Take me to ROCKEFELLER

Whenever I hear the name of “New York”, I feel excited and my heart starts to beat fastly as I hear the name of someone else. Before going to this amazing city I always do some plans to visit every place worth to see. Although I have been in New York so many times, I had no chance to go up to Rockefeller Center, but this time I feel that I should make my dream come true, so did I.

Warm welcome to Rockefeller :)

Founder of Rockefeller Center " John D. Rockefeller"

Rockefeller Family, as most of you have heard about it already, is one of the most powerful and rich families in American History. They even provided a scholarship for two important politicians of Turkey, Bülent Ecevit, and Deniz Baykal.  

The Rockefeller Center is commissioned by Rockefeller Family. It is a huge complex and consists of 19 commercial buildings and located in between 48th and 51st streets. Briefly, it is better to memorize if you can keep this address in your mind as “it is between Fifth Avenue and Sixth Avenue.” It was also declared as a National Historic Landmark in 1987.

You will probably wonder about very famous Christmas Tree in front of the Rockefeller Center during Christmas period. Unfortunately, I could not see it since I was out of that time.

Moreover, there is an ice skating area in front of the Rockefeller Center and NBC studios take place inside of the building.

Ice Skating Area

I strictly recommend you to visit Rockefeller Center because of its wonderful view. I visited Empire State and I went up to the 86th floor last year. It was really nice, but Rockefeller Center has a more wide view. You won’t regret when you see the square view of Central Park from the top of Rockefeller Center.

Little Empire State

Central Park

The ticket price is 34$ for adults and this ticket offers you to see three different floors 67th, 69th, and 70th. All three decks have outdoor viewing areas and the uppermost deck is completely open air. The uppermost deck height is approximately 850 feet(259m) from the ground.

 The views include some of the city’s most prominent landmarks from the Chrysler Building to the Brooklyn Bridge and from Central Park to the Hudson and East Rivers. Also, If you trust on your eyes, you can see The Statue of Liberty from the top.

Hudson River

Empire State

Unless you are visiting the Rockefeller Center during the holidays, you won’t need to worry about huge crowds. But it is better to consider going in the early evening to catch the sunset view. The decks are close at midnight with the last elevator up at 11.15 p.m.

And when the most important question is asked; “ROCKEFELLER or EMPIRE STATE BUILDING?”

I would say; “Of course take me to Rockefeller!”

Streching on the top of Rock :)