Mirror rooms
Into infinity.
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An observation deck and art experience on the top floors of One Vanderbilt, a 62-storey skyscraper beside Grand Central Terminal that opened in 2020. Its roof is 397 metres high and its spire 427 metres, making it the fourth-tallest building in New York. What sets it apart is rooms clad floor to ceiling in mirrors, where the Manhattan skyline and the visitors repeat into infinity, glass ledges jutting out from the tower's face, and a room filled with reflective silver balloons. Through its tall glass walls you look straight at the nearby Empire State and Chrysler Buildings, across all of Midtown's towers and out to the rivers, and there is an open-air terrace at the top. Adult tickets start from about $44 and rise at sunset, per visitor guides. The floors are mirrored, so trousers are a better choice than a skirt, and book a slot shortly before sunset.
Into infinity.
Out over the city.
Up close.
One Vanderbilt, 42nd Street, next to Grand Central
Grand Central TerminalA historic railway terminal at 42nd Street and Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan,2 minutes walk4.6
New York Public LibraryThe main building of the New York Public Library on Fifth Avenue, officially the4 minutes walk4.6
Top of the Rock at Rockefeller CenterAn observation deck on top of 30 Rockefeller Plaza, the centrepiece of Rockefell9 minutes walk4.8
Empire State BuildingA 102-storey Art Deco skyscraper built in 1930–1931 on Fifth Avenue, with a roof9 minutes walk4.8
Times SquareOne of the busiest pedestrian intersections in the world, formed where Broadway,10 minutes walk4.6Floor-to-ceiling mirror rooms and glass ledges, with a close-up view of the Empire State Building.