How much are Edge NYC tickets?

Edge tickets start around $38 for adults for standard timed entry, with children and seniors at reduced rates and sunset slots costing more. The champagne bar and express entry are add-ons. City Climb, the exterior building ascent, is a separate experience at about $185 and must be booked well ahead. Edge is included in the New York CityPASS and Go City passes.

Is Edge better than Top of the Rock or Summit?

Edge is the highest and the only fully outdoor deck, with a glass floor and angled glass walls, and its view of the Empire State Building, One World Trade Center, and the Statue of Liberty in one sweep is spectacular. It's on the West Side, though, so Central Park is distant. If you want open air and the glass floor, Edge; if you want the classic Midtown and Central Park view, Top of the Rock; if you've done both, Summit.

What is City Climb at Edge?

City Climb is an experience at Edge in which visitors, secured in harnesses, climb an open-air staircase up the exterior of 30 Hudson Yards to the building's crown at 1,271 feet, then lean out over the edge of the roof. It's the highest external building climb in the world, takes about 90 minutes, costs around $185, and books out weeks in advance. Participants must be at least 13.

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About

Edge is the highest outdoor sky deck in the Western Hemisphere, a triangular platform that juts 80 feet out from the 100th floor of 30 Hudson Yards, 1,131 feet above the streets of Manhattan's West Side. It opened in March 2020, and its defining feature is that it's outside: where One World Observatory is behind glass, Edge puts you in the open air with the wind, a glass floor looking straight down to the street, and angled glass walls you can lean against to hang over the city.

The deck faces south and east, with the Empire State Building, One World Trade Center, and the Statue of Liberty laid out in a single sweep, and the Hudson River and New Jersey to the west. The glass floor, a 225-square-foot triangle at the platform's point, is the moment everyone comes for; the angled walls that tilt outward are the second. A 12-inch-wide glass ledge runs along part of the edge for the boldest photographs, and a champagne bar operates on the deck.

Edge is part of Hudson Yards, at the northern end of the High Line, and it has one experience no other deck offers: City Climb, in which visitors in harnesses climb an exterior stairway to the building's crown at 1,271 feet and lean out over the edge of the roof. It's the highest external building climb in the world, and it books weeks ahead.

Insider Tip

Book a slot 45 minutes before sunset so you see the Empire State Building in daylight, then watch the city light up from the open air. Go to the glass floor first, before the crowd gathers, and get the shot lying down looking through it. Then lean into the angled walls at the southeast corner for the Statue of Liberty and One World Trade. If you want the deck nearly to yourself, the 10am opening slots are quiet and the morning light comes from behind you onto the skyline.

History & Facts

Edge opened in 2020 as the highest outdoor observation deck in the Western Hemisphere. Here are the key facts every visitor should know:

How high is Edge? The deck is 1,131 feet above street level on the 100th floor of 30 Hudson Yards, and it extends 80 feet out from the building's face.
Does Edge have a glass floor? Yes. A 225-square-foot triangular glass floor at the platform's point looks straight down more than 1,100 feet to the street.
The deck is fully outdoors, the only major New York observation deck that is, with angled glass walls that tilt out so visitors can lean over the city.
City Climb takes harnessed visitors up an exterior staircase to 1,271 feet, the highest open-air building ascent in the world.
Edge's 7,500-square-foot deck weighs 765,000 pounds and was assembled from 15 sections lifted into place by crane.
The 7 train to 34th Street–Hudson Yards exits directly at the base of the building, and the High Line ends at the deck's feet.

When to visit

Edge is open daily from 10am, with last entry at 9pm, and because it's fully outdoors, weather and light shape the visit more than at any enclosed deck.

Sunset is the prime slot: book a timed entry 45 minutes before sunset, watch the Empire State Building and the skyline in daylight, then stay as the city lights come on with the sun going down over the Hudson behind you. Sunset slots cost more and sell out days ahead in peak season.

The 10am opening slots are the quietest of the day, with the glass floor free and the morning sun lighting the skyline from the east. Evenings after 8pm are calm again, with the lit city and fewer people on the deck.

Because the deck is open-air, cold, wind, and rain are real factors. Winter visits are bracing but the air is clearest; dress warmly. Summer evenings are the most comfortable. Fog and low cloud make the deck pointless, so check the forecast; Edge allows date changes on most tickets. If you're walking the High Line, time it so you arrive at Hudson Yards an hour before sunset.

Getting there

Edge is at 30 Hudson Yards on Manhattan's West Side, with its entrance on the fourth floor of the Shops at Hudson Yards. Take the 7 train to 34th Street–Hudson Yards, its final stop, which exits directly at the base of the complex, then follow signs inside the Shops to the Edge entrance.

The A, C, and E trains stop at 34th Street–Penn Station, a ten-minute walk east. The High Line's northern end is at Hudson Yards, so walking the elevated park from Chelsea delivers you to Edge's door. Chelsea Market is a 20-minute walk south, and Little Island about 25.

Use our interactive NYC subway guide to plan your exact route from any hotel or neighborhood before you arrive.