The Skyline
The tallest building actively under construction in New York City right now is at 270 Park Avenue, Manhattan — 1,389 ft proposed, according to live NYC Department of Buildings permit data.
A supertall is a building 984 feet (300 meters) or taller — the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat's own industry threshold.
- Supertalls Completed
- 10
- Under Construction
- 6
- Approved
- 1
- Proposed
- 0
Under Construction/Approved/Proposed counts are 984ft+ towers from the future pipeline below; hand-researched, verified 2026-08-13.
Filtered to New Building filings with an issued permit and recent DOB activity (last 3 years) — a permit status alone isn't enough on its own: some older jobs never get formally closed out in DOB's system long after the building is finished and occupied (we found one from 2012 for a tower that's been open since 2011), so recency filters that out. Heights are the applicant's proposed figure at filing, not a certified as-built measurement, and some proposals get revised as construction proceeds. Hover a building for the permit-holding contractor(s) on file — cross-referenced live from DOB Permit Issuance by job number, so a building can show "no permit-holder on file" if its permit record doesn't yet name one.
Where They're Rising
Real DOB-sourced coordinates for the towers charted above.
Tallest in NYC
New York City's real tallest buildings, completed or topped out — distinct from the live "currently under construction" chart above. Hover a building for its developer, architect, and general contractor; click through for any real, reported issues and its full profile.
One World Trade Center
1,776 ft · Photo
Central Park Tower
1,550 ft · Photo
111 West 57th Street (Steinway Tower)
1,428 ft · Photo
One Vanderbilt
1,401 ft · Photo
432 Park Avenue
1,396 ft · Photo
270 Park Avenue (JPMorgan Chase Headquarters)
1,388 ft · Photo
30 Hudson Yards
1,270 ft · Photo
Empire State Building
1,250 ft · Photo
3 World Trade Center
1,079 ft · Photo
The Brooklyn Tower
1,066 ft · Photo
Freely licensed photos and renderings via Wikimedia Commons — full credit and source link on each tower's own page.
Future Pipeline, 2026–2040
Real, publicly announced supertall towers under construction, approved, or credibly proposed for NYC. Slide the year to see what's expected to be rising or newly finished around that time — expected completion is shown as the real range reporting gives (e.g. "Early 2030s"), not a fabricated exact date.
740 Eighth Avenue ("The Torch")
1,067 ft · Artist's impression
520 Fifth Avenue
1,002 ft · Artist's impression
Freely licensed photos and renderings via Wikimedia Commons — full credit and source link on each tower's own page.
Common Questions
- What counts as a "supertall" skyscraper?
- A supertall is a building 984 feet (300 meters) or taller — the threshold used by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH), the industry's own reference standard. New York City has 10 completed supertalls today, plus 6 under construction and 1 more approved or proposed.
- What is the tallest building in New York City?
- One World Trade Center, at 1,776 ft (104 floors), completed 2014.
- What is the tallest building currently under construction in NYC?
- 270 Park Avenue, Manhattan, at a proposed 1,389 ft, according to live NYC Department of Buildings permit data.
- How many supertall buildings are planned or under construction in NYC?
- 6 supertalls are currently under construction, with 1 more approved or proposed — 1 approved and 0 proposed — as of 2026-09-02.