb and Harmon designed the building, which is the 57th tallest building in New York City... |
648 / 198 | 44 | 1966 | ||
| 60 | Sony Tower Sony Building (New York) The Sony Tower, formerly the AT&T Building, is a tall, 37-story highrise skyscraper located at 550 Madison Avenue between 55th Street and 56th Street in the New York City borough of Manhattan. It was designed by architect Philip Johnson and partner John Burgee, and was completed in 1984... |
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647 / 197 | 37 | 1984 | Formerly known as the AT&T AT&T AT&T Inc. is an American multinational telecommunications corporation headquartered in Whitacre Tower, Dallas, Texas, United States. It is the largest provider of mobile telephony and fixed telephony in the United States, and is also a provider of broadband and subscription television services... Building. |
| 61 | Two World Financial Center Two World Financial Center Two World Financial Center is one of the largest skyscrapers in New York City, located at 225 Liberty Street in the Financial District of the New York City borough of Manhattan. Rising 645 feet , the building is the second tallest of the four buildings in the World Financial Center complex that... |
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645 / 197 | 44 | 1987 | |
| 62= | One New York Plaza One New York Plaza 1 New York Plaza is an office building in New York City, built in 1969, and is located at the intersection of South and Whitehall Streets . It is the southernmost of all Manhattan skyscrapers.- History :... |
640 / 195 | 50 | 1969 | ||
| 62= | 570 Lexington Avenue General Electric Building The General Electric Building, also known as 570 Lexington Avenue, is a historic 50-floor, -tall, skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, United States, at the southwest corner of Lexington Avenue and 51st Street). Originally known as the RCA Victor Building when designed in 1931 by John W... |
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640 / 195 | 50 | 1931 | Also known as the General Electric General Electric General Electric Company , or GE, is an American multinational conglomerate corporation incorporated in Schenectady, New York and headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States... Building. |
| 64 | 345 Park Avenue 345 Park Avenue 345 Park Avenue is a 634ft tall skyscraper in New York City, New York. It was completed in 1969 and has 44 floors. Emery Roth & Sons designed the building, which is the 60th tallest in New York.... |
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634 / 193 | 44 | 1969 | |
| 65 | 400 Fifth Avenue | 631 / 192.3 | 57 | 2010 | ||
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630 / 192 | 50 | 1971 | |
| 66= | Home Insurance Plaza Home Insurance Plaza Home Insurance Plaza is a 630ft tall skyscraper in New York City, New York. It was completed in 1966 and has 44 floors. Alfred Easton Poor designed the building, which is the 61st tallest in New York. The buildings plaza had a redelopment in 1987 by Kohn Pedersen Fox.-References:**-External links:*... |
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630 / 192 | 45 | 1966 | |
| 66= | 1095 Avenue of the Americas 1095 Avenue of the Americas 1095 Avenue Of The Americas is a 630 ft tall skyscraper in New York City, New York. It was constructed from 1972 to 1974 as headquarters of New York Telephone and has 41 floors. The building also served as the headquarters of Bell Atlantic. Kahn & Jacobs designed the building, which is the... |
630 / 192 | 40 | 1974 | Also known as Verizon World Headquarters. | |
| 66= | W New York Downtown, Hotel and Residences W New York Downtown, Hotel and Residences W New York Downtown Hotel and Residences is a at 123 Washington Street in Lower Manhattan, New York City. The 57-story building, which was completed in 2010, is divided between a 217-room hotel, on floors 1-32, and 223 luxury residential condominiums, on floors 33-56... |
- | 630 / 192 | 57 | 2010 | |
| 70 | 101 Park Avenue 101 Park Avenue 101 Park Avenue is a tall skyscraper in New York City, New York. It was completed in 1979 to 1982 and has 49 floors. Eli Attia Architects designed the building, which is the 64th tallest in New York.... |
629 / 192 | 49 | 1982 | ||
| 71= | One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza is a 628 ft tall skyscraper in New York City, New York. It was completed in 1972 and has 49 floors. It has 69,675 m² of floor area and is the 65th tallest building in New York. Its main usage is office space... |
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628 / 191 | 49 | 1972 | |
| 71= | Central Park Place Central Park Place Central Park Place was completed in 1988, and is located at 301 West 57th Street in New York City, United States... |
628 / 191 | 56 | 1988 | ||
| 71= | 888 7th Avenue 888 7th Avenue 888 7th Avenue is a 628ft tall skyscraper in New York City, New York. It was completed in 1971 and has 46 floors. Emery Roth & Sons designed the building, which is tied with Central Park Place for the 65th tallest building in New York City. It currently carries the Vornado Realty Trust corporate... |
628 / 191 | 46 | 1971 | ||
| 74= | Waldorf-Astoria Hotel Waldorf-Astoria Hotel The Waldorf-Astoria is a luxury hotel in New York. It has been housed in two historic landmark buildings in New York City. The first, designed by architect Henry J. Hardenbergh, was on the Fifth Avenue site of the Empire State Building. The present building at 301 Park Avenue in Manhattan is a... |
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625 / 191 | 47 | 1931 | |
| 74= | Burlington House Burlington House (New York City) The Burlington House, the Alliance Capital Building, is a 625ft tall skyscraper in New York City, New York. The structure located on Sixth Avenue between 54th and 55th Streets, was completed in 1969 and has 50 floors. Emery Roth & Sons designed the building, which is the 68th tallest in New York... |
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625 / 191 | 50 | 1969 | |
| 76 | Trump Palace Condominiums Trump Palace Condominiums Trump Palace Condominiums is a 623ft tall skyscraper at 200 East 69th Street in New York City, New York. It was completed in 1991 and has 54 floors... |
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623 / 190 | 54 | 1991 | |
| 77 | One Madison Park One Madison Park One Madison Park is a luxury residential condominium tower at 22 East 23rd Street, at the foot of Madison Avenue, across from Madison Square Park in the Flatiron District of Manhattan, New York City.-History:... |
621/189 | 60 | 2010 | ||
| 78= | Olympic Tower |  |
620 / 189 | 51 | 1976 | |
| 78= | Mercantile Building 10 East 40th Street 10 East 40th Street or the Mercantile Building is a skyscraper located in the Murray Hill section of New York City, between Fifth Avenue and Madison Avenue, taking the width of the block between 39th and 40th streets. Designed by Ludlow & Peabody and built by Jesse H. Jones, it was finished in... |
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620 / 189 | 48 | 1929 | Also known as 10 East 40th Street. |
| 80 | 425 5th Avenue 425 5th Avenue 425 5th Avenue is a tall skyscraper at East 38th Street in New York City, New York. It was constructed from 2001 to 2003 and has 55 floors. It has 197 units and is the 73rd tallest building in New York City. The building was topped off in April 2002, and was opened in September 2003.-References:**... |
618 / 188 | 55 | 2003 | ||
| 81= | The Epic The Epic The Epic is a 615ft tall skyscraper in New York City, New York. It was constructed from 2005 to 2007, and has 58 floors. It is the 74th tallest building in New York, and has 460 rooms.-References:**... |
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615 / 187 | 58 | 2007 | |
| 81= | 919 Third Avenue 919 Third Avenue 919 Third Avenue is an office building in New York City, built in 1971, and is located at the intersection of 3rd Avenue and East 55th Street in Manhattan.919 Third AvenueThe building is 615 feet tall with 47 floors... |
615 / 187 | 47 | 1971 | ||
| 81= | New York Life Building New York Life Building The New York Life Insurance Building, New York, located at 51 Madison Avenue, Manhattan, New York City, across from Madison Square Park, is the headquarters of the New York Life Insurance Company.- History :... |
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615 / 187 | 40 | 1928 | |
| 81= | 750 7th Avenue 750 7th Avenue 750 Seventh Avenue is a 615ft tall skyscraper in New York City, New York. It was completed in 1989 and has 36 floors. Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo & Associate designed the building, and it is owned by Hines. The building's continuous helix design, culminating in a chimney-like extension, was caused... |
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615 / 187 | 40 | 1989 | |
| 85 | Eventi Eventi -External links:* http://www.eventihotel.com/penn-station-hotel/index.html... |
614 / 187.1 | 46 | 2010 | ||
| 86 | Tower 49 Tower 49 Tower 49 is an office skyscraper in the Midtown Manhattan district of New York City.While nowhere near as illustrious as its neighbours at Rockefeller Center, it is of principal architectural note because it provides an elegant solution to the problem of an irregular building lot.In this case, the... |
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614 / 187 | 45 | 1985 | |
| 87 | Credit Lyonnais Building Credit Lyonnais Building Calyon Building is a 609 ft tall skyscraper located at 1301 Avenue of the Americas, New York City, New York. It was developed by Uris Brothers and was completed in 1964 and has 45 floors... |
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609 / 186 | 45 | 1964 | |
| 88 | The Orion The Orion The Orion is a skyscraper located at 350 West 42nd Street between Eighth and Ninth Avenues in the Hell's Kitchen or Clinton neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. The building rises 604 feet above street level, containing 58 floors of residential units... |
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604 / 184 | 58 | 2006 | |
| 89 | 590 Madison Avenue 590 Madison Avenue Formerly the IBM Building, 590 Madison Avenue is a tall skyscraper at the corner of 57th street in New York City, New York. It was completed in 1983 and has 41 floors. The building cost US$10 million, has of floor area, has 24 elevators, and is the 89th tallest building in New York. Edward... |
603 / 184 | 41 | 1983 | Also known as the IBM IBM International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas... Building. |
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| 90= | Marsh & McLennan Headquarters Marsh & McLennan Headquarters 1166 is a 600-feet tall skyscraper located at 1166 Avenue of the Americas in New York City, New York. It was completed in 1974 and has 44 floors totaling approximately 1.7 million square feet. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill designed the building, which is the 82nd tallest in New York City. It is the... |
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600 / 183 | 44 | 1974 | |
| 90= | 11 Times Square 11 Times Square Times Square Plaza, located at 11 Times Square is a 40 story skyscraper in New York City. Completed in 2010, it rises 600 feet , tying it for the 88th tallest building in New York City. 11 Times Square's anchor tenant, international law firm Proskauer Rose, moved in in January, 2011... |
600/183 | 40 | 2010 | Also known as Times Square Plaza |
Tallest buildings by pinnacle height
This lists ranks buildings in New York City based on pinnacle height measurement, which includes antenna masts. Standard architectural height measurement, which excludes antennas in building height, is included for comparative purposes. The Chrysler and New York Times buildings have the same height and rank (both pinnacle and standard heights).| Pinn. Rank |
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Year |
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| 1 | 1 | Empire State Building Empire State Building The Empire State Building is a 102-story landmark skyscraper and American cultural icon in New York City at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street. It has a roof height of 1,250 feet , and with its antenna spire included, it stands a total of 1,454 ft high. Its name is derived... |
102 | 1931 | |||
| 2 | 2 | Bank of America Tower | 54 | 2009 | |||
| 3 | 12 | Condé Nast Building Condé Nast Building The Condé Nast Building, officially 4 Times Square, is a modern skyscraper in Times Square in Midtown Manhattan. Located on Broadway between 42nd Street and 43rd, the structure was finished in January 2000 as part of a larger project to redevelop 42nd Street... |
809 (247) | 48 | 1999 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Chrysler Building Chrysler Building The Chrysler Building is an Art Deco style skyscraper in New York City, located on the east side of Manhattan in the Turtle Bay area at the intersection of 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue. Standing at , it was the world's tallest building for 11 months before it was surpassed by the Empire State... |
77 | 1931 | |||
| 4 | 3 | New York Times Building New York Times Building The New York Times Building is a skyscraper on the west side of Midtown Manhattan that was completed in 2007. Its chief tenant is The New York Times Company, publisher of The New York Times as well as The Boston Globe, the International Herald Tribune, and other newspapers... |
52 | 2007 | |||
| 6 | 5 | American International Building American International Building The American International Building is a 66-story, 952 foot tall building in Lower Manhattan in New York City. The official address is 70 Pine Street, New York, NY 10270 and is also bordered by Cedar Street and Pearl Street. It was completed in 1932 by the Cities Service Company for the oil and... |
952 (290) | 952 (290) | 66 | 1932 | |
| 7 | 14 | Bloomberg Tower Bloomberg Tower Bloomberg Tower is a glass skyscraper on the East Side of Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It houses the headquarters of Bloomberg L.P., retail outlets, restaurants and 105 luxury condominiums. The residences are known as One Beacon Court and are served by a separate entrance. The tower is the... |
941 (287) | 806 (246) | 54 | 2005 | |
| 8 | 6 | 40 Wall Street 40 Wall Street 40 Wall Street is a 70-story skyscraper in New York City. Originally known as the Bank of Manhattan Trust building, and also known as Manhattan Company Building, it was later known by its street address when its founding tenant merged to form the Chase Manhattan Bank and today is known as the... |
927 (283) | 927 (283) | 70 | 1930 | |
| 9 | 7 | Citigroup Center Citigroup Center The Citigroup Center is one of the ten tallest skyscrapers in New York City, United States, located at 53rd Street between Lexington Avenue and Third Avenue in midtown Manhattan... |
915 (279) | 915 (279) | 59 | 1977 | |
| 10 | 8 | Trump World Tower Trump World Tower Trump World Tower is a residential skyscraper at 845 United Nations Plaza in Manhattan, New York City. Construction began in 1999 and concluded in 2001... |
861 (262) | 861 (262) | 72 | 2001 |
Tallest building by borough
This lists the tallest building in each boroughBorough (New York City)
New York City, one of the largest cities in the world, is composed of five boroughs. Each borough now has the same boundaries as the county it is in. County governments were dissolved when the city consolidated in 1898, along with all city, town, and village governments within each county...
of New York City based on standard height measurement. The "Year" column indicates the year in which a building was completed.
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Floors |
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| Bronx | Harlem River Park Towers I & II | 404 (123) | 44 | 1975 | |
| Brooklyn Brooklyn Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated... |
Brooklyner Brooklyner Brooklyner or 111 Lawrence Street is a skyscraper in Downtown Brooklyn, New York. Built by the Clarett Group and designed by GKV Architects, WSP Cantor Seinuk , and Langan Engineering , it is currently the tallest building in Brooklyn, surpassing the Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower... |
512 (156 m) | 51 | 2009 | |
| Manhattan Manhattan Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York... |
Empire State Building Empire State Building The Empire State Building is a 102-story landmark skyscraper and American cultural icon in New York City at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street. It has a roof height of 1,250 feet , and with its antenna spire included, it stands a total of 1,454 ft high. Its name is derived... |
102 | 1931 | ||
| ---Harlem Harlem Harlem is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, which since the 1920s has been a major African-American residential, cultural and business center. Originally a Dutch village, formally organized in 1658, it is named after the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands... |
Annenberg Building | 26 | 1976 | ||
| ---Chinatown Chinatown, Manhattan Manhattan's Chinatown , home to one of the highest concentrations of Chinese people in the Western hemisphere, is located in the borough of Manhattan in New York City... |
Confucius Plaza Confucius Plaza Confucius Plaza Apartments is a limited-equity housing cooperative in Chinatown, Manhattan. The 44-story coop brown brick tower complex in chinatown tower block with 762 apartments was constructed in 1975 at a cost of $38,387,000. The building was the first major public-funded housing project... |
44 | 1976 | ||
| Queens Queens Queens is the easternmost of the five boroughs of New York City. The largest borough in area and the second-largest in population, it is coextensive with Queens County, an administrative division of New York state, in the United States.... |
One Court Square | 658 (201) | 50 | 1990 | |
| Staten Island Staten Island Staten Island is a borough of New York City, New York, United States, located in the southwest part of the city. Staten Island is separated from New Jersey by the Arthur Kill and the Kill Van Kull, and from the rest of New York by New York Bay... |
Castleton Park Towers | unavailable | 20 | 1976 |
Under construction
This lists buildings that are currently under construction in New York City, the construction of which has not been cancelled or suspended in any way, and are expected to rise to a height of at least 600 feet (183 m). Buildings under construction that have already been "topped out" are also included. For buildings whose heights have not yet been released by their developers, this table uses a floor count of 50 stories as the cutoff.| Name | Image | Height ft / m |
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| One World Trade Center | 105 | 2013 | One World Trade Center, formerly known as the "Freedom Tower", will become the tallest building in the city and one of the tallest in the western hemisphere upon completion. The tower's roof will be 1,368 feet (417 m) high, but will be topped out by a 408-foot (124-m) spire. Tallest building in Lower Manhattan Lower Manhattan Lower Manhattan is the southernmost part of the island of Manhattan, the main island and center of business and government of the City of New York... since July 2011 |
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| Two World Trade Center Two World Trade Center Two World Trade Center is an 88-story skyscraper under construction as part of the new World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan of New York City. The tower will be located in the northeast corner of the World Trade Center site, where the former 5 World Trade Center stood, with the original 2... |
1,350 / 411 | 79 | 2014 | Also known as 200 Greenwich Street. | |
| Three World Trade Center | 1,240 / 378 | 71 | 2014 | Also known as 175 Greenwich Street. | |
| Carnegie 57 Carnegie 57 Carnegie 57, also known as One57, is a 75-story skyscraper currently under-construction in New York City. Upon completion in 2013 it will stand at 306 meters tall, making it one of the tallest buildings in the city. The mixed use tower is developed by the Extell Development Company. Foundation... |
1,005 / 306 | 75 | 2013 | Upon completion will become the tallest mixed-use tower in the city and the tallest concrete-structure building in New York City | |
| Four World Trade Center | 975 / 297 | 64 | 2013 | Also known as 150 Greenwich Street. | |
| 99 Church Street 99 Church Street 99 Church Street, also known as 30 Park Place, is a building under construction in Lower Manhattan, New York City. It will be the tallest residential building in the city, at 912 feet. The building was designed by Robert A. M. Stern, and is being developed by Silverstein Properties... |
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912 / 278 | 68 | 2014 | Construction suspended |
| 56 Leonard Street 56 Leonard Street 56 Leonard Street is a 796ft tall skyscraper under construction in New York City, United States. It is designed by the Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron and will be located on Leonard Street in Tribeca and have 58 floors... |
— | 796 / 243 | 58 | 2013 | Construction suspended |
| 50 West Street 50 West Street 50 West Street is a tall skyscraper under construction in New York City. It will have and 63 floors. Murphy/Jahn Architects designed the building. The project also includes a pedestrian walkway to the neighboring Battery Tunnel Garage... |
— | 725 / 221 | 63 | 2015 | Construction suspended |
| 1715 Broadway 1715 Broadway 1715 Broadway is a hotel skyscraper under construction in 2011 in New York City, United States. It will have 634 rooms and 98 parking spaces.-References:... |
- | 751 / 229 | 68 | 2014 |
Approved
This lists buildings that are approved for construction in New York City, have not yet begun, and are expected to rise at least 600 feet (183 m) in height. Buildings whose construction has been halted or suspended are also included.| Name | Height ft / m |
Floors | Year | Notes |
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| 15 Penn Plaza | 1,198 / 365 | 62 | 2014 | Approved |
| GiraSole GiraSole (New York) GiraSole is a supertall skyscraper approved for construction in New York City. The building is planned to be completed by 2013, and is expected to rise 67 floors and 1,060 feet in height. Fxfowle Architects designed the building, which would have 139,355 m² of floor space. Girasole means sunflower... |
1,060 / 323 | 60 | 2013 | |
| Tower Verre Tower Verre Tower Verre, also known as the MoMA Expansion Tower and 53 West 53rd Street, is a supertall skyscraper proposed by the real estate company Hines to rise in Midtown Manhattan, New York City adjacent to the Museum of Modern Art.... |
1,050 / 320 | 75 | 2013 | Also known as the MoMA Museum of Modern Art The Museum of Modern Art is an art museum in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, on 53rd Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It has been important in developing and collecting modernist art, and is often identified as the most influential museum of modern art in the world... Expansion Tower and 53 West 53rd Street. |
| 20 Times Square 20 Times Square 20 Times Square is a proposed office tower that would be built above the north wing of the Port Authority Bus Terminal, in New York City, United States. In November 2011, Vornado's financial backers pulled out of the project, leaving the fate of the building up in the air.... |
855 / 260.6 | 42 | ||
| 130 Liberty Street | 743 / 226 | 42 | 2014 | Also known as Five World Trade Center. |
| 250 East 57th St. | 715 / 218 | 59 | Phase 1 of construction has begun which includes a construction of new public schools. Once Phase 1 is completed in 2012, construction of the tower will begin. | |
| Nobu Hotel and Residences Nobu Hotel and Residences Nobu Hotel and Residences will be a 65 story building at 45 Broad Street. The building will be built in the Financial District in New York City. The building will be eco friendly using wind power and recycling its water. The building is expect to be complete by 2010 and will rise to . The building... |
650 / 198 | 62 |
Proposed
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Floors † |
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Notes |
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| Hudson Place North Tower | 1,279 / 340 | 64 | 2015 | |
| Manhattan West Tower I Manhattan West Manhattan West is a mixed-use development by Brookfield Properties which is currently in the planning stages. The project consists of two large office towers and two smaller residential towers. The towers will be built on a platform over railroad tracks along Ninth Ave. between 31st and 33rd... |
1,216 / 371 | 66 | 2015 | |
| Hudson Place South Tower | 997 / 304 | 52 | 2015 | Illustrated above. |
| SNCI Tower SNCI Tower The SNCI Tower is an apartment skyscraper in New York City, New York. The building is planned to rise 289.6 metres in the city's TriBeCa district, with 57 floors. The building was proposed in mid 2011... |
950 / 289.6 | 57 | ||
| The New York Sky Garden Tower | 937 / 285 | 74 | Would be built over the current building at One Madison Avenue. | |
| Manhattan West Tower II Manhattan West Manhattan West is a mixed-use development by Brookfield Properties which is currently in the planning stages. The project consists of two large office towers and two smaller residential towers. The towers will be built on a platform over railroad tracks along Ninth Ave. between 31st and 33rd... |
935 / 285 | 60 | 2013 | |
| 708 First Avenue Tower I Con-Ed Redevelopment The Con-Ed Redevelopment is a complex of residential skyscraper proposed in New York City. 685 1st Avenue will be 718 ft tall and have 69 floors. 700 1st Avenue Tower 3... |
864 / 263 | 57 | 2008 | |
| 685 First Avenue Con-Ed Redevelopment The Con-Ed Redevelopment is a complex of residential skyscraper proposed in New York City. 685 1st Avenue will be 718 ft tall and have 69 floors. 700 1st Avenue Tower 3... |
836 / 255 | 67 | 2008 | Height and floor count not yet confirmed. |
| 700 1st Avenue Tower III Con-Ed Redevelopment The Con-Ed Redevelopment is a complex of residential skyscraper proposed in New York City. 685 1st Avenue will be 718 ft tall and have 69 floors. 700 1st Avenue Tower 3... |
689 / 210 | 66 | ||
| 708 1st Avenue Con-Ed Redevelopment The Con-Ed Redevelopment is a complex of residential skyscraper proposed in New York City. 685 1st Avenue will be 718 ft tall and have 69 floors. 700 1st Avenue Tower 3... |
666 / 203 | 45 | ||
| 700 1st Avenue Tower 2 Con-Ed Redevelopment The Con-Ed Redevelopment is a complex of residential skyscraper proposed in New York City. 685 1st Avenue will be 718 ft tall and have 69 floors. 700 1st Avenue Tower 3... |
631 / 192 | 60 | ||
| 160 West 62nd Street | 621 / 189 | 57 | 2010 | |
| Atlantic Yards Building 1 Atlantic Yards The Atlantic Yards is a mixed-use commercial and residential development project of 16 high-rise buildings, under construction in Prospect Heights, adjacent to Downtown Brooklyn and Fort Greene in Brooklyn, New York City... |
620 / 189 | |||
| 700 First Avenue Tower 1 Con-Ed Redevelopment The Con-Ed Redevelopment is a complex of residential skyscraper proposed in New York City. 685 1st Avenue will be 718 ft tall and have 69 floors. 700 1st Avenue Tower 3... |
600 / 183 | 57 | ||
| Silvercup Studios West Tower 1 | 600 / 183 | 57 | 2009 | |
| Queens Street Apartments | 600 / 183 |
† A blank entry indicates that information has not yet been released about a proposed building's number of floors, its date of completion, or both.
Tallest destroyed
This lists buildings in New York City that were destroyed or are undergoing demolition and at one time stood at least 500 feet (152 m) in height.| Name | Image | Height ft / m |
Floors | Com- pleted in |
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Notes |
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| One World Trade Center World Trade Center The original World Trade Center was a complex with seven buildings featuring landmark twin towers in Lower Manhattan, New York City, United States. The complex opened on April 4, 1973, and was destroyed in 2001 during the September 11 attacks. The site is currently being rebuilt with five new... (original) |
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1,368 / 417 | 110 | 1972 | 2001 | Destroyed in the September 11, 2001, attacks. Stood as the tallest building in the world from 1972 until 1974. |
| Two World Trade Center World Trade Center The original World Trade Center was a complex with seven buildings featuring landmark twin towers in Lower Manhattan, New York City, United States. The complex opened on April 4, 1973, and was destroyed in 2001 during the September 11 attacks. The site is currently being rebuilt with five new... (original) |
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1,362 / 415 | 110 | 1973 | 2001 | Destroyed in the September 11 attacks. |
| Singer Building Singer Building The Singer Building or Singer Tower at Liberty Street and Broadway in Manhattan, was a 47-story office building completed in 1908 as the headquarters of the Singer Manufacturing Company. It was demolished in 1968 and is now the site of 1 Liberty Plaza.... |
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612 / 187 | 47 | 1908 | 1968 | Demolished to make room for One Liberty Plaza One Liberty Plaza One Liberty Plaza, formerly the U.S. Steel Building, is a skyscraper in lower Manhattan, New York City, at the location of the former Singer Building . 1 Liberty Plaza is currently owned and operated by Brookfield Properties. The building is tall and 54 floors. It was built in 1973... . Stood as the tallest building in the world from 1908 until 1909. |
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570 / 174 | 47 | 1987 | 2001 | Destroyed in the September 11 attacks. |
| Deutsche Bank Building Deutsche Bank Building The Deutsche Bank Building was a skyscraper at 130 Liberty Street in New York City, United States, adjacent to the World Trade Center . Opened in 1974 as Bankers Trust Plaza, the building was acquired by Deutsche Bank when it acquired Bankers Trust in 1998. It was part of the skyline of Lower... |
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565 / 172 | 40 | 1974 | 2011 | Deconstruction finished on January 20, 2011 due to damage sustained in the September 11 attacks. |
Timeline of tallest buildings
This lists buildings that once held the title of tallest building in New York City. Every building on the list below, with the exception of Trinity ChurchTrinity Church, New York
Trinity Church at 79 Broadway, Lower Manhattan, is a historic, active parish church in the Episcopal Diocese of New York...
, was the tallest building in the world at the time of its completion.
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| Trinity Church Trinity Church, New York Trinity Church at 79 Broadway, Lower Manhattan, is a historic, active parish church in the Episcopal Diocese of New York... |
79 Broadway | 1846–1890 | 279 / 85 | 1 | ||
| Latting Observatory Latting Observatory The Latting Observatory was a wooden tower in New York City built as part of the 1853 Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations, adjoining the New York Crystal Palace. It was located on the North side of 42nd Street between Fifth Avenue and Sixth Avenue across the street from the site of... |
42nd Street 42nd Street (Manhattan) 42nd Street is a major crosstown street in the New York City borough of Manhattan, known for its theaters, especially near the intersection with Broadway at Times Square. It is also the name of the region of the theater district near that intersection... and Fifth Avenue |
1853–1856 | 315 / 96 | 3 | ||
| World Building New York World Building The New York World Building was a skyscraper in New York City designed by early skyscraper specialist George Browne Post and built in 1890 to house the now-defunct newspaper, The New York World. It was razed in 1955.-History:... (1890–1955) |
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Frankfort Street | 1890–1894 | 348 / 106 | 20 | Built for the former New York World New York World The New York World was a newspaper published in New York City from 1860 until 1931. The paper played a major role in the history of American newspapers... . Tied for tallest from 1894 to 1899. |
| Manhattan Life Insurance Building Manhattan Life Insurance Building The Manhattan Life Insurance Building was a tower at 64-66 Broadway in New York City completed in 1894 to the designs of the architects of Kimball & Thompson and slightly extended north in 1904 making its new address 64-70 Broadway... (1894–1930) |
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64–70 Broadway | 1894–1899 | 348 / 106 | 18 | Tied for tallest from 1894 to 1899. |
| Park Row Building Park Row Building The Park Row Building is a building on Park Row in the Financial District of the New York City borough of Manhattan also known as 15 Park Row... |
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13–21 Park Row | 1899–1908 | 391 / 119 | 30 | |
| Singer Building Singer Building The Singer Building or Singer Tower at Liberty Street and Broadway in Manhattan, was a 47-story office building completed in 1908 as the headquarters of the Singer Manufacturing Company. It was demolished in 1968 and is now the site of 1 Liberty Plaza.... (1908–1968) |
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149 Broadway | 1908–1909 | 612 / 187 | 47 | |
| Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower, also known as the Metropolitan Life Tower or Met Life Tower, is a landmark skyscraper located on East 23rd Street between Madison Avenue and Park Avenue South, off of Madison Square Park. in the borough of Manhattan in New York City... |
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1 Madison Avenue | 1909–1913 | 700 / 213 | 50 | |
| Woolworth Building Woolworth Building The Woolworth Building is one of the oldest skyscrapers in New York City. More than a century after the start of its construction, it remains, at 57 stories, one of the fifty tallest buildings in the United States as well as one of the twenty tallest buildings in New York City... |
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233 Broadway | 1913–1930 | 792 / 241 | 57 | |
| Bank of Manhattan Trust Building 40 Wall Street 40 Wall Street is a 70-story skyscraper in New York City. Originally known as the Bank of Manhattan Trust building, and also known as Manhattan Company Building, it was later known by its street address when its founding tenant merged to form the Chase Manhattan Bank and today is known as the... |
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40 Wall Street | 1930 | 927 / 283 | 70 | |
| Chrysler Building Chrysler Building The Chrysler Building is an Art Deco style skyscraper in New York City, located on the east side of Manhattan in the Turtle Bay area at the intersection of 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue. Standing at , it was the world's tallest building for 11 months before it was surpassed by the Empire State... |
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405 Lexington Avenue | 1930–1931 | 77 | ||
| Empire State Building Empire State Building The Empire State Building is a 102-story landmark skyscraper and American cultural icon in New York City at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street. It has a roof height of 1,250 feet , and with its antenna spire included, it stands a total of 1,454 ft high. Its name is derived... |
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350 Fifth Avenue | 1931–1972 | 102 | ||
| One World Trade Center World Trade Center The original World Trade Center was a complex with seven buildings featuring landmark twin towers in Lower Manhattan, New York City, United States. The complex opened on April 4, 1973, and was destroyed in 2001 during the September 11 attacks. The site is currently being rebuilt with five new... |
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1 World Trade Center | 1972–2001 | 110 | Destroyed in the September 11, 2001, attacks. |
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| Empire State Building Empire State Building The Empire State Building is a 102-story landmark skyscraper and American cultural icon in New York City at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street. It has a roof height of 1,250 feet , and with its antenna spire included, it stands a total of 1,454 ft high. Its name is derived... |
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350 Fifth Avenue | 2001–2012 | 102 |
See also
- Architecture of New York City
- List of cities with most skyscrapers
External links
- Diagram of New York City skyscrapers on SkyscraperPage