Tallest Buildings
This list ranks completed and topped out 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.
Was the world's tallest building upon completion| Rank | Name | Image | Height |
Floors | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Empire State Building | 995 !1,250 (381) | 102 | 1931 | 22nd-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, it was the tallest building in the world from its completion in 1931 until the World Trade Center was completed in 1972, and has been New York City's tallest building since the World Trade Center was destroyed in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. | |
| 2 | Bank of America Tower | 990 !1,200 (366) | 54 | 2008 | 29th-tallest building in the world, 4th-tallest in the United States; first skyscraper to receive a Platinum LEED certification | |
| 3= | Chrysler Building | !1,046 (319) | 77 | 1930 | 57th-tallest building in the world, 7th-tallest in the United States; first building in the world to rise higher than 1,000 feet (305 m); stood as the tallest building in the world from 1930 until 1931; tallest all-brick building in the world | |
| 3= | New York Times Building | 985 !1,046 (319) | 52 | 2007 | 57th-tallest building in the world, 8th-tallest in the United States; also known as the Times Tower | |
| 5 | Four World Trade Center* | 977 (298) | 72 | 2013 |
Also known as 150 Greenwich street; part of the rebuilding of the World Trade Center site; topped out on June 24, 2012 | |
| 6 | 70 Pine Street | 952 (290) | 66 | 1932 | 17th-tallest building in the United States; tallest completed building in Lower Manhattan; formerly known as the American International Building and the Cities Service Building | |
| 7 | The Trump Building | 927 (283) | 70 | 1930 | 21st-tallest in the United States; was world's tallest building for less than two months in 1930; formerly known as the Bank of Manhattan Trust Building; also known as 40 Wall Street | |
| 8 | Citigroup Center | 915 (279) | 59 | 1977 | Formerly known as the Citicorp Center | |
| 9 | 8 Spruce Street | 876 (267) | 76 | 2011 | Also known as Beekman Tower; tallest residential building in New York City and the western hemisphere | |
| 10 | Trump World Tower | 861 (262) | 72 | 2001 | Second-tallest residential building in the city; tallest residential building in the world from 2000 until 2003 | |
| 11 | GE Building | 850 (259) | 70 | 1933 | Formerly known as the RCA Building; colloquially referred to as "30 Rock" for its address, 30 Rockefeller Center; houses the Top of the Rock, the second-highest observation deck in New York | |
| 12 | CitySpire Center | 814 (248) | 73 | 1987 | ||
| 13 | One Chase Manhattan Plaza | 813 (248) | 60 | 1961 | ||
| 14 | Condé Nast Building | 809 (247) | 48 | 1999 | Also known as Four Times Square | |
| 15 | MetLife Building | 808 (246) | 59 | 1963 | Formerly known as the Pan Am Building | |
| 16 | Bloomberg Tower | 806 (246) | 54 | 2005 | ||
| 17 | Woolworth Building | 792 (241) | 57 | 1913 | Tallest building in the world from 1913 until 1930 | |
| 18 | One Worldwide Plaza | 778 (237) | 50 | 1989 | ||
| 19 | Carnegie Hall Tower | 757 (231) | 60 | 1991 | ||
| 20 | 383 Madison Avenue | 755 (230) | 47 | 2001 | Formerly known as Bear Stearns World Headquarters | |
| 21 | AXA Center | 752 (229) | 54 | 1986 | Formerly known as the Equitable Building and Equitable Center West | |
| 22= | One Penn Plaza | 750 (229) | 57 | 1972 | ||
| 22= | Exxon Building | 750 (229) | 54 | 1971 | Also known as 1251 Avenue of the Americas | |
| 24= | Time Warner Center South Tower | 750 (229) | 55 | 2004 | ||
| 24= | Time Warner Center North Tower | 750 (229) | 55 | 2004 | ||
| 26 | 200 West Street | 749 (228) | 44 | 2010 | Also known as Goldman Sachs World Headquarters | |
| 27 | 60 Wall Street | 745 (227) | 55 | 1989 | Also known as Deutsche Bank Headquarters | |
| 28 | One Astor Plaza | 745 (227) | 54 | 1972 | ||
| 29 | One Liberty Plaza | 743 (226) | 54 | 1973 | Formerly known as the U.S. Steel Building | |
| 30 | 20 Exchange Place | 741 (226) | 57 | 1931 | Formerly known as the City Bank-Farmers Trust Building | |
| 31 | 7 World Trade Center | 741 (226) | 49 | 2006 | ||
| 32 | Three World Financial Center | 739 (225) | 51 | 1986 | Also known as American Express Tower | |
| 33 | Bertelsmann Building | 733 (223) | 42 | 1990 | ||
| 34 | Times Square Tower | 726 (221) | 47 | 2004 | ||
| 35 | Metropolitan Tower | 716 (218) | 68 | 1987 | ||
| 36 | 500 Fifth Avenue | 709 (216) | 60 | 1931 | ||
| 37 | JP Morgan Chase World Headquarters | 707 (215) | 52 | 1960 | ||
| 38 | General Motors Building | 705 (215) | 50 | 1968 | ||
| 39 | Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower | 700 (213) | 50 | 1909 | Tallest building in the world from 1909 until 1913 | |
| 40 | Americas Tower | 692 (211) | 50 | 1992 | ||
| 41 | Solow Building | 689 (210) | 50 | 1974 | ||
| 42 | HSBC Bank Building | 688 (210) | 52 | 1967 | Also known as Marine Midland Building | |
| 43= | 55 Water Street | 687 (209) | 53 | 1972 | ||
| 43= | 277 Park Avenue | 687 (209) | 50 | 1962 | ||
| 45 | 1585 Broadway | 685 (209) | 42 | 1989 | Also known as the Morgan Stanley World Headquarters | |
| 46 | Random House Tower | 684 (208) | 52 | 2003 | ||
| 47 | Four Seasons Hotel New York | 682 (208) | 52 | 1993 | Tallest all-hotel building in the city | |
| 48 | McGraw-Hill Building | 674 (205) | 51 | 1969 | Also known as 1221 Avenue of the Americas | |
| 49= | Lincoln Building | 673 (205) | 55 | 1930 | ||
| 49= | Barclay Tower | 673 (205) | 56 | 2007 | ||
| 51 | Paramount Plaza | 670 (204) | 48 | 1971 | ||
| 52 | 440 West 42nd Street | — | 669 (204) | 55 | 2011 | Also known as MiMa |
| 53 | Trump Tower | 664 (202) | 58 | 1983 | ||
| 54 | One Court Square | 658 (201) | 50 | 1990 | Tallest building in New York City outside of Manhattan; tallest building on Long Island and in the Borough of Queens; formerly known as the Citigroup Building | |
| 55 | 1 Wall Street | 654 (199) | 50 | 1931 | ||
| 56= | 599 Lexington Avenue | 653 (199) | 50 | 1986 | ||
| 56= | Silver Towers I | 653 (199) | 60 | 2009 | Also known as River Place | |
| 56= | Silver Towers II | 653 (199) | 60 | 2009 | Also known as River Place | |
| 59 | 712 5th Avenue | 650 (198) | 52 | 1990 | ||
| 60 | Chanin Building | 649 (198) | 56 | 1930 | ||
| 61 | 245 Park Avenue | 648 (198) | 44 | 1966 | ||
| 62 | Sony Tower | 647 (197) | 37 | 1984 | Formerly known as the AT&T Building | |
| 63 | Two World Financial Center | 645 (197) | 44 | 1987 | ||
| 64= | One New York Plaza | 640 (195) | 50 | 1969 | ||
| 64= | 570 Lexington Avenue | 640 (195) | 50 | 1931 | Also known as the General Electric Building | |
| 66 | 345 Park Avenue | 634 (193) | 44 | 1969 | ||
| 67 | 400 Fifth Avenue | — | 631 (192) | 57 | 2010 | |
| 68= | W. R. Grace Building | 630 (192) | 50 | 1971 | ||
| 68= | Home Insurance Plaza | 630 (192) | 45 | 1966 | ||
| 68= | 1095 Avenue of the Americas | 630 (192) | 40 | 1974 | Also known as Verizon World Headquarters | |
| 68= | W New York Downtown, Hotel and Residences | 630 (192) | 57 | 2010 | ||
| 72 | 101 Park Avenue | 629 (192) | 49 | 1982 | ||
| 73= | One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza | 628 (191) | 49 | 1972 | ||
| 73= | Central Park Place | 628 (191) | 56 | 1988 | ||
| 73= | 888 7th Avenue | 628 (191) | 46 | 1971 | ||
| 76= | Waldorf-Astoria Hotel | 625 (191) | 47 | 1931 | ||
| 76= | Burlington House | 625 (191) | 50 | 1969 | ||
| 78 | Trump Palace Condominiums | 623 (190) | 54 | 1991 | ||
| 79= | Olympic Tower | 620 (189) | 51 | 1976 | ||
| 79= | Mercantile Building | 620 (189) | 48 | 1929 | Also known as 10 East 40th Street | |
| 81 | 425 5th Avenue | 618 (188) | 55 | 2003 | ||
| 82 | One Madison Park | 617 (188) | 60 | 2010 | ||
| 83= | The Epic | 615 (187) | 58 | 2007 | ||
| 83= | 919 Third Avenue | 615 (187) | 47 | 1971 | ||
| 83= | New York Life Building | 615 (187) | 40 | 1928 | ||
| 83= | 750 7th Avenue | 615 (187) | 40 | 1989 | ||
| 87= | Eventi | 614 (187) | 54 | 2010 | ||
| 87= | Tower 49 | 614 (187) | 45 | 1985 | ||
| 89 | Credit Lyonnais Building | 609 (186) | 45 | 1964 | ||
| 90 | 250 West 55th Street* | — | 605 (184) | 39 | 2013 | This building was topped out in mid-2012. |
| 91 | The Orion | 604 (184) | 58 | 2006 | ||
| 92 | 590 Madison Avenue | 603 (184) | 41 | 1983 | Also known as the IBM Building | |
| 93 | 11 Times Square | — | 601 (183) | 40 | 2010 | Also known as Times Square Plaza |
| 94 | Marsh & McLennan Headquarters | 600 (183) | 44 | 1974 |
* indicates building is still under construction, but has been topped out
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