Newark, the largest city in New Jersey and second largest in 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. Since the mid-2000s numerous buildings have been re-lit and made more prominent.^[1] Newark was founded in 1666, and its downtown grew around the site of the early settlement at Four Corners. Early highrises were developed there and at Military Park during the economic boom of the Roaring Twenties. In the New Newark era^[2] (1960s-1970s) 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.^[3] Clusters of residential highrises are found throughout the city, particularly near Weequahic Park and Branch Brook Park. Since the 2010s several commercial buildings have been converted to apartments and residential high rises have been built. Three ZPMC Super-Post-Panamax container cranes each measuring 561 ft (171 m) at Port Newark are the tallest structures in the city.^[4][5]

Skyline

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  North of Military Park
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  Aerial view 2005
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  Eleven80, National Newark, Prudential
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  South of Bridge Street Bridge

Tallest buildings

This list ranks Newark buildings that stand at least 210 feet (64 m) tall, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. 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. A star sign (*) following rank indicates that it was the tallest building after completion.

Rank	Name	image	Height ft / m	Floors	Year	Notes
1*	National Newark Building		466 ft (142 m)	35	1931	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.[6][7][8]
2	Halo Tower 1		454 ft (138 m) -	42	2024	Topped out 2024; Tallest building constructed in Newark in the 2020s. Tallest residential building in Newark.[9][10]
3*	Eleven 80 originally the Lefcourt Building		448 ft (137 m)	36	1930	Tallest building in New Jersey from 1930 to 1931. Second tallest in Newark from 1931 to 2024. Designed by Grad Associates; after conversion to apartments was until 2024 the tallest residential building in the city.[11][12]
4	Prudential Plaza Prudential Financial Headquarters		374 ft (114 m)	24	1960	Tallest building constructed in New Jersey in the 1960s.[13][14][15]
5	Iconiq 777 777 McCarter Highway		369 ft (112 m) (unverified [a])[citation needed]	33	2022	Beyer Blinder Belle Residential; Boraie in partnership with Shaquille O'Neal[16][17][18][19][20][21][22]
6	80 Park Plaza PSEG Headquarters		360 ft (110 m)	26	1980	Tallest building constructed in Newark in the 1980s.[23][24]
7	Gateway Center I		359 ft (109 m)	30	1971	Tallest building constructed in New Jersey in the 1970s. Designed by Victor Gruen[25][26]
8	Zion Towers		351 ft (107 m)	28	1969	Residential; renovated 2019-20[27][28] [29][30]
9	Newark Legal Center		329 ft (100 m)	20	2000	Tallest building constructed in Newark in the 2000s. Designed by Grad Associates.[31][32][33]
10=	1 Newark Center Seton Hall University School of Law		326 ft (99 m)	22	1992	Tallest building constructed in Newark in the 1990s.[34][35][36]
10=	Ruth Bader Ginsburg Building originally American Insurance Company Building 15 Washington Street		326 ft (99 m)	16	1930	Converted to residences by Rutgers University–Newark;renamed in 2023 to honor Ruth Bader Ginsburg[37] [38][39]
11	Airport Traffic Control Tower Newark Liberty International Airport		325 ft (99 m)	n/a	2002	[40]
12=	440 Elizabeth Avenue aka Carmel Towers & Essex Lake House		313 feet (95 m)	25	1970	Residential building vacant since 2011; planned for redevelopment[41][42][43]
12=	Prudential Tower		313 feet (95 m)	20	2015	Tallest building constructed in Newark in the 2010s.[44][45][46][47]
13	Prudential Building		300 feet (91 m)	21	1942	Tallest building constructed in Newark in the 1940s.[48][49]
14	50 Rector Park		296.1 feet (90.3 m)	24	2018	Costas Kondylis, architect. Residential building developed in partnership with Shaquille O'Neal.[50][51][52][53][54]
15	Gateway III		296 ft (90 m)	18	1985	Grad Associates[55][56]
16	3 Penn Plaza East		292 ft (89 m) (estimated)	21	1993	Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Jersey[57] [58][59][60]
17	One Theater Square		283.23 ft (86.33 m)	23	2018	Residential building designed BLT Architects for public-private partnership of NJPAC and Dranoff Properties[61]
18	Gateway II		272 ft (83 m)	18	1972	Victor Gruen[62][63]
19	555 Elizabeth Avenue Heritage Estates Apartments		269 ft (82 m) (est)	24	1965	Residential[64]
20*	Military Park Building		265 ft (81 m)	21	1926	Tallest building in New Jersey upon its completion from 1926 to 1930. Tallest building constructed in Newark in the 1920s.[65][66]
21=	New Jersey Bell Headquarters Building aka Walker House		260 ft (79 m)	20	1929	Converted to residential building[67][68][69]
21=	24 Commerce Street		260 ft (79 m)	19	1926	[70][71][72]
22	Dr. Stanley S. Bergen Bldg New Jersey Medical School		255 ft (78 m)	16	1954	Named for Stanley S. Bergen Jr.. Tallest building constructed in Newark in the 1950s.[73][74][75]
23	33 Washington Street		251 ft (77 m)	20	1971	Welton Becket[76]
24=	Mutual Benefit Life Building IDT Corporation 520 Broad Street		246 ft (75 m)	20	1957	[77][78]
24=	1 Washington Park Rutgers Business School		246 ft (75 m)	18	1983	[79][80][81][82]
24=	455 Elizabeth Avenue Elizabeth Towers		246 ft (75 m) (est)	22	1961	Residential[83]
24=	Hallmark House		246 ft (75 m) (est)	22	1965	Residential[84]
25=	550 Broad Street		243 ft (74 m)	19	1966	[85][86][87]
25=	1-2 Penn Plaza East		243 ft (74 m) (estimated)	17	1993	Two building complex on shared four-story base NJ Transit[88]
26	Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart		232 ft (71 m) (towers)	n/a	1954	[89]
27	165 Halsey Street		226 ft (69 m) (roof)	14	1923	Tallest building in both New Jersey and Newark between 1923 to 1926. Originally Bamberger's, converted to carrier hotel[90][91]
28=	Peter W. Rodino Federal Building		220 ft (67 m)	16	1967	[92][93][94]
28=	Gibraltar Building renamed Willentz Building		220 ft (67 m)	14	1927	Cass Gilbert[95][96][97][98]
28*=	Firemen's Insurance Company Building (Newark)		220 ft (67 m)	19	1910	Tallest building in New Jersey upon its completion in 1910 until 1923. Tallest building constructed in Newark in the 1910s.[99][100][101]
29=	Griffith Building		210 ft (64 m)	15	1927	Vacant
29=	Newark Urby 155 Washington Street		210 ft (64 m)	18	1930	Originally built as a parking deck, converted to residences in 2021.[102][103][104][105][106][107]

Tallest under construction, approved, and proposed

Buildings of at least 210 feet (64 m) tall that are under construction, approved, or proposed.

Under construction

Name	Height ft (m)	Floors	Year (est.)	Notes	Image
Metropolitan Tower	303 ft (92 m) -	22	2025 (projected)	Demolition of old Metropolitan Building on Washington Street, facade of which was originally planned to be incorporated into new tower.[108]

Approved

Name	Height ft (m)	Floors	Year (projected)	Notes	Site
Halo Tower 2	619 ft (189 m)	53	2027/2028	Between Teachers Village and the Essex County Judicial Complex, part of the 3 tower complex on a 6 story base, it would be the tallest building if completed.[109]
Halo Tower 3	587 ft (179 m)	52	2027/2028	Part of the 3 tower complex on 6 story base, it would be the second tallest building if 2nd tower is completed.
Arc Tower	520 ft (158 m)	45	2026	571 Broad Street between Military Park and Harriet Tubman Square [110][111][112][113]
96 Clay Street		40		In the Lower Broadway neighborhood, just outside the central business district.[114]
20 Atlantic Street	431 ft (131 m)	40		Four 40-story towers along McCarter Highway clustered around Atlantic Street station east of former IDT Corporation headquarters, which would also be converted to residences and retail space.[115][116]
930 McCarter Highway	289 ft (88 m)	25		McCarter Highway across from NJPAC/Center Street station at planned Newark Riverfront Park[117][118]
CitiSquare (Phase One)	244 ft (74 m)[citation needed]	18		At 10.5-acre (4.2 ha) site of demolished Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium and Club Zanzibar: seven 18 story buildings, three 37 story buildings, and one 19 story building.[119][120][121][122]

Proposed

Name	Height m/ft	Floors	Notes	Site
Newark Summit Tower	531 ft (162 m)	46	Within the Four Corners Historic District opposite the Newark Paramount Theatre, it will be one of the tallest buildings in the city if built. [123]
Iberia 80-84 Ferry Street		26, 30	East of Newark Penn Station in the Ironbound; complex with two 26 and two 30 story towers with "town square" pedestrian plaza.[124][125]
ArtSide		25	Extended campus of New Jersey Performing Arts Center west of McCarter Highway at NJPAC/Center Street station[126][127][128]

Timeline of tallest buildings since 1868

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