Visiting the Crown

Twenty-five windows in the crown look out at the surrounding New York Harbor.

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Reserve Your Crown Tickets
Due to its extreme popularity, tickets to the Crown must be reserved before visiting.

Warning: Statue City Cruises is the ONLY ferry service authorized by the National Park Service for ticket sales and transportation to Liberty and Ellis Islands. Numerous third-party vendors sell tickets online or through aggressive vendors at The Battery charging higher prices for boats that do not land on the islands.

Tickets to the Crown must be reserved online in advance from our authorized vendor: Statue City Cruises. They can also be reached by phone at: 877-LADY TIX (877 523-9849).


On the Day of Your Visit

• Crown ticket holders must check in at the Castle Clinton (NYC) or Liberty State Park (NJ) ticket booth BEFORE boarding the ferry.

• Each ticket holder (except minors) must present a photo ID to pick up tickets and REQUIRED CROWN WRISTBANDS before entering the ferry.

• The time listed on the ferry ticket is the time you are allowed to join the queue at the security screening facility. It is not a reservation for a ferry departure or the time to enter the pedestal.

• The security screening and ferry boarding process can take an hour or more during peak times; summer, weekends, and winter holidays.

 

A trip up to the crown includes walking up a double-helix spiral staircase.

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What to Expect

You must climb 162 stairs in a tight helix to reach the Crown. There is no elevator service to the Crown. The climb is strenuous. The National Park Service recommends that crown visitors have no significant physical or mental conditions that would impair their ability to complete the climb, such as (but not limited to):

• Heart conditions
• Respiratory conditions
• Mobility impairment
• Claustrophobia (fear of confined spaces)
• Acrophobia (fear of heights)
• Vertigo (dizziness)

National Park Service Rangers are always present to assist visitors. Those who feel uncomfortable proceeding up the crown staircase have the option of stopping at the top of the Statue of Liberty's pedestal. For additional information on the crown, please visit Physical Mobility in the Crown.

 

Crown Ticket Guidelines

• Maximum of four (4) crown tickets allowed per order.

• One ticket per person is allowed during any six (6) month period.

• Children must be at least 42 inches, or 1.1 meters, tall to visit the crown and cannot be carried. Children must always be accompanied by an adult.

• To ensure the safety and enjoyment of our visitors, crown visits are limited to 10 minutes.

 

Items prohibited inside the monument can be stored within secondary screening lockers before entry.

Prohibited Items

The following common items cannot be brought to the crown: bags of any kind, tripods, keys, writing instruments, umbrellas, shopping bags, food and drinks (except for water in a plastic bottle), and any item that may impede progress on the staircase.

Water in a plastic bottle, a phone, a camera, and medicine are the only items you are allowed to carry to the crown (you may have small items that are not on the prohibited items list).

Lockers are located adjacent to the secondary screening building and require a 25¢ deposit (quarters only). Locker dimensions are approximately 12"x12"x18" and there are change machines available to $1 and $5 bills.