A 21-year-old man leapt to his death from an observation deck of the Empire State Building on Tuesday, the police said.

The man, whose name was not released, got a running start and cleared a barrier on the observation deck, on the 86th floor, about 6:15 p.m., the police said.

The man landed on a sidewalk in front of a Bank of America branch near the northeast entrance of the skyscraper on West 34th Street, near Fifth Avenue.

In the skyscraper’s long history — construction began in 1930, and it opened on May 1, 1931 — more than 30 people have leapt to their deaths.