New York City has the most skyscrapers in the world — 45 buildings taller than 200 meters — for comparison, Hong Kong has 39 and Chicago 17.
Buildings listed in a table as of 2004
| Rank
| Name
| Height
(m)
| Floors
| Year
|
| 1
| Empire State Building
| 381
| 102
| 1931
|
| 2
| Chrysler Building
| 319
| 77
| 1930
|
| 3
| American International Building
| 290
| 66
| 1932
|
| 4
| The Trump Building
| 283
| 70
| 1930
|
| 5
| Citigroup Center
| 279
| 59
| 1977
|
| 6
| Trump World Tower
| 262
| 72
| 2001
|
| 7
| Bloomberg Tower
| 261
| 54
| 2004
|
| 8
| GE Building
| 259
| 69
| 1933
|
| 9
| CitySpire Center
| 248
| 75
| 1987
|
| 10
| One Chase Manhattan Plaza
| 248
| 60
| 1961
|
| 11
| Conde Nast Building
| 247
| 48
| 1999
|
| 12
| MetLife Building
| 246
| 60
| 1963
|
| 13
| Woolworth Building
| 241
| 57
| 1913
|
| 14
| One Worldwide Plaza
| 237
| 50
| 1989
|
| 15
| Carnegie Hall Tower
| 231
| 60
| 1991
|
| 16
| Bear Stearns World Headquarters
| 230
| 47
| 2001
|
| 17
| AXA Center
| 229
| 54
| 1986
|
| 18
| One Penn Plaza
| 229
| 57
| 1972
|
| 19
| 1251 Avenue of the Americas
| 229
| 54
| 1971
|
| 20
| Time Warner Center
| 229
| 55
| 2004
|
| 21
| 60 Wall Street
| 227
| 55
| 1989
|
| 22
| One Astor Plaza
| 227
| 54
| 1972
|
| 23
| One Liberty Plaza
| 226
| 54
| 1973
|
| 24
| 20 Exchange Place
| 226
| 57
| 1931
|
| 25
| Three World Financial Center
| 225
| 51
| 1986
|
| 26
| Times Square Tower
| 221
| 47
| 2004
|
| 27
| Metropolitan Tower
| 218
| 68
| 1987
|
| 28
| JP Morgan Chase World Headquarters
| 215
| 52
| 1960
|
| 29
| General Motors Building
| 215
| 50
| 1968
|
| 30
| Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower
| 213
| 50
| 1909
|
| 31
| 500 Fifth Avenue
| 212
| 60
| 1931
|
| 32
| Americas Tower
| 211
| 50
| 1992
|
| 33
| Solow Building
| 210
| 50
| 1974
|
| 34
| HSBC Bank Building
| 210
| 52
| 1967
|
| 35
| 55 Water Street
| 209
| 53
| 1972
|
| 36
| 277 Park Avenue
| 209
| 50
| 1962
|
| 37
| 1585 Broadway
| 209
| 42
| 1989
|
| 38
| Random House Tower
| 208
| 52
| 2003
|
| 39
| Four Seasons Hotel
| 208
| 52
| 1993
|
| 40
| Bertelsmann Building
| 206
| 42
| 1990
|
| 41
| McGraw-Hill Building
| 205
| 51
| 1969
|
| 42
| Lincoln Building
| 205
| 53
| 1930
|
| 43
| Paramount Plaza
| 204
| 48
| 1971
|
| 44
| Trump Tower
| 202
| 58
| 1983
|
| 45
| Citicorp Building
| 201
| 50
| 1990
|
| 46
| Bank of New York Building
| 199
| 50
| 1931
|
| 47
| 599 Lexington Avenue
| 199
| 50
| 1986
|
| 48
| 712 5th Avenue
| 198
| 52
| 1990
|
| 49
| Chanin Building
| 198
| 56
| 1930
|
| 50
| 245 Park Avenue
| 198
| 44
| 1966
|
| 51
| Sony Tower
| 197
| 37
| 1984
|
| 52
| Two World Financial Center
| 196
| 44
| 1987
|
| 53
| 570 Lexington Avenue
| 195
| 50
| 1931
|
| 54
| 345 Park Avenue
| 193
| 44
| 1969
|
| 55
| Verizon Building
| 192
| 40
| 1974
|
| 56
| W.R. Grace Building
| 192
| 50
| 1972
|
| 57
| One New York Plaza
| 192
| 50
| 1970
|
| 58
| Home Insurance Plaza
| 192
| 44
| 1966
|
| 59
| 888 7th Avenue
| 191
| 45
| 1971
|
| 60
| Central Park Place
| 191
| 56
| 1988
|
New York Skyscrapers currently under construction
Last updated: 08-21-2005 15:00:54
