Arthouse Hotel NYC

Top choice in Upper West Side & Central Park


This art-focused boutique hotel mixes vintage furnishings with contemporary industrial design. The dapper lounge and bar areas on the ground floor are stylish spaces to decamp after a day spent exploring. Above, 291 airy rooms benefit from lots of natural light and restrained decor. Flickers of mid-century design are complemented by contemporary amenities like coffeemakers, flat-screen TVs and marble bathrooms.

The penthouse suites have furnished private terraces and extravagant Manhattan views, but if you can't afford that, there's also a public outdoor terrace on the 16th floor, which hosts seasonal pop-up bars. Its 2020 renovation will see the hotel lobby's Warhols and Basquiats mingle with the wares of Upper West Side artists.


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