NYC’s best rooftop bars for New Year’s Eve

Perched above the Graduate Roosevelt Island, the 18th floor Panorama Room has some of the very best views in all of NYC. On New Year’s Eve, you can ring in 2024 with a three hour open bar, passed hors d'oeuvres and a bubbly toast at midnight. (After the clock strikes twelve, it’ll turn into a cash bar.) Sure, you’ll have to get home from Roosevelt Island, but maybe a late-night tram ride is just how you want to ring in the new year. Tickets are $216.10, available here.

This rooftop bar from chef José Andrés offers 270-degree views of New York City from 500 feet in the air. You’ll start your night with a multi-course dinner at The Bazaar, the restaurant below Nubeluz, before making your way to the roof for a premium open bar and a Champagne toast for a totally glamorous beginning to 2024. Tickets are $525, available here. 

Is this the year you go full Times Square? At the Elsie Rooftop, you can watch it all happen from your lofty perch above the madding crowds. You can choose from either a view of the Empire State Building fireworks display or the Times Square ball drop, as long as you’re willing to fight your way through Broadway to get there. For your troubles, you’ll get a five hour open bar, two hours of passed apps and a midnight toast. Tickets start at $335.05, available here. 

One of NYC’s best rooftops any time of year will host a New Year’s Eve party from 9pm to 2am this Sunday, December 31. General admission includes an open bar until midnight and views of the NYC skyline from 22 stories in the sky. Tickets are $275, available here. 

Ascend to Ophelia’s “snow globe in the sky” this December 31 for a four hour open bar, hors d'oeuvres and a Champagne toast at midnight on beautiful Beekman Tower’s 26th floor. Tickets to the 9pm to 2am slot start at $240.25, available here.

The Moxy East Village rooftop is offering a “one ticket, two parties” deal this year. The top floor fête features booze and tacos from 7pm-10pm, after which you’ll move downstairs to Alphabet Bar for an open bar and midnight Champagne toast. Tickets are $110 for both parties, available here. 

This is a lower-priced, lower-rise, lower-key rooftop for NYE. Its Studio 54-style party promises a midnight disco dance party in the heated and covered space. Tickets are $50 at the door and $40 in advance, available here. 

Hit the beach this New Year’s Eve, or at least gaze out upon it, from The Roof at the Rockaway Hotel. Apps will be passed, drinks will be unlimited and a DJ will spin from 8pm to midnight. Tickets are $100, available here.