List of tallest buildings in 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. It has a distinctive skyline, though shorter than that of much larger New York City and slightly smaller Jersey City. Since the mid-2000s numerous buildings have been re-lit and made more prominent. 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 modernist buildings went up, particularly around Washington Park. In the post-industrial-high tech era, development has been concentrated in the Gateway District near Penn Station. Clusters of residential highrises are found throughout the city, particularly near Weequahic Park and Branch Brook Park. Three ZMPC Super-Post-Panamax container cranes each measuring at Port Newark are the tallest structures in the city.

Tallest buildings

RankNameimageHeight
ft / m		FloorsNotes
1National Newark Building351931Tallest building since its completion in 1931.
2Eleven 80448 / 137361930Tallest building from 1930 to 1931. Tallest residential building in the city.
3Prudential Plaza Building374 / 114241960
480 Park Plaza
PSEG Headquarters		360 / 110261980
51 Gateway Center359 / 109301971
6Zion Towers351 ft 281969
7Newark Legal Center329 / 100202000
8=1 Newark Center
Seton Hall University School of Law		326 / 99221992
8=American Insurance Company Building326 / 99161930
8=Airport Traffic Control Tower
Newark Liberty International Airport		325 / 992002
11440 Elizabeth Avenue
aka Carmel Towers
& Essex Lake House		251970
12Prudential Tower202014
13Prudential Building211942
1450 Rector Park242018
15Penn Plaza East
Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Jersey		 211993
16One Theater Square232018
17Two Gateway Center272 / 83181972
18Military Park Building265 / 81211926Tallest building upon its completion in 1926 to 1930
19=New Jersey Bell Headquarters Building aka Walker House260 / 79201929
19=24 Commerce Street260 / 79191926
20Dr. Stanley S. Bergen Bldg
New Jersey Medical School		255 / 78161954
2133 Washington Street251 / 77201971
22=Mutual Benefit Life Building201957
22=1 Washington Park
Rutgers Business School		181983
23550 Broad Street191966
24Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart n/a1954
25Bamberger's226 /69
141923Tallest building after expansion in 1923
, now
26Peter W. Rodino Federal Building161967
27Gibraltar Building141927
28Firemen's Insurance Company Building 191910Tallest building upon its completion in 1910
29Griffith Building151927
30155 Washington181930
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Timeline of tallest buildings since 1868

This lists buildings that once held the title of tallest building in Newark.
NameStreet addressYear builtHeight
ft / m		FloorsNotes
North Reformed Church1868185 / 50
Prudential Main BuildingBroad Street1892150 / 4611demolished in 1956
Fireman's Insurance Company Building280 Broad Street1910220 / 6719
Bamberger's131 Broad Street1923226/6914
Military Park Building60 Park Place1926265 / 8121
Eleven 801180 Raymond Boulevard1930448 / 13735
National Newark Building744 Broad Street1931465 / 14234

Proposed and under construction

would have been the tallest building in the United States had it been built.
This lists buildings that are proposed for construction.
NameimageHeight
m/ft		FloorsYearNotes
Four Corners Millennium Tower802015
900 Broad Street612019
96 Clay Street402020
Vibe192018
Westinghouse site252018 SJP Real Estate/Aetna
777 McCarter Highway332018 Beyer Blinder Belle
56 Park Place262018
Halo402018
SoMavariousvarious2014 Richard Meier

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