1 Double Bed
194-sq-foot (18-sq-meter) room with city views
Internet - Free WiFi
Entertainment - Flat-screen TV, premium channels, and iPod dock
Food & Drink - Refrigerator, room service, and free bottled water
Sleep - Turndown service
Bathroom - Private bathroom, shower/tub combination, bathrobes, and slippers
Practical - Safe, desk, and phone
Comfort - Air conditioning and daily housekeeping
Need to Know - No cribs (infant beds) available
Non-Smoking
Connecting/adjoining rooms can be requested, subject to availability
1 Queen Bed
247-sq-foot (23-sq-meter) room with city views
Internet - Free WiFi
Entertainment - Flat-screen TV, premium channels, and iPod dock
Food & Drink - Refrigerator, room service, and free bottled water
Sleep - Turndown service
Bathroom - Private bathroom, shower/tub combination, bathrobes, and slippers
Practical - Safe, desk, and phone
Comfort - Air conditioning and daily housekeeping
Accessibility - Wheelchair accessible
Need to Know - No cribs (infant beds) available
Non-Smoking
Connecting/adjoining rooms can be requested, subject to availability
1 Double Bed
200-sq-foot (19-sq-meter) room with city views
Internet - Free WiFi
Entertainment - Flat-screen TV, premium channels, and iPod dock
Food & Drink - Refrigerator, room service, and free bottled water
Sleep - Turndown service
Bathroom - Private bathroom, shower/tub combination, bathrobes, and slippers
Practical - Safe, desk, and phone
Comfort - Air conditioning and daily housekeeping
Need to Know - No cribs (infant beds) available
Non-Smoking
Connecting/adjoining rooms can be requested, subject to availability
1 Double Bed
194-sq-foot (18-sq-meter) room with city views
Internet - Free WiFi
Entertainment - Flat-screen TV, premium channels, and iPod dock
Food & Drink - Refrigerator, room service, and free bottled water
Sleep - Turndown service
Bathroom - Private bathroom, shower/tub combination, bathrobes, and slippers
Practical - Safe, desk, and phone
Comfort - Air conditioning and daily housekeeping
Need to Know - No cribs (infant beds) available
Non-Smoking
Connecting/adjoining rooms can be requested, subject to availability
1 King Bed and 1 Double Sofa Bed
350-sq-foot (33-sq-meter) room with city views
Layout - Separate sitting area
Internet - Free WiFi
Entertainment - Flat-screen TV, premium channels, and iPod dock
Food & Drink - Refrigerator, room service, and free bottled water
Sleep - Turndown service
Bathroom - Private bathroom, shower/tub combination, bathrobes, and slippers
Practical - Sofa bed, safe, and desk
Comfort - Air conditioning and daily housekeeping
Need to Know - No cribs (infant beds) available
Non-Smoking
Connecting/adjoining rooms can be requested, subject to availability
1 Queen Bed
250-sq-foot (23-sq-meter) room with city views
Internet - Free WiFi
Entertainment - Flat-screen TV, premium channels, and iPod dock
Food & Drink - Refrigerator, room service, and free bottled water
Sleep - Turndown service
Bathroom - Private bathroom, shower/tub combination, bathrobes, and slippers
Practical - Safe, desk, and phone
Comfort - Air conditioning and daily housekeeping
Need to Know - No cribs (infant beds) available
Non-Smoking
Connecting/adjoining rooms can be requested, subject to availability
1 King Bed
275-sq-foot (25-sq-meter) room with city views
Internet - Free WiFi
Entertainment - Flat-screen TV, premium channels, and iPod dock
Food & Drink - Refrigerator, room service, and free bottled water
Sleep - Turndown service
Bathroom - Private bathroom, shower/tub combination, bathrobes, and slippers
Practical - Safe, desk, and phone
Comfort - Air conditioning and daily housekeeping
Need to Know - No cribs (infant beds) available
Non-Smoking
Connecting/adjoining rooms can be requested, subject to availability
For all those bibliophiles and visiting writers who've longed for a hotel inspired by the Dewey Decimal system—but easier to find your way around—the Library Hotel on Madison Avenue in Midtown East is the perfect place. Only steps away from the majestic main branch of the New York Public Library (the lion statutes out of which had a cameo in Ghostbusters) along the stretch of 41st Street known as Library Way, this hotel also benefits from unbeatable proximity to Grand Central and puts patrons of the hotel at one of New York's biggest transportation hubs.
The clever thing about the Library isn't just that each of their ten floors honors one of the ten categories in the Dewey Decimal System—it's that the effect is so startling effective. The hotel has more of a private club feel than that of a Midtown hotel, and that makes it easier to feel at home at the Library than some of the pricier luxury hotels in the city... even if you're stuck on the Religion floor. Each of the sixty exquisitely appointed guest rooms have been individually adorned with a collection of art and books relevant to their floor's particular category, and guests can request something that appeals to their own interests—law, say, or even erotic literature.
At least by Manhattan standards, the guest rooms at the Library are on the small side, but they're so expertly decorated and appointed that the effect is more cozy than confined. All sorts of amenities adorn the rooms, as well, from bathrobes and Natura bath products to bottled spring water and a mini-bar, among many other niceties. And augmenting your room is are complimentary perks like the deluxe continental breakfast, wine and cheese receptions six months a week, and access to the hotel's health club.
What writers and readers will both love are the Reading Room, a second-floor, 24-hour lounge with sweeping views of Madison Avenue and 41st Street, hundreds of books, and complimentary tea, coffee, cappuccino, cookies, and more right at hand, that's an unbelievable place to unwind if the pace of the city has you frazzled; and the Writer's Den, rooftop affair with a bar and lounge, fireplace, "Poetry Garden," and a terrace with views of some of New York City's best and most iconic landmarks. And even better for writers, at night the Den becomes the Bookmarks Lounge, which serves up a selection of literary-themed cocktails.