<P> New York City, the most populous city in the United States, is home to over 6,486 completed high rise buildings of at least 35 meters, of which at least 113 completed are taller than 600 feet (183 m). The tallest building in New York is One World Trade Center, which rises 1,776 feet (541 m). 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 second - tallest building in the city is 432 Park Avenue, standing at 1,396 feet (426 m), and the third - tallest is the recently - topped - out 30 Hudson Yards . 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 . It is the fifth - tallest building in the United States and the 37th - tallest building in the world . </P> <P> 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 1,368 feet (417 m), The World Trade Center briefly held the title as the world's tallest building until the completion of the 108 - story Willis Tower (formerly known as the Sears 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 fifth - tallest building in New York is the Bank of America Tower, which rises to 1,200 feet (366 m), including its spire . If the Twin Towers were still standing today, they would be the third and fourth tallest buildings in the city, or second and third assuming the new buildings would not have been built . Only 432 Park Avenue is taller . </P>

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