List of tallest buildings in Newark
, the largest city in New Jersey and second largest in the New York metropolitan area, is one of the United States' major air, shipping, and rail hubs. Its central business district has long been a commercial, retail, and entertainment center with a distinctive skyline.
Newark was founded in 1666, and its downtown grew around the site of the early settlement at Four Corners. Early high-rises were developed there and at Military Park during the economic boom of the Roaring Twenties. Since the mid-2000s numerous buildings have been re-lit and made more prominent.In the New Newark era modernist buildings went up, particularly around Washington Park. In the post-industrial-high tech era, development was concentrated in the Gateway District near Penn Station, with many buildings clad in reflective glass. Clusters of residential high-rises are found throughout the city, particularly near Weequahic Park and Branch Brook Park.
Since the 2000s numerous commercial buildings have been converted to apartments. Since the 2010s Newark has seen a resurgence of high-rise construction, with most projects primarily located Downtown.
Three ZPMC Super-Post-Panamax container cranes each measuring at Port Newark are the tallest structures in the city.
Skyline
Tallest buildings
This list ranks Newark buildings that stand at least 210 feet tall, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts, flagpoles, or permanent cranes. An equal sign following a rank indicates the same height between two or more buildings. The "Year" column indicates the year in which a building was completed.| Rank | Name | image | Height ft / m | Floors | Notes | |
| 1 | National Newark Building | 35 | 1931 | John H. & Wilson C. Ely, architects. Tallest building in Newark since its completion in 1931. Tallest building constructed in New Jersey in the 1930s; remained tallest building in the state for 58 years, until 1989. Its flagpole also serves as an antenna. | ||
| 2 | Halo Tower 1 | - | 38 | 2024 ; expected completion 2026 | INOA Architecture. Tallest building constructed in Newark in the 2020s. Tallest residential building in Newark. The building's permanent maintenance crane rises to | |
| 3 | Eleven 80 | 36 | 1930 | Grad Associates, architects. Originally known as the Lefcourt Building. Tallest building in New Jersey from 1930 to 1931. Second tallest in Newark from 1931 to 2024. After conversion to apartments was until 2024 the tallest residential building in the city. | ||
| 4 | Prudential Plaza | 24 | 1960 | Voorhees, Walker, Smith, Smith and Haines, architects. Headquarters of Prudential Financial. Tallest building constructed in New Jersey in the 1960s. | ||
| 5 | Iconiq 777 | 33 | 2022 | Beyer Blinder Belle, architects. Residential building also known as 777 McCarter Highway. Developed by Boraie in partnership with Shaquille O'Neal | ||
| 6 | 80 Park Plaza | 26 | 1980 | Tallest building constructed in Newark in the 1980s. PSEG Headquarters. | ||
| 7 | Gateway Center I | 30 | 1971 | Victor Gruen, architect. Tallest building constructed in Newark in the 1970s. | ||
| 8 | Zion Towers | 28 | 1969 | Romolo Botelli, architect. Residential, renovated 2019-20 | ||
| 9 | Newark Legal Center | 20 | 2000 | Grad Associates, architects. Tallest building constructed in Newark in the 2000s. | ||
| 10= | One Newark Center | 22 | 1992 | Grad Associates, architects. Tallest building constructed in Newark in the 1990s. Home of Seton Hall University School of Law. | ||
| 10= | American Insurance Company Building | 16 | 1930 | John H. & Wilson C. Ely, architects. Converted to residences by Rutgers University–Newark; renamed in 2023 to honor Ruth Bader Ginsburg | ||
| 12 | Airport Traffic Control Tower at Newark Liberty International Airport | n/a | 2002 | |||
| 13= | Cosmo 440 440 Elizabeth Avenue | 25 | 1970 | Formerly known as Carmel Towers; residential building vacant since 2011. The building rehabilitated and reopened in October 2025. | ||
| 13= | Prudential Tower | 20 | 2015 | Kohn Pedersen Fox, architects. Tallest building constructed in Newark in the 2010s. | ||
| 15 | Prudential Building | 21 | 1942 | Tallest building constructed in Newark in the 1940s. | ||
| 16 | Gateway III | 18 | 1985 | Grad Associates, architects. | ||
| 17 | 3 Penn Plaza East | 21 | 1993 | Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Jersey | ||
| 18 | 930 McCarter Highway | 25 | 2025 | Marchetto Higgins Steve, architects. McCarter Highway across from NJPAC/Center Street station at planned Newark Riverfront Park | ||
| 19 | ArtSide | 25 | 2025 | Skidmore Owings & Merrill, architects. On the grounds of New Jersey Performing Arts Center west of McCarter Highway at NJPAC/Center Street station The first phase of the project, the renovation of Chambers Plaza, the outdoor space of the campus, began in 2024. | ||
| 20 | Gateway II | 18 | 1972 | Victor Gruen, architect. | ||
| 21 | Heritage Estates | 24 | 1965 | Residential | ||
| 22 | Military Park Building | 21 | 1926 | Tallest building in New Jersey upon its completion from 1926 to 1930. Tallest building constructed in Newark in the 1920s. | ||
| 23= | New Jersey Bell Headquarters Building | 20 | 1929 | Ralph Thomas Walker, architect. Converted to residential building, renamed the Walker House in 2017 | ||
| 23= | 24 Commerce Streets | 19 | 1926 | Frederic Charles Hirons and Ethan Allen Dennison, architects | ||
| 25 | Dr. Stanley S. Bergen Building at New Jersey Medical School | 16 | 1954 | Named for Stanley S. Bergen Jr.. Tallest building constructed in Newark in the 1950s. | ||
| 26 | One Theater Square | 22 | 2018 | BLT Architects, architects. Residential building developed as public-private partnership of New Jersey Performing Arts Center and Dranoff Properties | ||
| 27 | 33 Washington Street | 20 | 1971 | Welton Becket, architect. | ||
| 28= | Mutual Benefit Life Building | 20 | 1957 | Gruzen & Partners, architects. Commissioned by Mutual Benefit Life, later headquarters of IDT Corporation | ||
| 28= | 1 Washington Park Rutgers Business School | 18 | 1983 | |||
| 28= | Elizabeth Towers | 22 | 1961 | Residential | ||
| 28= | Hallmark House | 22 | 1965 | Residential | ||
| 28= | 50 Rector Park | 24 | 2018 | Costas Kondylis, architect. Residential building developed in partnership with Shaquille O'Neal. | ||
| 33= | 550 Broad Street | 19 | 1966 | |||
| 33= | 1-2 Penn Plaza East | 17 | 1993 | Part of two building complex on shared four-story base NJ Transit | ||
| 35 | Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart | n/a | 1954 | |||
| 36 | 165 Halsey Street | | 14 | 1923 | Tallest building in New Jersey between 1923 and 1926. Originally Bamberger's, converted to carrier hotel | |
| 37= | Peter W. Rodino Federal Building | 16 | 1967 | Lehman and W.O. Biernacki-Poray, architects. | ||
| 37= | Gibraltar Building | 14 | 1927 | Cass Gilbert, architect. Home to Wilentz Justice Complex since 1997. | ||
| 37= | Firemen's Insurance Building | 19 | 1910 | Marvin, Davis & Turton, architects. Tallest building in New Jersey upon its completion in 1910 until 1923. Tallest building constructed in Newark in the 1910s. | ||
| 40= | Griffith Building | 15 | 1927 | George Elwood Jones, architect. Vacant; as of 2025 slated to conversion to residence with commercial space. | ||
| 40= | Newark Urby | 18 | 1930 | Originally built as a parking deck, converted to residences in 2021. |
Tallest under construction, approved, and proposed
was a proposed building which would have been one of world's tallest.Buildings of at least 210 feet tall that are under construction, approved, or proposed: