Ripley’s Believe It or Not Times Square – Location
234 West 42nd Street
(between 7th Ave & 8th Ave),
New York, NY 10036
Ripley’s Believe It or Not is located right in Times Square, in the Midtown West area of Manhattan.
Ripley’s Believe It or Not Times Square – Contact Details
- Phone: 212 398 3133
- Fax: 212 398 4219
About Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Times Square
Ripley’s Believe It or Not was established by Robert Ripley, which deals in fantastic events and items so out of the ordinary and bizarre that readers might query the claims. It is situated on West 42nd St in the heart of Manhattan’s Times Square district.
Ripley's Believe It or Not Times Square
Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Auditorium is one of New York City’s most attractive places. Robert Ripley traveled the whole world for more than 40 years for gathering the incredible, the mysterious and the one-and-only.
His huge set of collections was praised as “incredible,” “ridiculously bizarre” and “very entertaining”. Here you can see hear and touch to feel that as peculiar as it is real. The Auditorium is a museum like that you haven’t seen in your life.
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The Ripley collected works consist of 20,000 photographs, 30,000 artifacts and over 100,000 cartoon panels. Ripley Entertainment’s publishing and broadcast divisions manage various projects, such as the syndicated TV series, the newspaper cartoon panel, books, posters and games.
Don’t miss the chance to travel around the incredible in more than twenty themed galleries on both sides of two floors of disgraceful video, archival, and interactive displays in 18,000 Square Feet Auditorium.
What to see at the Ripley’s Believe It or Not Times Square
Ripley Entertainment Inc. is the custodian of the respected Ripley’s Believe It or Not! brand. It is an international leader in location-based amusement, which is amusing over 13 million yearly at its 80 locations in 11 countries.
Ripley’s Believe It or Not Times Square Offers dozens of interactive essentials, over 20 museum-style themed galleries, creative inquisitiveness crafted from ridiculous materials, sideshow performances almost every day, world’s biggest set of wasted heads, visual delusions such as the “black hole”, 3,000 pound meteorite, lock of hair from President JFK.
Ripley’s Laser Maze
Ripley’s has own brand latest Laser Maze where you can go into the inexplicable maze.
Ripley’s Odd-Shop
You can remember your visit in Ripley’s by step into the Ripley’s New York Odd-Shop, a gift store packed with exclusive New York City and Ripley’s souvenirs. The Ripley’s Believe It or Not! gift shop is the ideal place to discover something for everyone comfortable t-shirts, weird collectibles, exclusive jewelry, crazy candy and toys that will connect the thoughts.
Babe Ruth Theater – Up to 50 Guests
Babe Ruth Theater which is just right for a close mixture event, office happy hour, corporate private meeting, instructional class -like yoga and more. Babe Ruth Theater is the ideal setting for up to 50 guests.
Extended Babe Ruth Theater– Up to 120 Guests
Extended Babe Ruth Theater includes Beauty, X-ray, and Space Galleries which is ideal for events like a better cocktail event, larger office happy hour, team building, business networking, etc.
Full Event Venue Up to 800 Guests
Full Event Venue is perfect for big scale events like a business holiday party, a wedding, a bar/bat mitzvah, product launches, photo shoots and more. Ripley’s Performers are comprise human Blockheads, fire breathers, sword swallower, escape artists, world record holders, magicians, contortionists, stilt walkers.
Ripley's Believe It or Not! Times Square
Ripley’s Believe It or Not Times Square Visiting hours
Hours of Operation for Ripley’s Believe It or Not Times Square
Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Times Square is open 365 days a year at 9.00 am.
1 January to 21 March
Sunday – Wednesday: 9:00 AM to 11:00 PM (last ticket sold at 10pm)
Thursday – Saturday: 9:00 AM to 1:00 AM (last ticket sold at midnight)
22 March to 31 December
9:00 AM to 1:00 AM (last ticket sold midnight)
How to reach Ripley’s Believe It or Not Times Square
Ripley’s Believe It or Not Times Square is located right in Times Square, so you can very easily reach here by public transit – both by a bus and by a train.
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By Train / Subway
The following trains would take you to Times Square:
- 1, 2, 3, 7, N, Q, R to the Times Sq – 42 St station
- A, C, E to the 42 St – Port Authority Bus Terminal station
Ripley’s Believe It or Not Times Square Tickets
It is best to purchase tickets for Ripley’s Believe It or Not Times Square before you go there to avoid waiting in a long line there and to avoid any disappointment. To purchase discounted tickets online, please click here.
Other Tourist Attractions Near Ripley’s Believe It or Not Times Square
- Toys R Us Times Square
- Times Square
- Apple Store on Fifth Avenue
- Bryant Park
- Empire State Building
- Central Park
- Intrepid Air and Space Museum
- Shopping on 5th Avenue
- The American Museum of Natural History
- The Plaza Hotel
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met)
- The Grand Central Terminal / Grand Central Station
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