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 non-architectural antennas in building height, is included for comparative purposes. 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.
| Pinn. Rank |
Std. Rank |
Name | Pinnacle height |
Standard height |
Floors |
Year |
Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Empire State Building | 995 !1,454 (443) | 994 !1,250 (381) | 102 | 1931 | |
| 2 | 2 | Bank of America Tower | 993 !1,200 (366) | 993 !1,200 (366) | 54 | 2009 | |
| 3 | 12 | Condé Nast Building | 992 !1,118 (341) | 809 (247) | 48 | 1999 | |
| 4= | 3= | Chrysler Building | 990 !1,046 (319) | 990 !1,046 (319) | 77 | 1931 | |
| 4= | 3= | New York Times Building | 990 !1,046 (319) | 990 !1,046 (319) | 52 | 2007 | |
| 6 | 5 | American International Building | 952 (290) | 952 (290) | 66 | 1932 | |
| 7 | 14 | Bloomberg Tower | 941 (287) | 806 (246) | 54 | 2005 | |
| 8 | 6 | The Trump Building | 927 (283) | 927 (283) | 70 | 1930 | |
| 9 | 7 | Citigroup Center | 915 (279) | 915 (279) | 59 | 1977 | |
| 10 | 8 | Trump World Tower | 861 (262) | 861 (262) | 72 | 2001 |
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