An elevator apparatus, comprising: a car which ascends and descends in an elevator shaft; a braking device stopping the car at a time of landing of the car in a normal operation; a control instruction part causing the braking device to generate a braking force while controlling a deceleration of the car when causing the car which is normally running to make an emergency stop; and door open and close condition detecting means detecting an open and close condition of a door, characterized in that the elevator apparatus further comprises: speed detecting means detecting a speed of the car; and a running with door open determining part changing control of a braking force of the braking device correspondingly to a condition of an elevator at a time of causing the car to make an emergency stop on the basis of a detection result of the door open and close condition detecting means and a detection result of the speed detecting means, wherein the running with door open determining part causes the braking device to generate a braking force so that a stopping distance of the car becomes shorter than that in a case where a predetermined door open condition is not determined when the predetermined door open condition is determined, and causes the braking device to generate a braking force so that the stopping distance of the car becomes shorter than that in a case where the predetermined door open condition is determined and a speed of the car exceeds a predetermined value when the predetermined door open condition is determined and the speed of the car is the predetermined value or lower, wherein a brake controller in this case stops control of the braking force to cause the braking device to generate a maximum braking force, so that the car stops before the braking force of the braking device rises to the maximum. a car which ascends and descends in an elevator shaft; a braking device stopping the car at a time of landing of the car in a normal operation; a control instruction part causing the braking device to generate a braking force while controlling a deceleration of the car when causing the car which is normally running to make an emergency stop; and door open and close condition detecting means detecting an open and close condition of a door, speed detecting means detecting a speed of the car; and a running with door open determining part changing control of a braking force of the braking device correspondingly to a condition of an elevator at a time of causing the car to make an emergency stop on the basis of a detection result of the door open and close condition detecting means and a detection result of the speed detecting means, wherein the running with door open determining part causes the braking device to generate a braking force so that a stopping distance of the car becomes shorter than that in a case where a predetermined door open condition is not determined when the predetermined door open condition is determined, and causes the braking device to generate a braking force so that the stopping distance of the car becomes shorter than that in a case where the predetermined door open condition is determined and a speed of the car exceeds a predetermined value when the predetermined door open condition is determined and the speed of the car is the predetermined value or lower, wherein a brake controller in this case stops control of the braking force to cause the braking device to generate a maximum braking force, so that the car stops before the braking force of the braking device rises to the maximum.