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 are geographically part of Long Island but are part of New York City. Most of the tallest buildings were constructed by government entities, who are exempt from local zoning regulations.
Long Island has one building taller than, the Stony Brook University Hospital tower, and at least four other buildings taller than 200 feet, including Nassau University Medical Center and the Alfonse M. D'Amato United States Courthouse. Long Island has no cluster of high-rises dense enough to create an urban landscape, although there are regions with a larger number of scattered high-rises. A number of non-building structures are also prominent, such as the stacks of the Northport Power Station.
This article covers buildings in Nassau County and Suffolk County. Buildings in Queens and in Brooklyn are listed in their own articles, as the New York City boroughs are conventionally excluded from cultural definitions of Long Island.

Overview

Long Island has few tall buildings, in contrast to neighboring New York City. Long Island's identity as the birthplace of suburbia involves a desire to maintain the opposite of an urban landscape, with a flat landscape where high-rises are seen to be eyesores that clash with their surroundings, and even three-story buildings can provoke opposition. This has been characterized as a desire to prevent Long Island from being "Queensified", referring to the neighboring New York City borough. The North Shore Towers complex of three 32-story apartment buildings, immediately over the border from Nassau County in Queens, has been often cited as the kind of development Long Islanders seek to avoid.
It has been noted that as most buildings are lower than the trees, views from the few tall buildings consist mostly of treetops punctuated by water towers. The buildings themselves are generally regarded as being architecturally undistinguished.
As of 1974, there were 107 municipal zoning codes on Long Island, most of which limited buildings to four stories; in 2016 there were 175 zoning and building districts, stymieing the construction of tall buildings. Most tall buildings on Long Island have been built by the state or county rather than private developers, as they are exempt from these local codes. The opposition to high-rises also had a racial element, being stereotypically associated with minority residents.

Patterns of development

While Long Island has no cluster of high-rises dense enough to create an urban landscape, there are regions with a larger number of scattered high-rises. One is the region in and around northern Uniondale in central Nassau County, including Hofstra University's library and six dormitory buildings, Nassau University Medical Center, Nassau Community College, four office buildings, and a hotel. Another cluster of mid-rise apartment buildings is along the waterfront in Long Beach.
A handful of tall buildings are part of former state psychiatric institutions scattered around Suffolk County, including Edgewood State Hospital, Kings Park Psychiatric Center, and Pilgrim Psychiatric Center.
Long Island also has several non-building structures, including broadcast antennas, smokestacks, and water towers. The most prominent of these are the four 620-foot stacks of the Northport Power Station, and other power plants constructed by the Long Island Lighting Company.

History

In the mid 20th century, Democrats generally favored more high-rises, while Republicans opposed them. In the late 2000s, the Lighthouse Project proposal to construct a 60-story tower, later changed to two 30-story towers, near Nassau Coliseum was vigorously opposed.
The 21st century saw the beginning of a movement in certain regions towards transit-oriented development around Long Island Rail Road stations, with 11,000 housing units approved in the nine years preceding 2016. The villages of Hempstead and Mineola were seen as being particularly receptive to taller residential buildings, along with Great Neck Plaza, Glen Cove, Long Beach, Farmingdale, Ronkonkoma, Riverhead, and [Riverside, Suffolk County, New York|Suffolk County, New York|Riverside]. On the other hand, the proposed Nassau Hub development surrounding Nassau Coliseum is envisioned as a "walkable, engaging suburban downtown" with no buildings over 100 feet. Increasing the number of rental units, which are rare in the region, was seen as important to attracting young adults and thus employers, as well as retaining older residents who might otherwise relocate to Florida.

Buildings

This table lists buildings higher than. A building is defined as a structure with walls and a roof. Antennas, such as the ones on Constitution Hall or the Long Island Marriott are not counted towards the building's height.

Name '	Image	Height	Floors	Opened	Location	Notes	Coordinates	Refs
Stony Brook University Hospital			16	1976	Stony Brook	Tallest building on suburban Long Island, Suffolk County, and Town of Brookhaven
Nassau University Medical Center			19	1974	East Meadow	Tallest building in Nassau County and Town of Hempstead
Alfonse M. D'Amato United States Courthouse			12	2000	[Central Islip (hamlet), New York\|Islip, New York\|Central Islip]	Tallest building in Town of Islip
Jones Beach Water Tower			N/A	1929	Jones Beach Island	Tallest building on the Outer Barrier
Edgewood State Hospital Building 102			13	1942	Deer Park	Demolished in 1989; former tallest building in Town of Babylon
Cathedral of the Incarnation			N/A	1885	Garden City	Tallest church on Long Island
Robert Moses State Park Water Tower			N/A	1968	Fire Island
Kings Park Psychiatric Center Building 93			13	1939	Kings Park	Tallest building in Town of Smithtown
Hofstra University Constitution Hall			15	1967	Uniondale	Tallest privately owned building in suburban Long Island
Hofstra University Estabrook Hall			15	1967	Uniondale			-
Hofstra University Enterprise Hall			15	1968	Uniondale
Hofstra University Vander Poel Hall			15	1968	Uniondale
AT&T Site Tower '			11	1970	Dix Hills	Tallest building in Town of Huntington
RXR Plaza '			15	1983	Uniondale	Two towers of equal height
H. Lee Dennison Administration Building			12	1969	Hauppauge
Hofstra University Alliance Hall			13	1966	Uniondale
Hofstra University Bill of Rights Hall			13	1966	Uniondale
Fire Island Lighthouse			N/A	1858	Fire Island	6th Tallest Lighthouse in the United States
St. Agnes Cathedral			N/A	1935	Rockville Centre	Tallest Catholic church on Long Island
Shinnecock Lighthouse			N/A	1858	Hampton Bays	Demolished in 1948; former tallest building in Town of Southampton
Kings Park Psychiatric Center Building 7			10	1966	Kings Park	Height includes now-demolished cube on top; current height is unknown
Long Island MacArthur Airport new control tower				2011	Ronkonkoma	At left in photo
Nassau Community College Administrative Tower			12	1978	Uniondale
50 W Broadway			12	2021	Long Beach	Tallest building in City of Long Beach
Breeze Oceanfront Apartments			12	2022	Long Beach
Hofstra University Axinn Library			11	1967	Hempstead
Long Island Marriott			11	1982	Uniondale
10 West Apartments '			11	1990	Long Beach
One Third Avenue			11	2016	Mineola	Tallest building in Town of North Hempstead
North Shore University Hospital			10	1976	Manhasset
Glenwood Generating Station			6	1931	Glenwood Landing	Demolished in 2015; height excludes stacks on roof of building
The Omni			10	1990	Uniondale
Long Beach Terrace			10	1965	Long Beach	Two towers
Renaissance Condominiums			10	1985	Long Beach
Hyatt Regency Long Island			10	1986	Happauge
Seapointe Towers			10	1988	Long Beach
Jake's 58 Casino Hotel			10	1988	Islandia
White Sands of Long Beach			10	2004	Long Beach
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center				1959	West Islip
The Financial Center			9	1986	East Meadow
Montauk Point Lighthouse			N/A	1796	Montauk	Tallest building in Town of East Hampton
Pilgrim Psychiatric Center Building 25			10		Brentwood
Verizon Building			9	1930	Hempstead
Pilgrim Psychiatric Center Buildings 81 and 82			9		Brentwood	Two towers
John P. Cohalan, Jr. Courthouse			9	1992	Central Islip
Courthouse Corporate Center			9	2003	Central Islip
Garden City Hotel			9	1983	Garden City
Wyndham Condominiums			9	1989	Garden City	Two buildings
Morgan Parc Apartments			9	2020	Mineola
Long Island MacArthur Airport old control tower			7	1963	Ronkonkoma	At right in photo; demolished in 2015
St. Patrick Catholic Church			N/A	1900	Glen Cove	Tallest building in City of Glen Cove
Neptune Towers			10	1968	Long Beach
Belmont Park Grandstand			N/A	1968	Elmont	Demolished in 2024
Republic Airport control tower			N/A	ca. 1970	East Farmingdale	Tallest building in Town of Babylon
666 Old Country Road			8	1980	Uniondale
UBS Arena			N/A	2021	Elmont	Most expensive building on Long Island

Other structures

At least 300 feet

Name	Image	Type	Height	Opened	Location	Notes	Coordinates	Refs
WFTY-DT tower		Guyed mast		1984	Middle Island	Tallest structure on Long Island, Suffolk County, and Town of Brookhaven
WLNY-TV tower '		Guyed mast		1985	Ridge
Northport Power Station		Chimney		1967	Fort Salonga	Tallest structure in Town of Huntington; tallest freestanding structure on suburban Long Island
WEHM tower		Guyed mast		1998	Manorville
Sayville Telefunken Mast		Guyed Mast		1912	Sayville	Demolished in 1938; Former tallest structure in Town of Islip
American Tower tower		Tower		2000	Islip	Tallest structure in Town of Islip
RCA Radio Central antennas		Tower		1921	Rocky Point	12 towers; Demolished in 1977
United States Coast Guard Tower		Tower		2007	Hampton Bays	Tallest structure in Town of Southampton
Port Jefferson Power Station		Chimney		1948	Port Jefferson
KeySpan weather tower		Guyed mast		1973	Northville	Tallest structure in Town of Riverhead
KeySpan weather tower		Guyed mast		1973	East Shoreham
United States Coast Guard Tower		Tower		2006	Fire Island	Tallest structure on the Outer Barrier
Univision tower		Tower		2014	Islandia
Grandview Development tower		Guyed mast		2006	Hauppauge
Reworld Hempstead '		Chimney		1989	Uniondale	Tallest structure in Nassau County and Town of Hempstead
Suffolk County Police Department tower		Tower		1998	Hauppauge
Village of Greenport tower		Guyed mast		1997	Greenport	Tallest structure in Town of Southold
WHLI towers		One guyed mast and two towers		1985, 2006	Hempstead	Two towers
Altice USA tower		Guyed mast		1969	Greenport
Altice USA tower		Guyed mast		1969	East Hampton North	Tallest structure in Town of East Hampton; Tallest structure east of the Shinnecock Canal
High-Tower Communications tower		Tower		1993	Farmingville
E. F. Barrett Power Station		Chimney		1963	Barnum Island
Suffolk County Water Authority tank		Water Tower		2006	Stony Brook
Pinnacle Towers tower		Guyed mast		1965	Dix Hills
WWSK tower		Tower		1998	Brentwood
Altice USA tower		Tower		1966	Riverhead
Altice USA tower		Tower		1969	Southampton
WALK-FM tower		Guyed mast		2002	Farmingville
Communications Leasing tower		Tower		1982	Plainview	Tallest structure in Town of Oyster Bay
WLIW tower		Guyed mast		2004	Plainview
WBWD tower		Guyed mast		1969	Islip
Communications Leasing tower		Tower		1975	Plainview
Brookhaven National Laboratory Exhaust Stack		Chimney		1950	Upton	Demolished in 2021
Mackay Radio Tower		Tower		1995	Napeague
American Towers tower		Tower		1957	Noyack
WRCN-FM tower		Guyed mast		1982	Manorville
AT&T tower		Tower		1996	Noyack
Communications Leasing tower		Tower		1985	Farmingville
Catholic Faith Network tower		Tower		2004	Central Islip

Other notable structures at least 100 feet

Name	Image	Height	Opened	Location	Notes	Coordinates	Refs
Old Bethpage Radio Tower '			1954	Melville
Roslyn Fire Tower '			1994	Roslyn Harbor	Tallest Structure in Town of North Hempstead
Glenwood Generating Station			1931	Glenwood Landing	Demolished in 2015
Wardenclyffe Tower			1901	Shoreham	Demolished in 1917; built by Nikola Tesla
AN/FPS-35 radar tower		>	1960	Montauk	Concrete base is high Dish height is
Bald Hill Monument			1991	Farmingville	Long Island's only monumental column
Great South Bay Bridge			1954	Great South Bay
Fire Island Inlet Bridge			1964	Fire Island Inlet