Best Places to see New York City Skyline

New York's Skyline is awe inspiring, there is no doubt about it. Some of the tallest skyscrapers in the world form this incredible skyline and its a sight to behold. Be it Gothic Revival, Art Deco, International to Post-Modern, NYC has High Rise's with every architectural principle you can think of. If you are interested in learning more about Skyscrapers and New York's architecture, you can visit the Skyscraper Museum.


Travelers mostly set to explore the skyline from within the city from roof tops of Empire State Building and Rockefeller Center by paying but the best place to see the New York city skyline is from outside and they are mostly free.

3 Best Places to see New York City Skyline

Brooklyn Heights Promenade, Brooklyn

Also called Esplanade, offers breath taking views of Manhattan skyline on East Side, Statue of Liberty, East River, New York Harbor and Brooklyn Bridge. You can easily spend a few hours exploring the brownstone mansions and town homes surrounding the promenade. A evening walk during the sunset with your loved one is a must do and the promenade has benches if you would like to sit and unwind. No entry fee to enter the promenade and the park is open till 1:00 AM.

15 minutes walk from here is Washington Street, Dumbo where you can get to see and take the below iconic picture of Manhattan bridge. If all conditions are fine, you would be able to snap picture of Empire State building between the columns of the bridge.

Pier A & Pier C Park, Hoboken

 With ample amount of street parking available on Sinatra Drive, Pier A and Pier C parks give you a glimpse of the west side of New York's Skyline and Hudson river. Both the parks have no entry fee and you can bring your own blanket to sun bathe or take a stroll on the grass. If lucky you might see a cruise ship passing by too. Day or night, the views are spectacular in their own way.

Statue of Liberty Island Ferry

If you are visiting the Statue of Liberty Island by taking the ferry from the Battery Park, you will get to see the skyline with One World Trade currently the tallest building in New York towering among rest of the other buildings. There is a entry fee, a very long line and airport level security check before you are allowed to enter the ferry, so the visit to Liberty island should be planned properly as it might take up half of your day. But once on the ferry, nothings beats the views that you get to witness and there are no words to describe and it will be one of the best moments of your whole vacation.

Are there any other better places to see New York City Skyline other than than the 3 listed above? please leave them in comments below so that other travelers could benefit from it. Click here for "Latest Deals"  to see cheap flights/ travel deals info for your next vacation to New York City, city so nice they named it twice "New York, New York".