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  1. 1095 Avenue of the Americas 1
    1095 Avenue of the Americas
    United StatesNew York City
    192 m 40 fl 1974
  2. 780 Third Avenue 2
    780 Third Avenue
    United StatesNew York City
    174 m 50 fl 1983
  3. Grand Central Plaza 3
    Grand Central Plaza
    United StatesNew York City
    165 m 38 fl 1973
  4. North American Plywood Building 4
    North American Plywood Building
    United StatesNew York City
    160 m 41 fl 1972
  5. Daily Commerce Building 5
    Daily Commerce Building
    United StatesNew York City
    133 m 35 fl 1931
  6. 750 3rd Avenue 6
    750 3rd Avenue
    United StatesNew York City
    133 m 34 fl 1958
  7. Calyon Building 7
    Calyon Building
    United StatesNew York City
    132 m 32 fl 1951
  8. 280 Park Avenue 8
    280 Park Avenue
    United StatesNew York City
    126 m 31 fl 1961
  9. Hanover Bank Building 9
    Hanover Bank Building
    United StatesNew York City
    119 m 30 fl 1962
  10. Trump Plaza 10
    Trump Plaza
    United StatesNew York City
    112 m 37 fl 1984
  11. General Telephone Building 11
    General Telephone Building
    United StatesNew York City
    111 m 28 fl 1959
  12. Philip Morris Building 12
    Philip Morris Building
    United StatesNew York City
    110 m 26 fl 1983
  13. Bricken 8th Avenue Building 13
    Bricken 8th Avenue Building
    United StatesNew York City
    100 m 27 fl 1927
  14. Baer Building 14
    Baer Building
    United StatesNew York City
    91 m 24 fl 1926
  15. Phoenix House Apartments 15
    Phoenix House Apartments
    United StatesNew York City
    89 m 31 fl 1969
  16. Imperial House Apartments 16
    Imperial House Apartments
    United StatesNew York City
    87 m 28 fl 1961
  17. South Star 17
    South Star
    United StatesNew York City
    84 m 27 fl 1926
  18. 850 Third Avenue 18
    850 Third Avenue
    United StatesNew York City
    82 m 21 fl 1961
  19. 740 Park Avenue 19
    740 Park Avenue
    United StatesNew York City
    78 m 17 fl 1930
  20. Everett Building 20
    Everett Building
    United StatesNew York City
    71 m 16 fl 1908
  21. New Amsterdam Apartments 21
    New Amsterdam Apartments
    United StatesNew York City
    70 m 19 fl 1930
  22. 56 Seventh Avenue 22
    56 Seventh Avenue
    United StatesNew York City
    69 m 21 fl 1931
  23. Broadway Chambers Building 23
    Broadway Chambers Building
    United StatesNew York City
    69 m 18 fl 1900
  24. 295 Central Park West 24
    295 Central Park West
    United StatesNew York City
    66 m 19 fl 1941
  25. 2forty 25
    2forty
    United StatesNew York City
    64 m 17 fl 1910
  26. 200 West 26
    200 West
    United StatesNew York City
    64 m 19 fl 2010
  27. 480 Park Avenue 27
    480 Park Avenue
    United StatesNew York City
    64 m 19 fl 1929
  28. The Victorian 28
    The Victorian
    United StatesNew York City
    63 m 21 fl 1960
  29. 169 East 69th Street 29
    169 East 69th Street
    United StatesNew York City
    63 m 20 fl 1961
  30. Alumni Hall, Fashion Institute of Technology 30
    Alumni Hall, Fashion Institute of Technology
    United StatesNew York City
    63 m 18 fl 1988
  31. 165 East 66th Street 31
    165 East 66th Street
    United StatesNew York City
    63 m 20 fl 1956
  32. Lowell Building 32
    Lowell Building
    United StatesNew York City
    63 m 16 fl 1915
  33. ▢
    33
    165 East 72nd Street
    United StatesNew York City
    62 m 21 fl 1960
  34. 50 Park Avenue 34
    50 Park Avenue
    United StatesNew York City
    60 m 19 fl 1940
  35. 601 1st Avenue 35
    601 1st Avenue
    United StatesNew York City
    57 m 16 fl 2008
  36. The Gansevoort 36
    The Gansevoort
    United StatesNew York City
    56 m 16 fl 1930
  37. Affinia 50 37
    Affinia 50
    United StatesNew York City
    54 m 21 fl 1964
  38. Warren Weaver Hall 38
    Warren Weaver Hall
    United StatesNew York City
    50 m 14 fl 1965
  39. Rodin Studios 39
    Rodin Studios
    United StatesNew York City
    49 m 14 fl 1918
  40. 110 Greenwich Street 40
    110 Greenwich Street
    United StatesNew York City
    48 m 13 fl 1929
  41. 580 Park Avenue 41
    580 Park Avenue
    United StatesNew York City
    48 m 14 fl 1923
  42. 245 Tenth Avenue 42
    245 Tenth Avenue
    United StatesNew York City
    38 m 11 fl 2009
  43. Hotel Orleans 43
    Hotel Orleans
    United StatesNew York City
    38 m 11 fl 1900
  44. ▢
    44
    169 East 91st Street
    United StatesNew York City
    37 m 12 fl 1985
  45. The Archives 45
    The Archives
    United StatesNew York City
    37 m 11 fl 1899
  46. ▢
    46
    John P. Conlon L.I.H.F.E. Towers
    United StatesNew York City
    36 m 13 fl 1971
  47. ▢
    47
    The Sarsfield
    United StatesNew York City
    35 m 10 fl 1922
  48. Switch Building 48
    Switch Building
    United StatesNew York City
    21 m 7 fl 2006
  49. The Monterey 49
    The Monterey
    United StatesNew York City
    29 fl 1992
  50. Gramercy Starck 50
    Gramercy Starck
    United StatesNew York City
    22 fl 2008
  51. 177 East 75th Street 51
    177 East 75th Street
    United StatesNew York City
    21 fl 1962
  52. 175 East 74th Street 52
    175 East 74th Street
    United StatesNew York City
    21 fl 1963
  53. 535 West End Avenue 53
    535 West End Avenue
    United StatesNew York City
    20 fl 2009
  54. ▢
    54
    179 East 70th Street
    United StatesNew York City
    20 fl 1959
  55. ▢
    55
    167 East 67th Street
    United StatesNew York City
    20 fl 1960
  56. 440 East 57th Street 56
    440 East 57th Street
    United StatesNew York City
    20 fl 1961
  57. 181 East 73rd Street 57
    181 East 73rd Street
    United StatesNew York City
    20 fl 1958
  58. 1220 Park Avenue 58
    1220 Park Avenue
    United StatesNew York City
    19 fl 1930
  59. 1120 Park Avenue 59
    1120 Park Avenue
    United StatesNew York City
    19 fl 1930
  60. 157 East 57th Street Apartments 60
    157 East 57th Street Apartments
    United StatesNew York City
    19 fl 1959
  61. ▢
    61
    Florence Nightingale Nursing Home
    United StatesNew York City
    18 fl 1974
  62. 880 Third Avenue 62
    880 Third Avenue
    United StatesNew York City
    18 fl 1965
  63. 778 Park Avenue 63
    778 Park Avenue
    United StatesNew York City
    18 fl 1931
  64. 1100 Park Avenue 64
    1100 Park Avenue
    United StatesNew York City
    17 fl 1930
  65. The Harrison 65
    The Harrison
    United StatesNew York City
    16 fl 2009
  66. 228 East 45th Street 66
    228 East 45th Street
    United StatesNew York City
    16 fl 1929
  67. ▢
    67
    Riverside Tower Hotel
    United StatesNew York City
    16 fl 1927
  68. 360 Central Park West, North Building 68
    360 Central Park West, North Building
    United StatesNew York City
    16 fl 1928
  69. ▢
    69
    360 Central Park West, South Building
    United StatesNew York City
    15 fl 1928
  70. The Buchanan 70
    The Buchanan
    United StatesNew York City
    15 fl 1928
  71. 940 Park Avenue 71
    940 Park Avenue
    United StatesNew York City
    15 fl 1926
  72. Chalfonte Hotel 72
    Chalfonte Hotel
    United StatesNew York City
    15 fl 1927
  73. 1040 Park Avenue 73
    1040 Park Avenue
    United StatesNew York City
    15 fl 1924
  74. 888 Park Avenue 74
    888 Park Avenue
    United StatesNew York City
    14 fl 1927
  75. 1360 Ocean Parkway 75
    1360 Ocean Parkway
    United StatesNew York City
    14 fl 1964
  76. ▢
    76
    Edna Court Apartments
    United StatesNew York City
    14 fl 1924
  77. ▢
    77
    Ocean Hill Apartments I
    United StatesNew York City
    14 fl 1968
  78. Thurgood Marshall Plaza 78
    Thurgood Marshall Plaza
    United StatesNew York City
    13 fl 1986
  79. 335 Broadway 79
    335 Broadway
    United StatesNew York City
    13 fl 1924
  80. 171 East 89th Street 80
    171 East 89th Street
    United StatesNew York City
    13 fl 1979
  81. London House 81
    London House
    United StatesNew York City
    13 fl 1961
  82. 1 West 34th Street 82
    1 West 34th Street
    United StatesNew York City
    12 fl 1906
  83. 375 West End Avenue 83
    375 West End Avenue
    United StatesNew York City
    12 fl 1912
  84. 11 West 32nd Street 84
    11 West 32nd Street
    United StatesNew York City
    11 fl 1904
  85. 119 & Third 85
    119 & Third
    United StatesNew York City
    11 fl 2009
  86. ▢
    86
    169-171 East 91st Street
    United StatesNew York City
    10 fl
  87. Samuel Priest Rose Building 87
    Samuel Priest Rose Building
    United StatesNew York City
    9 fl 2002
  88. 7-9 West 18th Street 88
    7-9 West 18th Street
    United StatesNew York City
    9 fl 1900
  89. 575 Avenue of the Americas 89
    575 Avenue of the Americas
    United StatesNew York City
    9 fl 1900
  90. ▢
    90
    340 East 52nd Street
    United StatesNew York City
    9 fl 1941
  91. ▢
    91
    145 Spring Street
    United StatesNew York City
    8 fl 1910
  92. 4 Columbus Circle 92
    4 Columbus Circle
    United StatesNew York City
    8 fl 1987
  93. 1460 5th Avenue 93
    1460 5th Avenue
    United StatesNew York City
    8 fl 1998
  94. 446 Central Park West 94
    446 Central Park West
    United StatesNew York City
    7 fl 1920
  95. ▢
    95
    209 West 20th Street
    United StatesNew York City
    7 fl 2004
  96. ▢
    96
    520 LaGuardia Place
    United StatesNew York City
    7 fl 1900
  97. 425 Central Park West 97
    425 Central Park West
    United StatesNew York City
    7 fl 1941
  98. ▢
    98
    330 East 80th Street
    United StatesNew York City
    7 fl 1957
  99. ▢
    99
    55 East 65th Street
    United StatesNew York City
    7 fl 1910
  100. 485 Central Park West 100
    485 Central Park West
    United StatesNew York City
    7 fl 1900
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