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.
Maluma
Julie Bowen
RobeGrill
Russell Westbrook
Sheamus posing for a photo on the 86th Floor at the Empire State Building Observatory
KPOP DEMON HUNTERS
Ludmilla
Diljit Dosanjh
Vijay Deverakonda
Paula Patton
Sofia Carson and Corey Mylchreest
West Ham United F.C. Players
The Cast of “Smurfs”
David Corenswet and Rachel Brosnahan
The Cast of “Dexter: Resurrection”
Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano
Stray Kids
Andy Cohen
Frankie Grande
Gloria Estefan
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
Antoni Porowski, Karamo Brown, Tan France, Jonathan van Ness, and Jeremiah Brent
Winnie Harlow
Trisha Paytas
Pete Davidson
Vince Carter
Michelle Yeoh, Omari Hardwick, Rob Kazinsky and Producer, Olatunde Osunsanmi Visited ESB to celebrate the premiere of Star Trek: Section 31
Robbie Williams
Nikki Glaser
Tyler Perry, Kerry Washington, and Ebony Obsidian
Bluey, Bingo, and Muffin
JADE
Big Ocean
Bozoma Saint John
The Radio City Rockettes
Meg Donnelly
TCS New York City Marathon 2024 Winners
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
Team USA's Mens Volleyball Team
Ciara
Ryan Kaji
Alyssa Edwards
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
Two Friends
Chrissy Teigen
Sage the Miniature Poodle
Alexandra Daddario
Padma Lakshmi
Billie Jean King
Margaret Josephs and Dolores Catania
Billy idol
Lewis Hamilton
Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia
Cesar Millan
Mariska Hargitay
Hayden Christensen
Chance the Rapper
Damar Hamlin
Countess Luann de Lesseps
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
Adrienne Bailon-Houghton
Michael Strahan
Joe Torre
Mayor Eric Adams
TWICE
P!nk
Daisy Jones & The Six Cast
Andrea Bocelli
Emily in Paris Cast (Kevin Dias, Samuel Arnold, Bruno Gouery, Camile Razat, Ashley Park, Jean-Christophe Bouvet, William Abadie, and Lacien Laviscount)
Marc Anthony
Backstreet Boys
Alicia Keys
Cheat Codes
NYC Marathon Winners
Lyle the Crocodile
Jujubee
MAX
Jenna Johnson Chmerkovskiy
Alessandra Ambrosio
Maite Perroni
LL Cool J
Bianca Belair and Montez Ford
Corbin Bleu
Joshua Bassett
Trumpet
Machine Gun Kelly
Steve Carrell
Stranger Things 4 Cast
Rachel Brosnahan
Sesame Street
Ed Sheeran
Nicole Scherzinger
Blake Lively
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
Venus Williams
Adriana Lima
Elizabeth Hurley visits Empire State Building
Kristen Bell
Joey Chestnut
Efron
Zendaya
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
The Rockettes
Ariana Grande
Novak Djokovic
Kim Kardashian
SpongeBob
Roger Federer