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Rooftops

Up high, outdoors, with the city in front of you. What the view actually is, what it costs to stand there, and whether the drink is worth it.

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Rooftop barOverstory · Westlight Observation deckEmpire State Building Observatory Rooftop restaurantThe Yacht Club

Rooftop bar

9.7OverstoryFinancial District$$$$Sixty-four floors up at 70 Pine, on a terrace small enough that the height is the only thing you notice.9.5WestlightWilliamsburg$$$Twenty-two floors over Williamsburg, with the Manhattan skyline laid out across the East River.8.9Le BainMeatpacking District$$$A penthouse discotheque at The Standard with a plunge pool in the middle of the floor and a disco ball over it.8.9Mr. PurpleLower East Side$$$Two terraces and a pool fifteen floors over Orchard Street, in the middle of everything the Lower East Side does well.Rating TBDBar BlondeauWilliamsburg$$$The best skyline view in Brooklyn, from the top of the Wythe.Rating TBDHarriet's RooftopDUMBO$$$$The Brooklyn Bridge up close, with a drink in your hand.Rating TBDLeonessaBattery Park City$$$A downtown rooftop that looks at the Hudson and the harbor instead of Midtown.Rating TBDNubeluzNoMad$$$$The Ritz-Carlton's sky bar, with 270 degrees of Manhattan.

Observation deck

9.6Empire State Building ObservatoryMidtown$$$Dead center of Manhattan, with all four sides of the island in front of you — and the only deck where that is true.

Rooftop restaurant

Rating TBDThe Yacht ClubChelsea$$$A nautical rooftop on top of the Starrett-Lehigh, facing the Hudson.