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Cell towers in New York

2,727 antenna structures are on the FCC register across New York, spread over 830 places and 554 registered owners. That is the 25th largest count of any state.

Registered structures
2,727
25th of 52 states
Per 100k residents
13.6
48th by density
Median height
58 m (190 ft)
Tallest
546 m (1,792 ft)

Places with the most registered structures

top 2
Place Structures Per 100k Population
Rochester 77 37.4 206,108
New York 76 0.9 8,584,629

Structure types

Tower 957
35%
Lattice tower 474
17%
Monopole 428
16%
Guyed tower 220
8%
Pole 201
7%
Tower array 104
4%
Building with antenna 67
2%
Not specified 61
2%
Tank 52
2%
Building 44
2%
Mast 31
1%
Building with tower 31
1%
Tree 13
<1%
Smokestack 9
<1%
Building with pole 7
<1%
Other 6
<1%
Guyed tower array 4
<1%
Building with pipe 4
<1%
Building with mast 4
<1%
Pipe 3
<1%
Utility pole 2
<1%
Oil or gas rig 2
<1%
Bridge 2
<1%
Silo 1
<1%

Largest registered owners

owner is not the same as carrier
American Towers LLCTower company 323
12%
Crown Atlantic Company, LLCTower company 149
5%
T-mobile Northeast LLCCarrier 69
3%
Stc Five LLCTower company 69
3%
Monroe, County OfGovernment 68
2%
Sba Properties, LLCTower company 68
2%
Bell Atlantic Mobile Systems of Allentown, INCOther 62
2%
Sba Towers II LLCTower company 58
2%
Tarpon Towers II, LLCTower company 50
2%
Ccatt LLCTower company 47
2%

Tallest structures in New York

HeightTypePlaceASR
546 m (1,792 ft) Building with tower New York 2663048
443 m (1,453 ft) Building Hoboken 112068
358 m (1,176 ft) Guyed tower Constantia 619229
350 m (1,147 ft) Building with tower New York 2636990
348 m (1,140 ft) Building with mast New York 2657865
346 m (1,134 ft) Tower Tonawanda 598550
339 m (1,111 ft) Tower Tonawanda 121386
328 m (1,076 ft) Tower Holland 107973
325 m (1,065 ft) Tower Middleville 108480
323 m (1,059 ft) Not specified Cassadaga 113721

When they were registered

1930s 4
<1%
1940s 49
2%
1950s 60
2%
1960s 105
4%
1970s 107
4%
1980s 212
8%
1990s 465
17%
2000s 899
33%
2010s 536
20%
2020s 290
11%

About this data

The FCC Antenna Structure Registration database covers structures that require registration — generally those over 200 feet or near airports. Many small cells, rooftop antennas and short towers are not registered and will not appear here.