A cultural icon the world over, the Empire State Building has been featured in countless movies, television shows, and works of art.
Every year, we welcome a who’s who of celebrities, royalty, and dignitaries to our observation deck to soak up the view of New York City.
BTS' Jin
Kali Uchis
WNBA 2025 Draftees
Kesha
Alicia Keys
Kylie Minogue
The Jonas Brothers
Uncle O'Grimacey
JO1
Callum Walsh and Dean Sutherland
Ethan Page, Stephanie Vaquer, and Oba Femi
Ivar Mountbatten, Dylan Efron and Dolores Catania
Alan Cumming
Monty the Giant Schnauzer
Vito Mielnicki
Keke Palmer
Winnie Harlow
Antoni Porowski, Karamo Brown, Tan France, Jonathan van Ness, and Jeremiah Brent
Trisha Paytas
Pete Davidson
Michelle Yeoh, Omari Hardwick, Rob Kazinsky and Producer, Olatunde Osunsanmi Visited ESB to celebrate the premiere of Star Trek: Section 31
Vince Carter
Robbie Williams
Nikki Glaser
Tyler Perry, Kerry Washington, and Ebony Obsidian
Bluey, Bingo, and Muffin
Big Ocean
JADE
Bozoma Saint John
The Radio City Rockettes
TCS New York City Marathon 2024 Winners
Meg Donnelly
Heidi Klum
SEVENTEEN
David Henrie and Janice LeAnn Brown
Maria Becerra and Sheila E.
Justin Hartley
The Cast of Blue Bloods
FloyyMenor
Will Reeve
Taylor Hill, Paloma Elsesser and Grace Elizabeth Cabe
Gavin DeGraw
Elizabeth Gillies
Colin Jost
Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Cast
Gabby Thomas
Sebastian Maniscalco
The Cast of The Penguin
Belinda
Le Sserafim
Bart Scott
Tommy Hilfiger
Cast of Love Island USA Season 6
Ciara
Team USA's Mens Volleyball Team
Alyssa Edwards
Ryan Kaji
Mary J. Blige
Ice Spice
Rita Ora
2024 NBA Draft Top Picks
Cast of HBO's House of the Dragon
Cyndi Lauper
Meagan Good
50 Cent
Julius Randle
Pepe Aguilar
Chrissy Teigen
Two Friends
Sage the Miniature Poodle
Alexandra Daddario
Padma Lakshmi
Margaret Josephs and Dolores Catania
Billie Jean King
Billy idol
Lewis Hamilton
Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia
Cesar Millan
Mariska Hargitay
Hayden Christensen
Chance the Rapper
Countess Luann de Lesseps
Damar Hamlin
Renee Rapp
Tina Fey
Oprah Winfrey
Jimmy Fallon
Jared Leto is the first person to climb the Empire State Building
Nacho Figueras at ESB
Buddy Holly the dog at the Empire State Building
Billy Nye at ESB
Michael Strahan
Adrienne Bailon-Houghton
TWICE
Mayor Eric Adams
Joe Torre
Daisy Jones & The Six Cast
P!nk
Backstreet Boys
Marc Anthony
Emily in Paris Cast (Kevin Dias, Samuel Arnold, Bruno Gouery, Camile Razat, Ashley Park, Jean-Christophe Bouvet, William Abadie, and Lacien Laviscount)
Andrea Bocelli
Alicia Keys
Cheat Codes
NYC Marathon Winners
Jujubee
Lyle the Crocodile
Jenna Johnson Chmerkovskiy
MAX
Maite Perroni
Alessandra Ambrosio
LL Cool J
Bianca Belair and Montez Ford
Corbin Bleu
Joshua Bassett
Trumpet
Steve Carrell
Machine Gun Kelly
Rachel Brosnahan
Stranger Things 4 Cast
Sesame Street
Ed Sheeran
Blake Lively
Nicole Scherzinger
Charli D'Amelio visits the Empire State Building
Dixie D'Amelio visits the Empire State Building
Drew Barrymore
Cindy Crawford
Behati Prinsloo visits the Empire State Building
Mariah Carey
Lin Manuel Miranda
Jennifer Garner
Tom Holland
BTS Members the Empire State Building
Hailee Steinfeld
John Cena
Adriana Lima
Venus Williams
Elizabeth Hurley visits Empire State Building
Kristen Bell
Joey Chestnut
Zendaya
Efron
Gwen Stefani
Kylie Jenner
Priyanka Chopra visits the Empire State Building
Final Five
Julianne Hough
Jordan Spieth
Pharrell Williams
Hugh Jackman
Steve Aoki
Serena Williams
Taylor Swift atop the 103rd floor of the Empire State Building for her album launch
Ariana Grande
The Rockettes
Novak Djokovic
Kim Kardashian
SpongeBob
Roger Federer