At 1,368 feet (417 m), The World Trade Center held the title until it was in turn surpassed by the construction of the 108-story Willis Tower (formerly known as the Sears Tower) in Chicago in 1973. The Empire State Building stood as the tallest building in the world from its completion until 1970, when construction on the 110-story North Tower of the original World Trade Center surpassed it. The fifth-tallest building in New York is the Bank of America Tower, which rises to 1,200 feet (366 m), including its spire. It is the sixth-tallest building in the United States and the 35th-tallest building in the world. Not counting its antenna, the 4th-tallest is the 102-story Empire State Building in Midtown Manhattan, which was finished in 1931 and rises to 1,250 feet (381 m), increased to 1,454 feet (443 m) by its antenna. The second-tallest building in the city is 432 Park Avenue, standing at 1,396 feet (426 m), and the third-tallest is 30 Hudson Yards. The 104-story skyscraper also stands as the tallest building in the United States, the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, and the sixth-tallest building in the world. The tallest building in New York is One World Trade Center, which rises 1,776 feet (541 m).

New York City, the most populous city in the United States, is home to over 6,950 completed high-rise buildings of at least 115 feet (35 m), of which at least 132 are taller than 600 feet (183 m). Lower Manhattan, viewed from Jersey City, New Jersey with the World Trade Center complex in the middle.

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