Top of the Rock and Rockefeller Center
Three floors of open terraces atop 30 Rockefeller Plaza, with the Empire State Building in your view and Central Park laid out to the north. Timed tickets from about $42; open until midnight. Below are the winter ice rink, the Christmas tree in season, and St. Patrick's Cathedral across Fifth Avenue.
- Open
- Every day 8 AM–midnight
- Price
- Timed tickets from about $42; packages with extra experiences cost more.
- Time needed
- 1.5 hours
- Best time
- An hour before sunset, to see the city in daylight, at dusk and lit up.
- Address
- 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10112Google MapsApple Maps
- Getting there
- 47–50 Sts–Rockefeller Center (B, D, F, M). The entrance is on 50th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues.
- Accessibility
- Elevators serve the observation decks.
- On site
- Drinks and light bites at the Weather Room on the 67th floor; security screening.
Why go
The observation deck on top of 30 Rockefeller Plaza has three levels of terraces, the highest fully open to the sky. It's the best view in town of the Empire State Building, and it looks straight up the length of Central Park. Rockefeller Center below is an Art Deco complex of plazas and shops, with the skating rink and, from late November, the giant Christmas tree.
Tips
- St. Patrick's Cathedral is across Fifth Avenue, and MoMA is three blocks north.
- Sunset time slots sell out first; book ahead.
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