Cataloging all buildings in New York City over 250 feet
Data compiled by Marshall Gerometta [link]
Photography courtesy of The New York Database

Full version; New York's Tallest Buildings: (2002)

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New York's Tallest Buildings

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New York Building Database:

Rank Name, Address
 Height(ft.)
 Storeys
 Year
 Architect(s)
1776 Freedom Tower
 1776 111 2007 Studio Daniel Libeskind
One World Trade Center
 1368
 110
 1972 M. Yamasaki, Emery Roth & Sons
Two World Trade Center
 1362
 110
 1973
 M. Yamasaki, Emery Roth & Sons
1 Empire State Building, 350 5th Ave. 1250 102 1931 Shreve, Lamb & Harmon
New York Times Tower 1142 52 2005 Renzo Piano, Fox & Fowle
World Trade Center Redevelopment Tower 2
 1110 70 Studio Daniel Libeskind
1 New York Place 1050 90 2008 Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
2 Chrysler Bldg., 405 Lexington Ave. 1046 77 1930 William van Alen
World Trade Center Redevelopment Tower 3 1024 65 Studio Daniel Libeskind
World Trade Center Redevelopment Tower 4 973 60 Studio Daniel Libeskind
Bank of America Tower 960 53 Cook + Fox
3 American International Bldg., 70 Pine 952 67 1932 Clinton & Russell
4 The Trump Bldg., 40 Wall St. 927 71 1930 H. Craig Severance
5 Citigroup Center, 153 E. 53rd St. 915 59 1977 Stubbins Associates
708 1st Ave. 880 70 2006 Pei Cobb Freed & Partners/Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
6 Trump World Tower, 845 UN Plaza 861 72 2001 Costas Kondylis
7 Bloomberg Tower, 731 Lexington Ave. 856 53 2005 Cesar Pelli & Associates
8 G. E. Bldg., 30 Rockefeller Center 850 70 1933 Raymond Hood
9 Cityspire, 150 W. 56th St. 814 75 1989 Murphy/Jahn
10 One Chase Manhattan Plaza 813 60 1960 Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
11 Conde Nast Bldg., 4 Times Square 809 48 1999 Fox & Fowle Architects
12 MetLife Bldg., 200 Park Ave. 808 59 1963 Emery Roth & Sons, Pietro Belluschi
13 Woolworth Building, 233 Broadway
 792
 57
 1913
 Cass Gilbert
14 1 Worldwide Plaza, 935 8th Ave.
 778
 47
 1989
 Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
616 1st Ave.
 770
 66
 2011
 Pei Cobb Freed & Partners/Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
685 1st Ave.
 770
 66
 2011
 Pei Cobb Freed & Partners/Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
15 Carnegie Hall Tower, 152 W. 57th St.
 757
 60
 1991
 Cesar Pelli & Associates
16 Bear Stearns World Headquarters, 383 Madison Ave.
 757
 47
 2001
 Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
World Trade Center Redevelopment Tower 4
 755
 50
Studio Daniel Libeskind
Ninth Avenue Tower
 754
 51
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
17 AXA Center, 787 7th Ave.
 752
 51
 1985
 Edward Larrabee Barnes Associates
18 One Penn Plaza, 250 W. 34th St.
 750
 57
 1972
 Kahn & Jacobs
19 Time Warner Center South Tower, 10 Columbus Circle
 750
 55
 2003
 Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
20 Time Warner Center North Tower, 10 Columbus Circle
 750
 55
 2003
 Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
21 1251 Ave. of Americas
 750
 54
 1971
 Harrison, Abramovitz & Harris
7 World Trade Center
 750 52
 2005
 Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
22 J.P. Morgan Headquarters, 60 Wall St.
 745
 55
 1989
 Kevin Roche, John Dinkeloo & Associates
23 1 Liberty Plaza, 165 Broadway
 743
 54
 1973
 Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
24 20 Exchange Place
 741
 57
 1931
 Cross & Cross
25 American Express Bldg., Three World Financial Center, 200 Vesey St.
 739
 51
 1986
 Cesar Pelli & Associates
26 One Astor Plaza, 1515 Broadway
 730
 54
 1970
 Kahn & Jacobs
27 Times Square Tower , 7 Times Square
 726
 47
 2003
 Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
28 Metropolitan Tower, 142 W. 57th St.
 716
 68
 1985
 A.G. Lichtenstein & Associates
29 JP Morgan Chase World Headquarters, 270 Park Ave.
 707
 52
 1960
 Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
30 General Motors Bldg., 767 5th Ave.
 705
 50
 1968
 Emery Roth & Sons/Edward Durell Stone
31 Metropolitan Life Tower, 1 Madison Ave.
 700
 50
 1909
 Napoleon LeBrun & Sons
32 500 5th Ave.
 697
 60
 1931
 Shreve, Lamb & Harmon
33 Americas Tower, 1177 Ave. of Amer.
 692
 48
 1992
 Swanke Hayden Connel Architects
34 Solow Bldg. 9 W. 57th St.
 689
 49
 1974
 Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
35 Marine Midland Bank, 140 Broadway
 688
 52
 1966
 Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
36 55 Water St.
 687
 53
 1972
 Emery Roth & Sons
37 277 Park Ave.
 687
 50
 1963
 Emery Roth & Sons
38 Solomon Equities Bldg., 1585 Broadway
 685
 42
 1989
 Gwathemy, Siegel & Associates, Emery Roth & Sons
39 Random House World Hdq., 1739 Broadway
 684
 52
 2003 Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
40 Four Seasons Hotel, 57 E. 57th
 682
 52
 1993
 Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
41 Bertelsmann Building, 1540 Broadway
 676
 42
 1990
 Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
42 McGraw Hill, 1221 Ave. of Amer.
 674
 51
 1972
 Harrison & Abramovitz
43 Lincoln Bldg., 60 E. 42nd St.
 673
 53
 1930
 J.E.R. Carpenter
44 Paramount Plaza, 1633 Broadway
 670
 48
 1970
 Emery Roth & Sons
45 Trump Tower, 725 5th Ave.
 664
 58
 1982
 Swanke Hayden Connel Architects
46 Citicorp, Queens
 658
 50
 1990
 Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
47 Irving Trust, 1 Wall St.
 654
 50
 1932
 Voorhees, Gmelin & Walker
48 599 Lexington Ave.
 653
 51
 1986
 Edward Larrabee Barnes
49 712 5th Ave. 650 53 1990 Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
50 Chanin Bldg., 122 E. 42nd St. 649 56 1929 Sloan & Robertson
51 245 Park Ave. 648 47 1967 Shreve, Lamb, Harmon Associates
52 Sony Bldg., 550 Madison Ave. 647 37 1983 Johnson/Burgee Architects
53 Merrill Lynch, Two World Financial Center, 225 Liberty St. 645 44 1986 Cesar Pelli & Associates
54 RCA Victor Bldg., 570 Lexington 642 50 1930 Cross & Cross
55 1 New York Plaza, 1 Water St. 640 50 1969 William Lescaze & Assoc. and Kahn & Jacobs
56 1 Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, 885 2nd Ave. 637 48 1972 Raymond & Rado, Emery Roth & Sons
57 345 Park Ave. 634 44 1968 Emery Roth & Sons
58 Grace Plaza, 1114 Ave. of Amer. 630 50 1972 Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
59 Home Insurance Co., 59 Maiden Ln. 630 44 1966 Alfred Easton Poor
60 N.Y. Telephone, 1095 Ave. of Amer. 630 40 1970 Kahn & Jacobs
61 Central Park Place, 301 W. 57th St. 628 56 1988 Davis Brody & Robert Rossenwasser
62 888 7th Ave. 628 45 1971 Emery Roth & Sons
63 Alliance Capitol Bldg., 1345 Ave. of Americas 625 50 1969 Emery Roth & Sons
64 Waldorf Astoria, 301 Park Ave. 625 47 1931 Schultze & Weaver
65 Trump Palace, 200 E. 69th St. 623 55 1991 Frank Williams & Associates
66 Olympic Tower, 645 5th Ave. 620 51 1976 Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
67 10 E. 40th St. 620 48 1929 Ludlow & Peabody
68 425 Fifth Avenue 618 55 2003 Michael Graves
69 101 Park Ave. 618 50 1982 Eli Attia
70 919 3rd Ave. 615 47 1970 Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
71 750 7th Ave. 615 35 1989 Kevin Roche, John Dinkeloo & Associates
72 New York Life, 51 Madison Ave. 615 33 1928 Cass Gilbert
73 Tower 49, 12 E. 49th St. 614 44 1985 Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Singer Bldg., 149 Broadway
 612 47 1908 Earnest Flagg
74 Credit Lyonnais Bldg., 1301 Ave. of Amer. 609 46 1964 Shreve, Lamb & Harmon
75 Museum Tower Apts. 21 W. 53rd St. 605 58 1985 Cesar Pelli & Associates
76 IBM Headquarters, 590 Madison Ave. 603 41 1983 Edward Larrabee Barnes Associates
Hearst Tower, 959 8th Ave.
 596
 42
 2006 Sir Norman Foster
77 3 Lincoln Center, 160 W. 66th St. 595 60 1993 J Carpenter, Harmon Jablin Architects
78 Celanese Bldg., 1211 Ave. of Amer. 592 45 1973 Harrison Abramovitz Architects
79 Rihga Royal Hotel, 151 W. 54th St. 590 54 1990 Frank Williams & Associates
80 U. S. Court House, 505 Pearl St. 590 37 1927 Cass Gilbert
81 The Millenium Hilton Hotel, 55 Church St. 588 58 1992 Eli Attia
82 Time & Life, 1271 Ave. of Amer. 587 48 1959 Harrison, Abramovitz & Harris
83 Jacob K. Javits Federal Bldg., 26 Federal Plaza 587 41 1967 Poor, Kahn & Jacobs, Eggers & Higgins
235 W. 51st St.
 585 55 2006 Fox & Fowle
84 W Times Square, 1567 Broadway 584 53 2000 Frank Williams and Associates
85 Stevens Tower, 1185 Ave. of Amer. 580 42 1971 Emery Roth & Sons
86 Municipal Bldg., 1 Centre St. 580 34 1914 McKim, Mead & White
87 Trump International Hotel & Tower, 15 Columbus Circle 579 44 1970 Thomas E. Stanley
88 520 Madison Ave. 577 43 1981 Swanke Hayden Connel Architects
89 Oppenheimer & Co., One World Financial Center, 200 Liberty St. 577 37 1985 Cesar Pelli & Associates
90 Merchandise Mart, 41 Madison Ave. 576 42 1973 Emery Roth & Sons
91 Park Ave. Plaza, 55 E. 52nd St. 575 44 1981 Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
92 Ernst & Young Tower, 5 Times Square, 590 7th Ave. 575 40 2002 Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
93 Lehman Bldg., 745 7th Ave. 575 38 2001 Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
94 One Financial Square, 33 Old Slip 575 37 1987 Edward Durell Stone Assocs.
95 Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, 300 Madison Ave. 575 35 2003 Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
96 Marriot Marquis Times Square, 1531 Broadway
 574
 50
 1985
 John Portman & Associates
97 Westavco Bldg., 299 Park Ave.
 574
 42
 1967
 Emery Roth & Sons
98 1166 Ave. of the Americas
 572
 44
 1974
 Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
99 Socony Mobil, 150 E. 42nd St.
 572
 42
 1956
 Harrison & Abramovitz
100 Wang Bldg., 780 3rd Ave.
 570
 49
 1983
 Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
7 World Trade Center
 570
 47
 1987
 Emery Roth & Sons
101 AXA Finance Center, 1290 Ave. of the Americas
 570
 43
 1963
 Emery Roth & Sons
102 600 3rd Ave.
570
 42
 1971
 Emery Roth & Sons
103 450 Lexington Ave.
 568
 38
 1991
 Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
104 Paramount Tower, 240 E. 39th St.
 567
 51
 1998
105 Deutsche Bank, 130 Liberty St.
 565
 40
 1974
 Shreve, Lamb, Harmon Associates
106 Helmsley Bldg., 230 Park Ave.
 565
 35
 1928
 Warren & Wetmore
107 New York Palace Hotel, Madison Ave., 455 Madison Ave.
 563
 51
 1980
 Emery Roth & Sons
108 30 Broad St.
 562
 48
 1932
 Morris N. O'Connor
109 Park Ave. Tower, 65 E. 55th St.
 561
 36
 1986
 Murphy/Jahn
110 Nelson Tower, 450 7th Ave.
 560
 46
 1931
 H. Craig Severance
111 Sherry-Netherland, 781 5th Ave.
 560
 40
 1927
 Schultze & Weaver
112 Swiss Bank Tower, 10 E. 50th St.
 560
 36
 1990
 Lee Harris Pomeroy Assocs. and Abramovitz Kingsland Schiff
Two River Place
 559
 53
 2005
 Costas Kondylis
113 100 UN Plaza, 328 E. 48th St.
 557
 52
 1986
 Schuman, Lichtenstein, Claman & Efron
114 Continental Can, 633 3rd Ave.
 557
 39
 1962
 Harrison & Abramovitz
115 3 Park Ave.
 556
 42
 1975
 Shreve, Lamb, Harmon Associates
116 Continental Corp., 180 Maiden Lane
 555
 41
 1983
 Swanke Hayden Connel Architects
117 Sperry & Hutchinson, 330 Madison Ave.
 555
 41
 1964
 Kahn & Jacobs
118 Rueters Bldg., 3 Times Square
 555
 30
 2001
 Fox & Fowle Architects
119 Madison Belvedere, 14 E. 29th
 554
 48
 1999
 Shuman Lichtenstein Claman Efron
120 Inmont Bldg., 1133 Ave. of Amer.
 552
 45
 1970
 Emery Roth & Sons
121 Equitable Trust Co. Bldg., 15 Broad St.
 551
 42
 1927
 Trowbridge & Livingston
122 Bell Atlantic, 33 Thomas St.
 550
 29
 1974
 John Carl Warnecke & Assoc.
123 Burroughs Bldg., 605 3rd Ave.
 550
 44
 1963
 Emery Roth & Sons
124 2 Grand Central Tower, 140 E. 45th St.
 550
 44
 1982
 Fox & Fowle
Hotel Harlem, 125th and Park Ave.
 550
 42
 2006
 TEN Arquitectos

125 Bankers Trust West Annex, 33 E. 48th St. 547
 41
 1971 Emery Roth & Sons, Oppemheimer, Brady & Lehrecke
126 Transportation Bldg., 225 Broadway 546
 44
 1928 York & Sawyer
127 MillenniumTower, 101 W. 67th St. 545
 54
 1995 Schuman, Lichtenstein, Claman & Efron/KPF
128 Equitable, 120 Broadway 545
 36
 1915 Ernest R. Grahm
129 Galleria, 117 E. 57th St. 544
 56
 1975 David Kenneth Specter
130 220 Riverside Blvd. at Trump Place 542 49 2003 Costas Kondylis
128 17 State St. 542 41 1988 Emery Roth & Sons
129 Grand Central Plaza, 622 3rd Ave. 542 38 1973 Emery Roth & Sons
130 New York Telephone, 375 Pearl St. 540 42 1976 Rose, Beaton & Rose
131 Paine Webber Bldg., 1285 Ave. of Am. 540 42 1959 Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
132 Ritz Tower, 109 E. 57th St. 540 41 1925 Emery Roth and Carrere & Hastings
133 Bankers Trust, 16 Wall St. 540 39 1912 Trowbridge & Livingston
134 TriBeCa Tower, 105 Duane St. 537 53 1990 Schuman, Lichtenstein, Claman & Efron
135 Lefcourt Colonial Bldg., 295 Madison Ave. 537 45 1929 Charles F. Mayer Co.
136 1700 Broadway 533 41 1969 Emery Roth & Sons
137 Westin E-Walk Hotel Tower, 42nd and 8th Ave. 532 45 2002 Arquiteconica
138 515 Park Ave. 532 43 1999 Frank Williams and Associates
Queensport Tower 1, Queens
 530 Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
  Queensport Tower 2, Queens
 530 Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
Queensport Tower 3, Queens
 530 Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
139 The Metropolis, 150 E. 44th St. 528 50 2001 Schuman, Lichtenstein, Claman & Efron
140 North American Plywood, 800 3rd Ave. 526 41 1972 Emery Roth & Sons
141 Hotel Pierre, 2 E. 61st. St. 525 44 1928 Schultze & Weaver
142 767 3rd Ave. 525 39 1980 Fox & Fowle
143 Citibank, 399 Park Ave.
 524
 41 1961 Kahn & Jacobs, Carson & Lundin
144 Random House, 825 3rd Ave.
 522 40 1969 Emery Roth & Sons
145 Biltmore Tower 521
 51 2003 Shuman Lichtenstein Claman Efron
The Regent Tower, 900 8th Ave.
 520
 45 2004 Frank Williams and Associates
146 Du Mont Bldg., 515 Madison Ave. 520
 42 1931 J Carpenter
147 26 Broadway 520
 31 1922 Carrere & Hastings, Shreve, Lamb & Blake
148 Newsweek Bldg., 444 Madison Ave. 518
 42 1931 Kohn, Vitolo & Knight
149 Downtown Athletic Club, 19 West St. 518
 39 1930 Starrett & Van Vleck
150 964 Third Ave. 518
 39 1969 Pomerance & Brienes
151 House of Seagram, 375 Park Ave. 518
 38 1958 Mies van der Rohe & P. Johnson
152 South Park Tower, 124 W. 60th St. 516
 51 1986 Buck/Cane Architects
153 High Point Condominium, 250 E. 40th St. 516
 49 1988 Wechsler, Grasso, Menziuso P.C.
154 Sterling Drug Bldg., 90 Park Ave. 515 41 1964 Emery Roth & Sons
155 Navarre, 512 7th Ave. 513 44 1930 Sugarman & Berger
156 Bank Of New York, 48 Wall St. 513
 31 1927 Benjamin Wistar Morris III
157 The Belaire, 524 E. 72nd St. 512
 50 1988 Frank Williams and Associates
158 1407 Broadway Reality Corp. 512
 41 1950 Kahn & Jacobs
159 Williamsburg Savings Bank, Brooklyn, 1 Hansen Place 512
 42 1929 Halsey, McCormack & Helmer
160 International, Rockefeller Center, 630 5th Ave. 512
 41 1935 Reinhard, Hoffmeister/Hood
161 ITT-American, 437 Madison Ave. 512
 40 1967 Emery Roth & Sons
162 Continental Bldg., 1450 Broadway 511
 42 1931 Buchman & Kahn
163 1155 Ave. of Am. 511
 40 1984 Emery Roth & Sons
164 810 7th Ave. 506
 41 1970 Kahn & Jacobs
165 The Sheffield Apts., 325 W. 56th St. 505
 50 1978
166 United Nations Secretariat Bldg., 405 E. 42nd St. 505
 39 1950 Wallace K. Harrison
167 1 UN Plaza 505
 39 1975 Kevin Roche, John Dinkeloo & Associates
168 2 UN Plaza 505
 39 1981 Kevin Roche, John Dinkeloo & Associates
169 The Corinthian, 330 E. 38th St. 504
 55 1987 Michael Schimenti and Der Scutt Architects
170 2 New York Plaza, 125 Broad St. 504
 40 1970 Carson Lundin & Shaw
171 22 E. 40th St. 503
 43 1931 Kenneth Franzheim
172 60 Broad St. 503
 39 1962 Emery Roth & Sons
173 Lefcourt National Bldg., 521 5th Ave. 503
 37 1928 Shreve, Lamb, Harmon Associates, P.C.
174 1325 Ave. of Americas 502
 35 1989 Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
175 Sheraton Centre, 811 7th Ave. 501
 51 1962 Morris Lapidus & Associates
176 World Apparel Center, 1411 Broadway 501
 39 1969 Irwin S. Chamin
177 Bristol Plaza, 200 E. 65th St. 500
 50 1987 Ulrich Franzen & Associates and Philip Birnbaum & Associates.
178 Dow Jones, Four World Financial Center, 250 Vesey St. 500
 34 1986 Cesar Pelli & Associates
179 Pennmark Towers, 315 W. 33rd St. 500
 35 2001 SBLM Architects
180 650 5th Ave.
 499
 36
 1978
 John Carl Warnecke & Assoc.
181 New York Telephone, 140 West St.
 498
 33
 1926
 Ralph Walker of McKenzie, Voorhees & Gmelin
182 80 Pine St.
497
 40
 1960
 Emery Roth & Sons
183 Financial Times Bldg., 1330 Ave. of Americas
 496
 41
 1965
 Emery Roth & Sons
184 Shearson Lehman Plaza, 388 Greenwich St.
 496
 39
 1988
 Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
185 Tower 67, 145 W. 67th St.
 494
 49
 1986
186 CBS Bldg., 51 W. 52nd St.
 494
 38
 1965
 Eero Saarinen
187 Chase Manhattan Bank, 18 Pine St.
 494
 38
 1928
 Graham, Anderson, Probst & White
188 The Colonade, 347 W. 57th St.
 493
 45
 1982
 Philip Birnbaum & Associates
189 Federal Office Building at Foley Sq., 290 Broadway
 493
 32
 1994
 Hellmuth, Obata, & Kassabaum
190 One East River Place, 525 E. 72nd St.
 492
 48
 1988
 Davis Brody & Associates
191 The Waterford, 300 E. 93rd St.
 492
 48
 1987
 Beyer Blinder Belle
192 200 Riverside Blvd. at Trump Place
 492
 46
 1999
 Philip Johnson/Alan Ritchie
193 Fuller Bldg., 45 E. 57th St.
 492
 42
 1929
 Walker & Gillette
194 1 Battery Park Plaza, 24 State St.
 492
 35
 1971
 Emery Roth & Sons
195 One Lincoln Plaza, 1900 Broadway
 490
 46
 1971
 Philip Birnbaum
196 General Dynamics, 15 W. 48th St.
 490
 36
 1937
 Associated Architects
City Investment Co. Bldg., 165 Broadway
 487 33 1908 Francis H. Kimball
197 New York Hilton, 1335 Ave. of Americas 487 46 1963 William B. Tabler
198 1675 Broadway 485 35 1989 Fox & Fowle
199 McGraw-Hill, 330 W. 42nd St. 485 33 1931 Raymond Hood with Godley & Fouilhoux
63rd