Do Elevators Have A 13th Floor

Is it just superstition.

Do elevators have a 13th floor.

Hotels are simply labeling the floor differently in the few places where these businesses label the levels. It depends on the elevator building. You won t find it on the panels and you won t find it in the stairwells. I ve found that in general the older buildings typically omit the 13th floor while more modern ones do not.

Therefore hotels are not leaving out the 13th floor. What has happened in history to create such a stigma about a 13th floor. Indeed if you re staying in a hotel there s a good chance your elevator will magically lift you from the 12th floor to the 14th. In 2002 based on an internal review of records dilip rangnekar of otis elevators estimated that 85 of the buildings with otis brand elevators did not have a floor named the 13th floor.

Today 85 percent of elevator panels don t have the number 13. According to otis elevators up to. Why are skeptics so easily convinced that the majority would just rather avoid the 13th floor. Whether you re a lifelong new yorker or a tourist stopping by you ve probably noticed that not many buildings in nyc have a 13th floor.