New York cell towers at a glance
The FCC records list 2,621 cell towers and other antenna sites in New York: every registered antenna structure that is built and still standing, plus the licensed cellular transmitter sites too short to need registration. That ranks New York 25th of the 51 states and DC by number of registered sites. The most common structure is the tower, with 953 sites (36%). Rochester has the most listed sites of any city, at 77.
To see the ones near you, tap Find towers near me above or type a New York ZIP code. The list ranks sites by distance and shows the direction to each, its height and its owner.
Carriers on the record in New York
Verizon is named on the most New York sites, 176 of them (6.7%). A carrier is named only when it owns the structure or its cellular licence lists the site, so these counts are a floor, not a total. Most towers in New York are owned by tower companies that rent space to several carriers without naming them.
| Carrier | Sites naming it | Share of New York sites |
|---|---|---|
| Verizon | 176 | 6.7% |
| AT&T | 158 | 6.0% |
| T-Mobile | 82 | 3.1% |
Who owns the towers in New York
The largest single owner name in New York is American Towers LLC, with 317 sites (12%). Tower companies file under several subsidiary names, so one company can appear more than once below. Our guide to who owns cell towers explains which names belong together.
| Owner as filed | Sites | Share |
|---|---|---|
| American Towers LLC | 317 | 12% |
| Crown Atlantic Company, LLC | 150 | 5.7% |
| STC Five LLC | 69 | 2.6% |
| T-Mobile Northeast LLC | 69 | 2.6% |
| SBA Properties, LLC | 68 | 2.6% |
| MONROE, COUNTY OF | 64 | 2.4% |
| BELL ATLANTIC MOBILE SYSTEMS OF ALLENTOWN, INC | 62 | 2.4% |
| SBA Towers II LLC | 57 | 2.2% |
Types of structure
| Structure | Sites | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tower | 953 | 36% |
| Lattice tower | 478 | 18% |
| Monopole | 427 | 16% |
| Guyed tower | 221 | 8.4% |
| Pole | 201 | 7.7% |
| Antenna on a building | 67 | 2.6% |
See types of cell towers for how to recognise each one.
Cities with the most listed sites
By the city named on each FCC filing. Filings use the nearest town, so rural towers count toward it. Each link opens the tower finder at the middle of that city's sites.
| City | Sites | |
|---|---|---|
| Rochester | 77 | Towers around Rochester |
| New York | 53 | Towers around New York |
| Syracuse | 35 | Towers around Syracuse |
| Buffalo | 34 | Towers around Buffalo |
| Newburgh | 18 | Towers around Newburgh |
| Brooklyn | 17 | Towers around Brooklyn |
| Watertown | 17 | Towers around Watertown |
| Binghamton | 16 | Towers around Binghamton |
| Jamaica | 16 | Towers around Jamaica |
| Batavia | 15 | Towers around Batavia |
Tallest registered structures in New York
The tallest is a tower on a building near New York at 1,791 feet (546 m) overall, owned by Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Structures this tall are usually broadcast masts or buildings rather than cell sites, but many carry cell antennas partway up.
| Height | Type | City | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,791 ft | Tower on a building | New York | Port Authority of New York and New Jersey | 1263701 |
| 1,453 ft | Building | New York City | EMPIRE STATE BUILDING COMPANY | 1007048 |
| 1,175 ft | Guyed tower | West Monroe | American Towers LLC | 1059064 |
| 1,148 ft | Tower on a building | New York | 4 TS II LLC | 1238745 |
| 1,142 ft | Mast on a building | New York | First New York Management | 1258699 |
What is not counted
FCC registration is required only for structures over 200 feet or near airports, so shorter monopoles, rooftop antennas and small cells in New York are mostly missing unless a cellular licence lists them. Why a tower is missing from the map explains the gap. The data is rebuilt monthly from the FCC's bulk files.