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Central Park South
The Plaza Hotel
The French château on the corner of Central Park that never stopped being a landmark.
★★★★★ · $$$$ · from $795
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666 hotels · 57 neighborhoods · 5 boroughs
Every hotel in New York,
described honestly.
Not a review aggregator. A working directory: what each hotel is, which block it sits on, what you get for the rate, and a live booking link when you have decided.
Popular: Garment District · NoMad · Times Square · Midtown East · Midtown West
The market
New York has more hotel rooms than any American city except Las Vegas
Roughly 700 operating properties and about 135,000 rooms sit inside the five boroughs. That number is large enough to be genuinely confusing: the same night, in the same city, a room can cost $110 or $1,100, and the two buildings might be a twenty-minute train ride apart.
What makes New York unusual is not the volume but the spread. Fifteen years of construction has pushed supply well outside Midtown — into Long Island City, Downtown Brooklyn, the Financial District and the airport corridors — which means that for the first time a visitor has a real choice between paying for the address and paying for the room.
This directory covers 666 of them, across every borough, with the same facts on every page so two hotels can actually be compared. No sponsored placements, no ranking sold to the highest bidder.
Hotels covered
666
Neighborhoods
57
Rooms citywide
~135k
Room tax
14.75%
Shortlists
Decide by the thing that actually matters to you
Star ratings flatten everything. A five-star in Midtown East and a five-star on the Brooklyn waterfront are not competing for the same trip. These groupings are how people actually choose.
All collections →Design lovers
Hotels where an architect or a designer clearly got the final say.
46 hotels
Value
Rooms that cost less than the postcode suggests they should.
40 hotels
Business travel
Desks that work, wifi that holds, and meeting space on site.
37 hotels
Luxury
Full-service, properly staffed, and priced accordingly.
33 hotels
Architecture and history
Buildings with a past — landmarked, restored, or simply old and proud of it.
33 hotels
Couples
Quiet corners, good bathrooms, and rooms you won't mind staying in.
29 hotels
A cross-section
Twelve to start with
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Midtown West
Aman New York
Eighty-three suites inside the landmarked Crown Building, and a three-floor spa in the middle of Midtown.
★★★★★ · $$$$ · from $2500
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Meatpacking District
The Standard, High Line
Straddling the High Line on concrete stilts, with floor-to-ceiling glass in every room.
★★★★ · $$$ · from $425
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NoMad
Ace Hotel New York
The lobby that turned hotel lounges into workspaces, with The Breslin next door.
★★★★ · $$ · from $260
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Brooklyn Heights & DUMBO
1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge
Inside Brooklyn Bridge Park, with a rooftop pool facing the Manhattan skyline.
★★★★★ · $$$ · from $450
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Williamsburg
The Hoxton, Williamsburg
A brick-and-glass Williamsburg landmark with a rooftop pool and a Mediterranean restaurant.
★★★★ · $$ · from $260
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JFK Airport
TWA Hotel
Eero Saarinen's 1962 TWA Flight Center, restored, with a rooftop pool over the runways.
★★★★ · $$ · from $250
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Greenwich Village
The Jane Hotel
Ship's-cabin rooms in a 1908 sailors' hotel that once housed Titanic survivors.
★★★ · $ · from $125
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Garment District
Moxy Times Square
Six hundred small rooms under four Tao Group bars, including a rooftop under a retractable roof.
★★★★ · $$ · from $210
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Williamsburg
The William Vale
The tallest building in Williamsburg, with a 60-foot outdoor pool and private balconies in every room.
★★★★★ · $$$ · from $380
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Midtown West
1 Hotel Central Park
Reclaimed wood, living walls and hemp mattresses, a block from Central Park.
★★★★ · $$$ · from $425
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Murray Hill
70 Park Avenue Hotel
Kimpton's Park Avenue townhouse, with a fireplace lobby.
★★★★ · $$$ · from $260
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Since 1836
The city that invented the modern hotel
When Astor House opened on Broadway in 1836 with running water on the upper floors and gas lighting throughout, it established something new: a building where a stranger with money could buy the kind of comfort that had previously required a household of servants.
Everything after that was refinement. The Fifth Avenue Hotel installed the first passenger elevator in 1859, which is the single innovation that turned top floors from the cheapest rooms into the most expensive. The original Waldorf went up in 1893 on Fifth Avenue, the Astoria beside it in 1897, and the two were joined into the most famous hotel on earth — then demolished in 1929 so the Empire State Building could be built on the site.
The Art Deco towers followed: the New Yorker in 1930 with 2,500 rooms and its own power plant, Essex House in 1931 with the red sign still on the roof. Then a long decline through the fiscal crisis, and a revival that began in 1984 when Ian Schrager opened Morgans with no sign on the door and effectively invented the boutique hotel.
Read the full history- 1836Astor House opens on Broadway — 300 rooms, running water, gas light
- 1859The Fifth Avenue Hotel installs the first hotel passenger elevator
- 1893The original Waldorf opens; the Astoria joins it four years later
- 1907The Plaza opens at the corner of Central Park
- 1931The Waldorf Astoria reopens on Park Avenue as the world's tallest hotel
- 1984Morgans opens with no sign outside — the first boutique hotel
- Now~700 hotels, ~135,000 rooms, growth concentrated outside Manhattan
Once you have a room
What to actually do here
The useful question is not which museum is best, but what you can reach on foot from where you are sleeping. That is why every hotel page here lists what is walkable and which trains stop nearby.
Museums
The Met needs half a day minimum. MoMA on a weekday morning. The Cloisters if you have a third day.
Parks and walking
Cross the Brooklyn Bridge toward Brooklyn so the skyline is ahead of you. The High Line early, before it fills.
Eating
Flushing for Chinese, Arthur Avenue for Italian, Roosevelt Avenue for everything between Ecuador and Thailand.
Performance
Broadway is the obvious answer; off-Broadway is frequently better and always cheaper. Rush tickets exist.
Where to sleep
Neighborhood by neighborhood
The address decides the trip. Pick the part of the city you want to wake up in, and the shortlist of hotels follows from it.
Astoria
Queens · 8
Battery Park City
Manhattan · 7
Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights
Brooklyn · 3
Bayside and Fresh Meadows
Queens · 11
Bedford-Stuyvesant
Brooklyn · 2
Bloomfield
Staten Island · 6
Brooklyn Heights & DUMBO
Brooklyn · 1
Bushwick
Brooklyn · 6
Central Park South
Manhattan · 26
Chelsea
Manhattan · 10
Coney Island and Brighton Beach
Brooklyn · 3
Corona and Elmhurst
Queens · 3
Crown Heights and Prospect Heights
Brooklyn · 4
Downtown Brooklyn
Brooklyn · 12
East Elmhurst
Queens · 9
East New York
Brooklyn · 10
East Village
Manhattan · 7
Financial District
Manhattan · 29
Flatbush and Ditmas Park
Brooklyn · 4
Flatiron District
Manhattan · 16
Flushing
Queens · 17
Fordham and Belmont
Bronx · 1
Forest Hills and Rego Park
Queens · 2
Garment District
Manhattan · 62
Greenpoint
Brooklyn · 3
Greenwich Village
Manhattan · 3
Harlem
Manhattan · 3
Hell's Kitchen
Manhattan · 7
JFK Airport
Queens · 11
Jamaica
Queens · 13
LaGuardia Airport
Queens · 1
Long Island City
Queens · 35
Lower East Side
Manhattan · 34
Meatpacking District
Manhattan · 9
Mid-Island
Staten Island · 1
Midtown East
Manhattan · 38
Midtown West
Manhattan · 35
Mott Haven
Bronx · 3
Murray Hill
Manhattan · 17
NoMad
Manhattan · 50
Ozone Park and Howard Beach
Queens · 4
Park Slope and Gowanus
Brooklyn · 9
Pelham Parkway and Morris Park
Bronx · 3
Red Hook and Carroll Gardens
Brooklyn · 2
SoHo
Manhattan · 20
South Bronx and Melrose
Bronx · 1
South Shore
Staten Island · 1
St. George
Staten Island · 2
Sunset Park
Brooklyn · 12
Times Square
Manhattan · 42
TriBeCa
Manhattan · 8
Upper East Side
Manhattan · 6
Upper West Side
Manhattan · 13
Washington Heights
Manhattan · 4
Williamsburg
Brooklyn · 13
Woodside and Sunnyside
Queens · 4
Before you book
The guides
Where to stay in NYC
Which neighborhood suits which trip, and what you give up for the saving.
Best time to visit
Rates swing by a factor of three across the year. January is the cheapest month; December is the worst.
Getting around
The subway runs 24 hours. Express versus local matters more than the address does.
History of NYC hotels
From Astor House in 1836 to the boutique revolution of the 1980s.
Things to do
What is worth the queue, what is overrated, and where to eat by borough.
Booking FAQ
Taxes, fees, tipping, room sizes and how this site makes its money.
How many hotels are there in New York City?
Roughly 700 operating properties and about 135,000 rooms across the five boroughs, second only to Las Vegas among US markets. This directory covers 666 of them.
What is the average hotel price in New York City?
It varies enormously by season and area. Midtown Manhattan in December behaves very differently from Queens in January. As a rough guide, budget properties in the outer boroughs start around $120 a night, mid-range Manhattan runs $250 to $400, and luxury starts around $600 before tax.
What taxes and fees will be added to my room rate?
New York room charges carry a combined tax of roughly 14.75%, plus a small fixed nightly occupancy fee per room. Some hotels also levy a destination or facility fee, which is charged whether or not you use the facilities. Always check the final total at checkout rather than the headline nightly rate.
Which neighborhood should I stay in?
For a first visit, Midtown puts you within walking distance of most of what you have come to see. For better value with a short commute, look at Long Island City, Downtown Brooklyn or the Financial District. For a quieter trip, the Upper West Side or Brooklyn's brownstone neighborhoods. Each neighborhood page here sets out what is actually within walking distance.
Is it cheaper to stay outside Manhattan?
Substantially, yes. The same standard of room in Astoria, Long Island City or Sunset Park typically costs 30 to 50 percent less than in Midtown, and the subway journey is often under twenty minutes. The trade-off is that you will commute at the end of a long day.
When are New York hotels cheapest?
The second and third weeks of January, by a clear margin. Late summer is the next cheapest window in Midtown as business travel drops. December is the most expensive month of the year.
Written, not scraped
150 hotels have a full write-up: what the building is, what the rooms are like, what you can eat on site. The rest are honest directory entries carrying only verified facts. We would rather show you a short true page than a long invented one.
Live where it matters
Every page carries the current New York time, live weather at that hotel's coordinates, and a satellite view centred on the building. Rates are not stored here — the booking link hands you to live availability for your dates.
How this is paid for
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