Located on Fifth Avenue between 33rd and 34th streets in Manhattan. It is 103 stories tall (1,250 feet to top floor, excluding height of antennae, which is 204 feet). Took only one year and 45 days to ...

In late July 2025, rumors circulated on social media about a Mitchell B-25 bomber from the United States Army Air Forces ...

It was a tragedy that shook the nation and made headlines around the world: a plane crashing into the tallest building on Earth. It happened 80 years ago Monday, July 28, 1945, when a twin-engine ...

The Empire State Building in New York is shining gold and white tower lights for a four-hour window Monday night and into Tuesday morning in memory of Pope Francis following his death. The building ...

Decades later, Betty Lou Oliver still holds the record for surviving a 1,000-foot fall in the Empire State Building: "They thought she had died," her daughter tells PEOPLE Bettmann Archive/Getty Betty ...

The Empire State Building lights displayed a colorful sparkling design to celebrate the New York City landmark's 94th birthday.

The celebration of lights comes as a collaboration between the Empire State Building and the New York City Fire Department.

In late July 2025, rumors circulated on social media about a Mitchell B-25 bomber from the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) that supposedly crashed into the Empire State Building in 1945.

The incident accelerated scrutiny of military and civilian flight paths over major cities, influencing legislation about air traffic control methods and building design for impact resistance. On July ...