Top of the Rock
Good to know
- Best time to go
- Year-round; morning for best light on midtown skyline
- Budget
- $$
- Accessibility
- wheelchair-accessible
- Coordinates
- Open in maps
The observation deck atop 30 Rockefeller Plaza in midtown Manhattan sits at 850 feet and offers unobstructed views that include the Empire State Building to the south — a perspective unavailable from the Empire State Building's own deck. The three-tiered open-air platform looks north over Central Park and west to the Hudson River and New Jersey Palisades. The positioning places the sun behind the observer during the morning, keeping the Manhattan skyline fully illuminated.
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