Escape Room Games in the New York Area

Can you break out in time?

By Samantha Neudorf April 4, 2020

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The Puzzle Parlour
131 Court St., White Plains
914-368-8222

There are four rooms to choose from: The Heist Part 1, The Surgery, The Alien Conspiracy, and Vampire.
 

Escape Rooms in Rockland County

Escape the Mystery Room
3681 Palisades Center Drive, West Nyack
845-358-1978

At this escape room, you can choose your difficulty level while booking one of six rooms. There is also a party package for a room called Black Ops that includes a party room space for two hours, pizza, dessert, and drinks.
 

Escape Rooms in Bergen County, NJ

Black Hat Escape Room
810 Abbott Blvd., #2G, Fort Lee
201-561-7888

This room has a Jurassic Takeover game, where dinosaurs are roaming the streets in present day and you and your team need to find the sequence to keept them from staying.
 

Cipher Seeker
168 Franklin Turnpike, Suite 104, Waldwick
201-251-CLUE (2583)

Cipher Seeker has three rooms for all skill levels, including Defcon 1, Graveyard Inlet, and Framed for experienced players.
 

Escape Room NJ
157A Main St., Hackensack
201-815-1784

The two rooms at this location are S.W.A.T. and The Other Side, which is available in horror and detective (not scary) versions. Party packages and other activities such as airsoft, human bumper balls, and Minute to Win It are also available.
 

Escape Rooms in Nassau County, Long Island

Can You Escape?
44 Jericho Turnpike, Mineola
516-246-9939 

Escape room themes include Once Upon a Time, The Interrogation Room, The Subway, The Apartment, and The Prison Break. They also have a mobile escape room available for special events.
 

Challenge Escape Rooms
922 Hempstead Turnpike, Franklin Square
203 Sunrise Highway, Rockville Centre
516-888-0202

Established in 2015, this game has four locations: two in Nassau County, one n Bayside, Queens, and one in Patchogue in Suffolk County. Among all of them, there are nine different rooms. If you bring children younger than 14, you must book the whole room out to ensure their safety.
 

Epic Escape Rooms LI
357 Hempstead Turnpike, Suite 203, West Hempstead
516-427-5977

This room’s game is called Killer Feature, where you and your team need to find out how to escape a horror movie.
 

Just Escape LI
529 Broadway, Massapequa
516-809-8980 

Just Escape has birthday party packages available and several themed rooms, including Prey, The Illusionist, Pirates of the Dark Sea, Sweet Revenge, Carnival Conundrum, and Underworld.
 

Puzzle Break LI
180 Michael Drive, Syosset,
561-307-0888

These rooms include Escape from 20,000 Leagues, Escape the Midnight Carnival, and The Grimm Escape. Puzzle Break’s games are also exclusively offered aboard Royal Caribbean’s Anthem of the Seas, Ovation of the Seas, and Harmony of the Seas ships.
 

The Escape of a Lifetime
473 Old Country Road, Westbury
516-780-4420

Rooms include Da Vinci’s Study, The Vault, and The Asylum.
 

Escape Rooms in Suffolk County, Long Island

CRYPTIQ Inc.
256 Main St., Suite 1205, Northport
631-651-2622

The theme at this escape room rotates, be sure to check the website for the most up-to-date rooms.
 

Escape Room Long Island
718 Portion Road, Lake Ronkonkoma
70 Horseblock Road, Yaphank
631-974-6988

The four rooms at each location are Legends of the Hidden Temple, Alcatraz Prison Escape, Cabin in the Woods, and Time Warp Escape Room. Children younger than 7 are not allowed to play.
 

Escape Zone Long Island
872 Middle Country Road, Saint James
631-645-8906

Rooms include Escape Wonderland, Diamond Heist, Trouble in Paradise, Harry Potter Escape, Friday the 13th: Escape Camp Crystal Lake, Pirates "Thieves of the Seven Seas," and Date Night for ages 17 and older.
 

Hour Escape
1303 Main St., Port Jefferson
631-403-3030

You have one hour to solve the mystery of The Show Must Go On or Cafe Lorenzo. Birthday parties, private bookings, corporate team building, and networking events also available.
 

Know Escape
1518 Main St., Port Jefferson
631-241-1239 

This room’s theme is Sunderland Hollow, where players figure out the mysteries hiding in this town.
 

Padlocked
2402 Ocean Ave., Suite 2, Ronkonkoma
631-676-LOCK (5625)

Along with private parties, Padlocked has two standard rooms: Cuckoo’s Nest and Home Alone, and two premium rooms not recommended for visitors younger than 16: Castaway and Wild Wild West.

Main image: The interior of Brooklyn Escape Room
Courtesy Brooklyn Escape Room

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