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Queens, the largest of
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by area, is home to at least 36 skyscrapers taller than . At , Skyline Tower, a residential skyscraper in
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Queens Queens is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York. Located on Long Island, it is the largest New York City borough by area. It is bordered by the borough of Brooklyn at the western tip of Long ...
, and the second tallest building in New York outside of Manhattan. It surpassed the nearby
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, which was Queens' tallest building from 1990 to 2021, and remains the tallest office building in the borough. The skyscraper came to Queens in 1927 with the construction of the Bank of the Manhattan Company Building. It remained the tallest building in the borough until the completion of the Kennedy House in 1964, and the tallest office building in the borough until 1990. Queens has recently undergone a high-rise construction boom, with the majority of the borough's tallest completed since 2010. Long Island City in particular has added residential units at a faster rate than any other neighborhood in the United States.


Tallest buildings

This list ranks completed and topped out Queens skyscrapers that stand at least tall, based on standard architectural height measurements. An equal sign (=) following a rank indicates the same height between two or more buildings. An asterisk (*) indicates that the building is still under construction, but has been topped out. The "Year" column indicates the year in which a building was completed.


Tallest under construction or proposed


Under construction

This lists buildings that are currently under construction in Queens and are expected to rise to a height of at least . For buildings whose heights have not yet been released by their developers, this table uses a floor count of 30 stories as the cutoff. * Table entries with dashes (—) indicate that information regarding expected building heights or dates of completion has not yet been released.


Proposed

This table lists buildings that are proposed for construction in Queens and are expected to rise at least in height. For buildings whose heights have not yet been released by their developers, this table uses a floor count of 30 stories as the cutoff. * Table entries with dashes (—) indicate that information regarding building heights or dates of completion has not yet been released.


Timeline of tallest buildings

This lists buildings that once held the title of tallest building in Queens.


See also

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Architecture of New York City The building form most closely associated with New York City is the skyscraper, which has shifted many commercial and residential districts from low-rise to high-rise. Surrounded mostly by water, the city has amassed one of the largest and most ...
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List of tallest buildings in Brooklyn Brooklyn, the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, contains over 60 high-rises that stand taller than . The Brooklyn Tower, a condominium and rental tower in the Downtown neighborhood of the borough, is Brooklyn's tallest building a ...
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List of tallest buildings on Long Island Long Island, New York is not known for having many tall buildings. As a suburban region, residents and local governments have generally opposed proposals to construct tall buildings, to distinguish it from neighboring Queens and Brooklyn, which ...
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List of tallest buildings in New York City New York City, the most populous city in the United States, is home to over 7,000 completed high-rise buildings of at least , of which at least 95 are taller than . The tallest building in New York is One World Trade Center, which rises ...


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Queens Queens is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York. Located on Long Island, it is the largest New York City borough by area. It is bordered by the borough of Brooklyn at the western tip of Long ...
Queens Queens is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York. Located on Long Island, it is the largest New York City borough by area. It is bordered by the borough of Brooklyn at the western tip of Long ...
Tallest buildings in Queens Queens, the largest of New York City's five boroughs by area, is home to at least 36 skyscrapers taller than . At , Skyline Tower, a residential skyscraper in Long Island City, is the tallest building in Queens, and the second tallest buildi ...
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