Ten Tallest Buildings on the Skyline

Based on Pinnacle Height

• 1,776 feet – One World Trade Center (under construction)
• 1,454 feet – Empire State Building (1931)
• 1,200 feet – One Bryant Park (2008)
• 1,118 feet – Conde Nast Building at 4 Times Square (1999)
• 1,046 feet – Chrysler Building (1930)
• 1,046 feet – New York Times Tower (2008)
• 1,975 feet – 150 Greenwich Street (under construction)
• 1,952 feet – American International Building (1932)
• 1,941 feet – Bloomberg Tower (2005)
• 1,927 feet – 40 Wall Street (1930)

“World’s Tallest Building” NYC Record Holders

1890: New York World Building (309 feet, the number of stories is disputed)
1894: Manhattan Life Insurance Building (348 feet, 18 stories)
1899: Park Row Building (391 feet, 30 stories)
1908: Singer Building (612 feet, 47 stories)
1909: Metropolitan Life Tower (700 feet, 50 stories)
1913: Woolworth Building (792 feet, 60 stories)
1930: 40 Wall Street (927 feet, 70 stories)
1930: Chrysler Building (1,046 feet, 77 stories)
1931: Empire State Building (1,250 feet, 102 stories)
1972: World Trade Center (1,368 feet, 110 stories)

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The Tallest*

*(Source: The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat)

• 1,776 feet – One World Trade Center (under construction) [1]
• 1,250 feet – Empire State Building (1931) [2]
• 1,046 feet – Chrysler Building (1930) [3]
• 1,046 feet – New York Times Tower (2008) [3]
• 1,975 feet – 150 Greenwich Street (under construction) [4]
• 1,952 feet – American International Building (1932) [5]
• 1,927 feet – 40 Wall Street (1930) [6]
• 1,915 feet – Citigroup Center (1977) [7]
• 1,876 feet – Beekman Place (under construction) [8]
• 1,861 feet – Trump World Tower (2001) [9]
• 1,850 feet – GE Building (1933) [10]
• 1,814 feet – CitySpire (1989)
• 1,813 feet – One Chase Manhattan Plaza (1960)
• 1,809 feet – Conde Nast Building at 4 Times Square (1999)
• 1,808 feet – MetLife Building (1963)
• 1,806 feet – Bloomberg Tower (2005)
• 1,792 feet – Woolworth Building (1913)
• 1,778 feet – Worldwide Plaza (1989)
• 1,757 feet – Carnegie Hall Tower (1991)
• 1,755 feet – Bear Stearns World Headquarters (2001)
• 1,752 feet – AXA Center (Equitable Center) (1986)
• 1,750 feet – One Penn Plaza (1972)
• 1,750 feet – 1251 Avenue of the Americas (1971)
• 1,750 feet – Time Warner Center (2004)
• 1,749 feet – Goldman Sachs Headquarters (under construction)
• 1,745 feet – 60 Wall Street (1989)
• 1,745 feet – One Astor Plaza (1972)
• 1,743 feet – 1 Liberty Plaza(1973)
• 1,741 feet – 20 Exchange Place (1931)
• 1,741 feet – Seven World Trade Center (2006)
• 1,739 feet – Three World Financial Center (1986)
• 1,733 feet – 1540 Broadway (1990)
• 1,726 feet – Times Square Tower(2004)
• 1,716 feet – Metropolitan Tower (1987)
• 1,707 feet – JPMorgan Chase Tower (1960)
• 1,705 feet – General Motors Building (1968)
• 1,700 feet – Metropolitan Life Tower (1909)

Skyscrapers over 600 ft

• 500 Fifth Avenue (697 ft, 1931)
• Solow Building (689 ft, 1974)
• Marine Midland Bank Building (688 ft, 1967)
• 277 Park Avenue (687 ft, 1963)
• 55 Water Street (686 ft, 1972)
• The Morgan Stanley Building (1585 Broadway) (685 ft, 1989)
• Random House Tower (684 ft, 2003)
• Four Seasons Hotel (682 ft, 1993)
• McGraw-Hill Building (674 ft, 1972)
• Lincoln Building (673 ft, 1930)
• Paramount Plaza (669 ft, 1970)
• Trump Tower (663 ft, 1983)
• Citibank (658 ft, 1990)
• Americas Tower (656 ft, 1992)
• Bank of New York Building (654 ft, 1932)
• 599 Lexington Avenue (653 ft, 1986)
• 712 Fifth Avenue (650 ft, 1990)
• 245 Park Avenue (650 ft, 1967)
• Chanin Building (649 ft, 1930)
• Sony Building (648 ft, 1984)
• 2 World Financial Center (645 ft, 1987)
• 570 Lexington Avenue (640 ft, 1931)
• 345 Park Avenue (634 ft, 1969)
• Verizon Building (630 ft, 1974)
• W R Grace Building (630 ft, 1972)
• One New York Plaza (630 ft, 1970)
• Home Insurance Plaza (630 ft, 1966)
• 888 Seventh Avenue (628 ft, 1971)
• Central Park Place (627 ft, 1988)
• 1 Dag Hammarskjold Plaza (627 ft, 1972)
• Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (627 ft, 1931)
• Burlington House (625 ft, 1969)
• Trump Place Condominiums (623 ft, 1991)
• Olympic Tower (620 ft, 1976)
• Mercantile Building (620 ft, 1929)
• 425 Fifth Avenue (618 ft, 2003)
• 101 Park Avenue (618 ft, 1982)
• 919 Third Avenue (617 ft, 1970)
• New York Life Building (615 ft, 1928)
• Friars Tower (615 ft, 2006)
• Tower 49 (614 ft, 1985)
• Credit Lyonnais (610 ft, 1964)
• The Orion
• IBM Building (603 ft, 1983)
• 10 Barclay Street (600 ft, 2006)

Skyscrapers over 500 ft

• Hearst Magazine
  Building (597 ft, under construction)
• Celanese Building (592 ft, 1973)
• US Court House (590 ft, 1936)
• Millenium Hilton Hotel (588 ft, 1992)
• Federal Plaza (587 ft, 1967)
• Museum Tower (587 ft, 1985)
• Municipal Building (581 ft, 1914)
• JP Stevens Company Tower (581 ft, 1971)
• Trump International Hotel & Tower (577 ft, 1971)
• 520 Madison Avenue (577 ft, 1982)
• Merchandise Mart Building (577 ft, 1974)
• Dow Jones Building (1 WFC) (577 ft, 1985)
• 1 Financial Square (575 ft, 1987)
• 745 Seventh Avenue (575 ft, 2001)
• Park Avenue Plaza (575 ft, 1981)
• 5 Times Square (574 ft, 2002)
• Marriott Marquis (574 ft, 1985)
• 600 Third Avenue (571 ft, 1971)
• International Paper Building (571 ft, 1974)
• Wang Building (570 ft, 1983)
• 1 Bankers Trust Plaza (565 ft, 1974)
• Sherry-Netherland Hotel (561 ft, 1927)
• Bertelsmann Building (558 ft, 1990)
• 750 Seventh Avenue (558 ft, 1989)
• 100 UN Plaza (558 ft)
• 3 Times Square (555 ft, 2001)
• Sperry and Hutchinson Building (555 ft, 1962)
• 3 Park Avenue (554 ft, 1975)
• Continental Center (554 ft, 1983)
• Interchem Building (552 ft, 1970)
• Burroughs Building (551 ft, 1963)
• Transportation Building (545 ft, 1927)
• Equitable Life Assurance Building (544 ft, 1961)
• Helmsley Building (541 ft, 1929)
• 1 Brooklyn Bridge Plaza (541 ft, 1976)
• 220 Riverside Boulevard (541 ft, 2002)
• 17 State Street (541 ft, 1988)
• Bankers Trust Company Building (538 ft, 1912)
• Equitable Building (538 ft, 1915)
• 300 Madison/CIBC World Markets (535 ft, 2003)
• Westin at Times Square Hotel (531 ft, 2002)
• 515 Park Avenue (531 ft, 1999)
• W New York – Times Square Hotel (530 ft, 2001)
• Biltmore Tower (~520 ft, 2002)
• Architects & Designers Building (518 ft, 1969)
• Newsweek Building (518 ft, 1931)
• Citibank Building (515 ft, 1961)
• Seagram Building (515 ft, 1958)
• 630 Fifth Avenue (512 ft, 1935)
• Williamsburg Savings Bank (512 ft, 1929)
• Navarre Building (512 ft, 1930)
• United Nations Secretariat Building (505 ft, 1952)
• 2 United Nations Plaza (505 ft, 1981)
• 1 United Nations Plaza (505 ft, 1975)
• American Express Building (504 ft, 1972)
• The Pennmark (500 ft, 2001)

Skyscrapers over 400 ft

• 4 Word Financial Center (499 ft, 1986)
• Barclay-Vesey Building (499 ft, 1926)
• Shearson Lehman Plaza (495 ft, 1988)
• 200 Riverside Boulevard (491 ft, 1999)
• One East River Place (485 ft, 1989)
• Tishman Building (482 ft, 1957)
• Consolidated Gas Building (476 ft, 1928)
• 12 MetroTech Center (473 ft, 2005)
• Hampshire House Hotel (469 ft, 1937)
• Dillon Read and Company Building (464 ft, 1982)
• McGraw-Hill Building (464 ft, 1931)
• Atlas (463 ft, 2002)
• The Victory (462 ft, 2002)
• Park Lane Hotel (449 ft)
• The Ritz-Carlton Hotel and Residences (449 ft, 2001)
• Bridge Tower Place (443 ft, 2001)
• Sutton Place North (420 East 61st Street) (443 ft, 2002)
• Bush Tower (433 ft, 1917)
• Adams Building (423 ft, 1913)
• 180 Riverside Boulevard (422 ft, 1998)
• 489 Fifth Avenue (421 ft, 1970)
• MGM Building (417 ft, 1965)
• Renaissance Plaza (413 ft, 1998)
• Commerce Place (410 ft, 1987)

Skyscrapers over 300 ft

• 120 Wall Street (399 ft, 1931)
• 4 MetroTech Center/Chase Manhattan Bank (394 ft, 1993)
• New York Marriott Financial Center (394 ft, 1991)
• Citylights (390 ft, 1997)
• Montague Court Building (390 ft, 1927)
• Park Row Building (390 ft, 1899)
• Two Worldwide Plaza (390 ft, 1989)
• Liberty Tower (384 ft, 1910)
• 160 Riverside Boulevard (354 ft, 2001)
• Heckscher Building (317 ft, 1916)