The Empire State Building is perhaps Old New York's most famous building, constructed in 1931. Unlike other Old New York buildings, the Empire State survived the alien invasions, but it pokes out of the ground of New New York instead of being at street level and is dwarfed by other larger skyscrapers. In 3000, the Empire State was damaged by a projectile from the incoming giant garbage ball. In 3001, Omicronian ships hovered over the Empire State. In a What-If scenario, a 500-foot Bender was killed after being impaled on the Empire State.