SUMMIT One Vanderbilt Tickets + Grand Central Secrets Tour
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About this tour
Ride to the top of One Vanderbilt, one of Midtown's tallest towers, for SUMMIT: a series of mirrored rooms, glass skyboxes and open-air terraces where the Manhattan skyline reflects in every direction. You get access to all three immersive floors, the Levitation ledges over Madison Avenue, and the Après café and lounge. Depending on the option you pick, your ticket can add a night visit, a skip-the-line guided tour of SUMMIT, or the Secrets of Grand Central Station walk right next door.
Highlights
- Walk through mirrored galleries where the New York skyline folds into reflections all around you.
- Panoramic Manhattan views from more than 1,000 feet up One Vanderbilt.
- Step onto the Levitation glass skyboxes and look straight down over Madison Avenue.
- See the Air installation by Kenzo Digital and the floating silver spheres of Affinity.
- Take in the Empire State Building and the Midtown skyline from the open-air Après terrace.
- Set at the top of One Vanderbilt, a supertall skyscraper that opened in 2020 beside Grand Central Terminal.
- On a clear day the views reach past Central Park and the rivers to Lower Manhattan.
Places You Will Visit
Included / Excluded
- Entry to the SUMMIT experience
- Access to all 3 floors and immersive installations
- Access to the Après eatery and café
- Night experience (depending on the option selected)
- Skip-the-line guided tour of SUMMIT One Vanderbilt (depending on the option selected)
- Midtown Manhattan highlights guided tour (depending on the option selected)
- Secrets of Grand Central Station tour (depending on the option selected)
Visiting SUMMIT One Vanderbilt: What to See, Hours and Dress Code
SUMMIT One Vanderbilt is built as a sequence of rooms rather than a single platform, so plan to move through it floor by floor. The heart of the visit is Air by Kenzo Digital, multi-level mirrored galleries whose reflective walls, ceilings and floors multiply the skyline until the city seems to stretch out endlessly. From there the Levitation glass skyboxes cantilever out over Madison Avenue for a straight-down view of the streets, the Affinity room fills with floating silver spheres you can set in motion, and the walk ends on the open-air Après terrace and lounge, where you can slow down over views of the Empire State Building and Midtown.
The viewpoints here are some of the sharpest in Midtown. Looking south the Empire State Building anchors the skyline; to the north Central Park opens up, and on clear days you can pick out the Hudson River, Lower Manhattan and even the Statue of Liberty far off. Mornings tend to give the crispest long-distance views, while sunset and night are the busiest, when the mirrors catch the city lights.
SUMMIT sits at the top of One Vanderbilt next to Grand Central Terminal, with the main entrance on Vanderbilt Avenue. You can reach it from the Main Concourse of Grand Central by following signs to the One Vanderbilt Transit Hall, from the street-level entrance at 45 East 42nd Street, or from the Transit Hall entrance at Vanderbilt Avenue and 43rd Street. Note that you cannot get in through the main lobby of One Vanderbilt. By subway, take the 4, 5, 6, 7 or S to Grand Central-42nd Street; buses M1, M2, M3, M4, M42, M101, M102, M103 and Q32 stop nearby on Madison Avenue.
The venue is open daily, generally from 09:00 to 00:00, with last entry at 22:30, though hours can change. On dress code: because floors and walls are mirrored, it is best to wear pants, shorts or tights. Anyone in a dress or skirt may be exposed by the reflective floors.
Weather in New York
Local time 11:24 PM, UTC-04:00
Available Days / Times
- Monday : 08:00, 10:00, 12:00, 14:00, 16:00, 18:00, 19:30
- Tuesday : 08:00, 10:00, 12:00, 14:00, 16:00, 18:00, 19:30
- Wednesday : 08:00, 10:00, 12:00, 14:00, 16:00, 18:00, 19:30
- Thursday : 08:00, 10:00, 12:00, 14:00, 16:00, 18:00, 19:30
- Friday : 08:00, 10:00, 12:00, 14:00, 16:00, 18:00, 19:30
- Saturday : 08:00, 10:00, 12:00, 14:00, 16:00, 18:00, 19:30
- Sunday : 08:00, 10:00, 12:00, 14:00, 16:00, 18:00, 19:30
Last updated: Oct 23, 2026
Important Information
- Climbing on any structures or installations is not allowed.
- Children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult.
- Throwing objects from the observation areas is strictly prohibited.
- Smoking, vaping and outside food or drink are allowed only in designated areas.
- Guests must be respectful toward other visitors and staff at all times.
- No pets, except registered service animals.
- Only handheld personal cameras are allowed; some equipment may be restricted.
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