Whether you want to spend a week or just a couple of days, New York City has so many offerings for travelers and there are so many hotels to choose from. In this article, you will find the latest hotel openings in New York City as well as soon to open hotels.
Moxy NYC Chelsea
Opened: February 2019
Moxy NYC Chelsea, the micro-room, macro-amenity hotel, blends a botanically-influenced design with Italian romance and a touch of playful wit. The 349-room hotel, rising 35 stories high into the New York City skyline, blends into the lush flower shops that surround it, with a soaring three-story glass atrium revealing the vertical gardens within. Guests enter through the overgrown Putnam & Putnam Flower Shop, designed by Yabu Pushelberg, which is envisioned as a “botanical library,” with planter boxes suspended from the 15-foot wall, reachable by a wheeled ladder.
In all three room types — King, Double/Double and Quad Bunk — the furniture, which includes a writing desk and chair/luggage rack, can be folded up and hung up on Moxy’s signature peg wall when not in use. Other space-saving gambits include under-bed storage and a lava-stone sink and vanity area placed outside the bathroom.
Lightstone teamed up with Francesco Panella, owner of Antica Pesa, the legendary trattoria in Rome and its celeb-favorite counterpart in Brooklyn, and TAO Group to create new dining and drinking concepts for Moxy Chelsea that will appeal to guests and locals alike—Feroce Ristorante, Feroce Caffè, and Bar Feroce. TAO Group and Rockwell also collaborated on The Fleur Room, Moxy Chelsea’s rooftop lounge, topping off the hotel on the 35th floor with panoramic 360-degree views of the Manhattan skyline, from the Statue of Liberty to the Empire State building.
Moxy Chelsea is located at 105 W 28th Street (at 6th Avenue).
Lord & Moris Times Square Hotel
Opened: February 2019
Red Roof® introduced the Lord & Moris Times Square Hotel as part of its newly launched soft brand, The Red Collection™. In the center of Times Square, one of the city’s most visited and vibrant neighborhoods, the Lord & Moris Times Square Hotel is just a short walk to some of New York's most famous attractions including the Empire State Building, Broadway theatres, and the Vessel at Hudson Yards.
The hotel’s 78 guest rooms are smartly designed spaces, some with bunk beds perfect for friends and families traveling together, providing guests with a quintessential New York experience. The property, accessible to some of the country’s best culture and cuisine, offers unique features, rustic accents, and chic wooden design elements. Hotel amenities include custom fountains in the lobby offering free filtered water, reliable Wi-Fi, tablets in each room, flat-screen TVs, stylish bathrooms, and more.
Artezen Hotel
Opened: March 2019
The Artezen, located in the financial district in lower Manhattan, is a boutique hotel with 89 rooms. The hotel’s rooms and lobbies feature works by local artists.
At the top of the 21-story property, a two-floor rooftop bar and lounge encased in glass will provide breathtaking views of downtown Manhattan.
Rooms start at $159/night.
Sister City
Opened: March 2019
Sister City is a hotel with 200 intimate, efficient rooms, created by the studio that made Ace Hotel. It is an experiment in essentialism — a hotel distilled to its most beautiful working parts. It gives you shelter when you need it, but helps deliver you out into the wider world, too. Inspired by Finnish saunas, Japanese bento boxes, the rock-cut cliff dwellings of prehistory and John Cage's 4'33", Sister City considers what’s truly needed for the modern traveler, a list that includes, but is not limited to, the following: A Roof, Outlets, Plants, Soft Feeling, Courage, Spirit
Every room is a vessel waiting to be filled. There’s a ground-floor restaurant. The address is 225 Bowery, a few doors down from the New Museum.
Comfort Inn Prospect Park – Brooklyn, N.Y.
Opened: May 2019
Located at 150 20th St. in the South Slope area of Brooklyn, guests of the 84-room Comfort Inn Prospect Park-Brooklyn can easily access many of New York's top businesses. Industry City, the World Trade Center, and Wall Street firms like JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs are all just a short subway ride away.
Comfort hotels are designed to meet the needs of business and leisure travelers with amenities such as complimentary hearty and healthy breakfast, free Wi-Fi and business centers, 24-hour fitness centers. The hotels are 100-percent smoke-free.
Comfort Inn – Long Island City, N.Y.
Opened: May 2019
The 94-room Comfort Inn - Long Island City at 37-35 21st Street is in one of New York's emerging neighborhoods. The hotel is the latest newcomer to the redeveloped industrial area of Long Island City, home to corporate offices of JetBlue Airways, Silvercup Studios, and Altice USA. The NYC Subway's F-train is nearby and gets into midtown Manhattan in 2 short stops, perfect for visitors to explore the Empire State Building, Central Park, and more.
Comfort hotels are designed to meet the needs of business and leisure travelers with amenities such as complimentary hearty and healthy breakfast, free Wi-Fi and business centers, 24-hour fitness centers. The hotels are 100-percent smoke-free.
TWA Hotel
Opened: May 2019
The TWA Hotel at New York City’s John F. Kennedy International Airport has opened, giving new life to a long-abandoned airport terminal that was once an icon of the 1960s Jet Set. The only hotel on the airport’s grounds is an adaptive reuse of the historic Trans World Airlines Flight Center, which opened in 1962. The historic terminal has turned into a hotel lobby and two wings has added for the property’s guestrooms. A 50,000-square-foot events center is also added to the property.
The property also includes the Paris Café by Jean-Georges, the Sunken Lounge cocktail bar, a 10,000-square-foot fitness center, a reading room, the TWA Shop and a museum.
Marriott International opens its dual-branded property in Manhattan, New York. Fairfield Inn and SpringHill Suites New York Manhattan/Times Square South has just opened on the site of the former Christ Church Presbyterian Church.Located at 338 W. 36th Street provides affordable accommodations in the heart of the Garment District, near to Madison Square Garden, The Shed, The Javits Center, Broadway, Hudson Yards, Macy’s, and the Empire State Building. Sharing a single entrance, but offering a variety of accommodation options, the hotels have been designed to appeal to both business and leisure travelers.The properties share Bar 1905 for small bites and signature drinks, a 24/7 fitness center, and a 2,000 square-foot meeting and event space able to accommodate up to 135 people.
Fairfield Inn & Suites New York Manhattan/Times Square
Opened: May 2019
The 286-room Fairfield Inn & Suites New York Manhattan/Times Square South offers guest rooms on high floors with natural lighting and a modernized design. Amenities include free hot breakfast and a Market for round-the-clock snacks and beverages. Opening rates at the Fairfield Inn & Suites New York Manhattan/Times Square South start at $249 per night.
SpringHill Suites New York Manhattan/Times Square South
Opened: May 2019
The 284-room SpringHill Suites New York Manhattan/Times Square South offers guest rooms with separate living and sleeping areas decorated with West Elm furnishings and featuring complimentary Wi-Fi and hot breakfast. Opening rates at the SpringHill Suites New York Manhattan/Times Square South start at $269 per night.
Renaissance New York Chelsea Hotel
Opened: June 2019
Renaissance New York Chelsea Hotel opened its doors as one of the tallest properties in Manhattan’s enchanting Flower District rising 430-feet-high. Located on the site of the former Antique Garage, a beloved indoor flea market, the impeccably appointed hotel is set to become the Chelsea neighborhood’s prime address.
On the guest floors, ivy and brick printed wallcovering will line corridors that lead to the 341 guestrooms and suites to create the illusion of walking through a secret garden. Earth tones will dominate the color palette of the guest rooms with wood paneled printed wallcovering, concrete sinks and wood-look porcelain tiles. The garden theme continues with whimsical touches like gnome desk lamps and rabbit coat hooks.
The property soars 38 floors with its glass facade providing unobstructed views of the city. With reservations, hotel guests and the public can enjoy exclusive access to Somewhere Nowhere, a two-floor nightlife lounge that will boast one of the city’s highest open-air rooftop pools, a hidden retreat with a lush, garden-like atmosphere. The rooftop terrace will provide a panoramic setting showcasing quintessential New York landmarks like the Empire State Building, World Trade Center, Chrysler Building and Hudson River. Below the rooftop terrace, an indoor lounge will be accessible via a hidden ground floor passageway - a repurposed loading dock transformed with spray-painted murals - that leads to an elevator transporting guests to the 38th floor.
Renaissance Chelsea New York Hotel also features a signature restaurant helmed by renowned chef Fabrizio Facchini. The restaurant, named Cotto, will focus on Italian and Mediterranean fare.
Hotel Hendricks
Opened: July 2019
Hotel Hendricks has opened in Manhattan’s Garment District. The 176-room property is steps away from Herald Square, Bryant Park and Fifth Avenue. The 176-room property features "eclectic" interiors by Los Angeles-based designer Marcello Pozzi, a Latin-inspired restaurant, Paloma at Hotel Hendricks, helmed by chef PJ Calapa; and two rooftop bars. Hendricks Rooftop, spanning the entirety of the 26th floor, has whimsical decor and floor-to-ceiling windows showcasing views of downtown Manhattan from the Empire State Building to the Freedom Tower. Up a short staircase, guests emerge onto an outdoor rooftop deck featuring a “garage bar” serving cocktails and bar snacks. The open-air deck is outfitted with bar tables and chairs along with a black and white mural, also designed by Julio Granados.
Hotel Hendricks’ amenities also include custom-made bath products, 40-inch Smart TVs, complimentary high-speed Wi-Fi, in-room workspaces, pet-friendly amenities and in-room dining. Rooms starting at $176/night.
Equinox Hotel
Opened: July 2019
Fitness brand Equinox has opened its first hotel; Equinox Hotel at New York's Hudson Yards. The 212-room property, located over several floors at 35 Hudson Yards, includes a 60,000-square-foot gym. Here guests can experience signature group fitness classes, private pilates, personal training services, performance-driven spa, 25-yard indoor saltwater pool, hot and cold plunge pools, outdoor leisure pool, and SoulCycle on the ground floor.
The hotel also features a restaurant and bar by Restaurateur Stephen Starr featuring an 8,000 square-foot outdoor terrace with views overlooking Manhattan and the Hudson River.
Moxy NYC East Village
Opened: September 2019
Moxy NYC East Village located on East 11th Street between Third and Fourth Avenues, directly across from the legendary concert venue Webster Hall opens its doors for travelers. Located in the heart of the iconic East Village where rock ‘n’ roll, renegade art, LGBTQ+ activism, and generations of immigrants all merged to give birth to American counterculture, the hotel features 286 design-driven bedrooms, co-working spaces, and tech-savvy amenities, as well as lively restaurants, bars, and cultural programming – all at an affordable price.
The four brand-new dining and drinking venues at Moxy East Village that offer a multitude of scenes all under one roof. Alphabet Bar & Café, Cathédrale and Little Sister are now open, and the rooftop bar will launch Spring 2020.
Conrad New York Midtown
Opened: October 2019
The 54-floor, 562-suite Conrad New York Midtown is the brand’s second New York City property and is located at 151 West 54th St., the former site of The London NYC.
A jewel-tone color palette, custom-designed furniture, herringbone wood floors, hand-tufted wool rugs, and Carrera marble bathrooms comprise generous floor plans, ranging from 500 square-foot one-bedroom suites to a 3,000 square-foot, two-story penthouse.
Amenities include: Penthouse guests receive a complimentary, in-room straight-razor shave, Dyson Supersonic™ Hair Dryers standard for premium suites guests. Given the proximity to Carnegie Hall and Broadway, the hotel offers in-suite live entertainment, such as a private performance by a classically trained solo musician, that can be booked through the concierge. In the Penthouse on 54 guests can enjoy a complimentary 30-minute performance with their stay, be it a cellist performing during a dinner party or a harpist strumming a live lullaby.
The hotel’s in-room dining options include luxe caviar tastings from nearby and globally famed caviar purveyor Petrossian. Use of the hotel’s luxury house car; a choice between luxury bath amenities (Shanghai Tang, Temple Spa or Refinery); digital check-in, digital key and digital check-out through the Hilton Honors app; laundry services; pet amenities; 24/7 business center access; and valet parking.
Wingate by Wyndham New York Midtown South/5th Ave
Opened: October 2019
The 68-Room Wingate by Wyndham New York Midtown South/5th Ave welcomes travelers in the heart of Manhattan at 11 West 37th Street. The 18-story hotel is within walking distance of Madison Square Garden, Times Square and Central Park. Guest room amenities include flat-screen HDTV with cable, mini refrigerator, coffee maker, desk, and ironing amenities. The hotel also offers complimentary breakfast, free Wi-Fi and same-day dry cleaning service.
Radisson Hotel New York Times Square
Opening: December 2019
Located just two blocks from Madison Square Garden and Penn Station, Radisson Hotel New York Times Square is ideal for travelers craving easy access to businesses and tourist destinations. Walk to Hudson Yards for a day of shopping or Times Square for a Broadway show. Our hotel also puts you near great restaurants where you can treat yourself to a slice of pizza, a bagel or a formal sit-down dinner. The nearby subway station makes it easy to explore Chelsea, Hell’s Kitchen and Lincoln Center before wrapping up your day at our hotel’s rooftop bar, which overlooks the Empire State Building and the Hudson River.
With thoughtful touches like free Wi-Fi and mini-fridges, our 320 rooms provide a welcoming retreat.
Selina Chelsea New York City
Opening: December 2019
Latin America’s popular hotel brand; Selina Hotels will open its first hotel in the United States in New York City. Selina Chelsea New York City is right in the heart of the high-end, chic Chelsea neighborhood. Located at 138 Bowery, the 38,000-sq.-ft. property will have 126 beds and combine hotel, co-work, and food and beverage concepts with a year-round rooftop and living art gallery format, including in-room experiences inspired by the famous gallery district.
2020
Pestana Park Avenue
Opening: January 2020
Portuguese Pestana Hotel Group will open its first property in New York, Pestana Park Avenue. Consisting of 27 floors and 95 rooms, the new New York hotel is designed by award-winning Manhattan-based architectural firm Glen & Company.
Located in the heart of Manhattan on 39th Street between Madison and Park Avenues, the hotel perfectly complements New York City’s famous line of skyscrapers. Each floor consists of only three or four rooms for the utmost seclusion, in addition to featuring bespoke interior elements and large windows. Select rooms also offer balconies and iconic Empire State Building views.
Pestana Park Avenue’s intimate lobby will feature a fireplace and a seating area, evoking a residential feel. The hotel will also have a home-like dining area where guests are invited to get their mornings started with tea and coffee, as well as Portuguese pastries, including the famous pastéis de nata, and other breakfast items – all complimentary.
The Fidi Hotel
Opening: January 2020
The 143-room hotel will be located at 11 Stone St in Lower Manhattan.
Pestana CR7 Times Square
Opening: June 2020
The Pestana CR7 will open in New York in 2020, with 177 super charming rooms in Times Square.
AC Hotel New York NoMad
Opening: Late 2020
Marriott International will open AC Hotel New York NoMad in late fall in New York City (NYC) as the world’s tallest modular hotel. With prefabricated and pre-furnished guestrooms and topped with a modular roof and modular rooftop bar, the world’s tallest modular hotel will have 168 rooms. The 26-story AC Hotel New York NoMad is scheduled to rise at 842 Sixth Avenue.
Virgin Hotels New York
Opening: Late 2020
Virgin Hotels New York will be located on the northwest corner of 29th Street and Broadway in the NoMad neighborhood, close to many famous NYC attractions. This is a new build that is expected to open in 2020 with 500 guest rooms, meeting spaces, and multiple food and beverage venues, including the brand’s flagship space, Commons Club.
Source: ftnnews
