Downtown New York hotels: Find accommodation in NYC
Find the perfect place to stay in lower Manhattan with this guide to downtown New York hotels and accommodation.
When you’re trying to choose from the overwhelming array of New York hotels, one strategy is to narrow it down by area. Many of the city’s best restaurants, bars, shops and small arts venues are downtown. Soho makes a good base for a shopping spree, Chelsea or the Lower East Side are great for galleries, and the East Village is packed with restaurants and bars.
Ace Hotel New York
- Rated as: 5/5
- Price band: 2/4
- Critics choice
Bourgeois hipsters tired of crashing on couches will appreciate the New York outpost of the cool chainlet founded in Seattle by a pair of DJs. The music influence is clear: Many of the rooms in the 1904 building boast playful amenities like functioning turntables, stacks of vinyl and gleaming
- 20 W 29th St, at Broadway, 10012
- $359–$509 double. AmEx, Disc, MC, V
Crosby Street Hotel
- Rated as: 5/5
- Price band: 4/4
- Critics choice
In 2009, Britain’s hospitality power couple, Tim and Kit Kemp, brought their super-successful Firmdale formula across the Atlantic with the 11-story, warehouse-style Crosby Street Hotel. Design director Kit Kemp’s signature style—a fresh, contemporary take on classic English decor characterized by
- 79 Crosby St, between Prince and Spring Sts, 10012
- $525–$755 double. AmEx, DC, Disc, MC, V
The NoMad Hotel
- Rated as: 5/5
- Price band: 3/4
- Critics choice
A block south of hipster hub the Ace Hotel, the NoMad heralds what may finally emerge as a bona fide ’hood: North of Madison Square Park. The properties share a developer, and like the Ace, the NoMad is a self-contained microcosm encompassing destination dining—courtesy of Daniel Humm and Will
- 1170 Broadway, at 28th St, 10001
- $335–$595. AmEx, DC, Disc, MC, V
Andaz Wall Street
- Rated as: 4/5
- Price band: 4/4
Although it’s a subsidiary brand of global giant Hyatt, Andaz prides itself in giving each property a local flavor. Its first New York hotel (a second opened on Fifth Avenue in summer 2010) occupies the first 13 floors of a former Barclays Bank building, outfitted by David Rockwell. The vibe inside
- 75 Wall St, at Water St, 10005
- $325–$575 double. AmEx, DC, Disc, MC, V
The Bowery Hotel
- Rated as: 4/5
- Price band: 4/4
This fanciful boutique hotel from prominent hospitality duo Eric Goode and Sean MacPherson is the capstone in the gentrification of the Bowery. Shunning minimalism, they have created plush rooms that pair old-world touches (oriental rugs, wood-beamed ceilings, marble washstands) with modern
- 335 Bowery, at 3rd St, 10003
- $325–$725 double. AmEx, DC, Disc, MC, V
Conrad New York
- Rated as: 4/5
- Price band: 3/4
This sophisticated Hilton offshoot Conrad has taken over a former Embassy Suites Hotel facing Battery Park City’s riverside Nelson A. Rockefeller Park. West-facing rooms have views of the Hudson, but there are also striking sights within the art-rich property. Sol LeWitt’s vivid 100-by-80-foot
- 102 North End Ave, at Vesey St, 10282
- $249–$4,999 suite
Eventi
- Rated as: 4/5
- Price band: 3/4
This modern 23-floor hotel takes a playful approach to interior design, planting unexpected features in the lobby—a large-scale reproduction of 19th-century British artist Thomas Benjamin Kennington's Autumn peeks out tantalizingly from behind velvet drapes, for instance. Eventi is managed by
- 851 Sixth Ave, between 29th and 30th Sts, 10001
- $279–$599 double. AmEx, DC, Disc, MC, V
Gansevoort Park Avenue NYC
- Rated as: 4/5
- Price band: 3/4
The Gansevoort brought the tri-level rooftop pool-lounge-playground concept that's been making waves at its Meatpacking District property since 2004 to its newer Gramercy address. Get cozy on a double lounger by the rooftop pool (a glassed-in area is kept at a balmy 85 degrees during the chillier
- 420 Park Ave South, at 29th St, 10016
- $335–$565 double. AmEx, DC, Disc, MC, V
Gramercy Park Hotel
- Rated as: 4/5
- Price band: 4/4
New Yorkers held their collective breath when hotelier Ian Schrager announced he was revamping the Gramercy Park Hotel, a 1924 gem that had hosted everyone from Humphrey Bogart to David Bowie. They needn’t have worried: The redesigned lobby, unveiled in 2006, retains the boho spirit, with red
- 2 Lexington Ave, at 21st St, 10010
- $470–$725 double. AmEx, DC, Disc, MC, V
Greenwich Hotel
- Rated as: 4/5
- Price band: 4/4
- Critics choice
"Deluxe guest house" might be a more apt description of Robert De Niro’s latest property, which has the vibe of a large villa somewhere between Marrakech and Milan. Rooms are spare and comfortable, appointed with down-filled leather settees, kilims and oriental rugs, and furnished with small
- 377 Greenwich St, between Franklin and North Moore Sts, 10013
- $525–$775 double. AmEx, DC, Disc, MC, V
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