New York City, the most populous city in the United States, is home to 6,125 completed
high-rises, 109 of which are or taller. The tallest building in New York is
One World Trade Center, which rises . The 104-story skyscraper also stands as the
tallest building in the United States, the tallest building in the
Western Hemisphere, and the
4th-tallest building in the world. The second tallest building in the city is
432 Park Avenue, and the third tallest is the 102-story
Empire State Building in
Midtown Manhattan, which was finished in 1931 and rises to , increased to by its
antenna. It also is the fifth-tallest building in the United States and the 25th-tallest building in the world. The Empire State Building stood as the tallest building in the world from its completion until 1972, when the 110-story North Tower of the original
World Trade Center was completed. At , The World Trade Center briefly held the title as the world's tallest building until the completion of the 108-story
Sears Tower (now known as the Willis Tower) in Chicago in 1974. The World Trade Center towers were
destroyed by terrorist attacks in 2001, and the Empire State Building regained the title of tallest building in the City. It remained the tallest until April 2012, when the construction on
One World Trade Center surpassed it. The fourth-tallest building in New York is the
Bank of America Tower, which rises to , including its spire. Tied for fifth-tallest are the
Chrysler Building, which was the world's tallest building from 1930 until 1931, and the
New York Times Building, which was completed in 2007.