Rockefeller Center Christmas tree and holiday windows

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Rockefeller Center Christmas tree and holiday windows

Photo: Daniel Dimitrov · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

🎃 Seasonal · Manhattan

1.5 hours · Free · No reservation needed

age fit
0–1 yr
★ 3.0
1–3 yrs
★ 4.0
3–5 yrs
★ 4.0
5–10 yrs
★ 4.0
  • 🚇
    About 5 min by subway or car
    From Midtown · Getting there: Subway B/D/F/M to 47–50 Sts–Rockefeller Center; right outside the station
  • 🍼
    Stroller-friendly
    Flat surfaces — bring the stroller
  • 🌳
    Little shade
    Good on cool days · Fine on cold days · Rain-OK
  • ⏱️
    Typical visit: 1.5 hours
    Best seasons: Winter

The giant tree, lit from early December to early January, and the skating rink beneath it are the center of a New York Christmas; one block along Fifth Avenue brings you to the Saks light show and the moving department-store windows, where kids press their faces to the glass for ages.

💡 Tips
On weekend afternoons and evenings the crowds make a stroller nearly impossible, so weekday mornings before 10 are the most comfortable; the rink is expensive with long lines, so just look. The Bryant Park rink nearby is free if you bring your own skates.

What this place offers

✓Christmas tree
✓skating rink
✓Fifth Avenue windows
✓free
✓big crowds
✓restrooms (mall)

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This weekend's weather in Manhattan

Forecast at the destination itself (coast and hills often differ from home)

🌦️
Sat 10/17
Drizzle · 45–61°F · 29% rain
☀️
Sun 10/18
Sunny · 42–59°F · 3% rain

Location

Manhattan, New York

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