List of tallest buildings in Queens

Queens, the largest of New York City's five boroughs by area, is home to over 40 skyscrapers taller than. At, The Orchard, a residential skyscraper in Long Island City, is the tallest building in Queens, and the second tallest building in New York City outside of Manhattan. It surpassed the nearby Skyline Tower, which was Queens' tallest building from 2021 to 2024, and remains the tallest residential 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.

Name	Image	Height ft	Floors	Year	Address	Coordinates	Notes
24-19 Jackson Ave			55	2029	24-11 Jackson Ave		On hold.
2632 Jackson Ave			49	2026	2632 Jackson Ave
30-25 Queens Boulevard			46	2028	29-00 Queens Blvd

* 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.

Name	Height* ft	Floors	Year*	Notes
QPT		74	2024	Dynamic acquired site in 2015 for $69M. Perkins Eastman designed 1 million square foot tower.
4505 23rd Street		50	2023	Mixed-use development by Charney Companies and Tavros Capital.
5728 2nd Street		33	2022	Part of the Hunter's Point South development.
Jackson East	—	40	2021	Part of Lions Group planned Jackson Towers complex.
Jackson West	—	30	2021	Part of Lions Group planned Jackson Towers complex.

* 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.

Name	Image	Street address	Years as tallest	Height ft	Floors	Notes
Bank of the Manhattan Company Building		2927 41st Avenue	1927-1964		14
Kennedy House		11011 Queens Boulevard	1964-1974		33
Court Plaza		12333 83rd Avenue	1974-1975		32
North Shore Towers – Beaumont Tower		27010 Grand Central Parkway	1975-1990		34	By architectural height, when roof height is considered it was tied by the other two North Shore Towers.
One Court Square		2501 Jackson Avenue	1990-2021		50
Skyline Tower		2315 44th Drive	2021-2024		67
The Orchard		2748 Jackson Avenue	2024-Present		69