Library Hotel

Property Description

The Library Hotel; one of New Yorks luxury boutique properties; opened on August 7, 2000, after its full conversion from a turn-of-the-century 12-story office building.The intimate 60-room hotel; located on Library Way at Madison Avenue and 41st Street just steps from the majestic New York Public Library and the Pierpont Morgan Library; was designed to feel more like a private club than a hotel. Befitting its name; each hotel floor and room is classified by a Dewey Decimal Classification? of knowledge. The hotel is home to over 6000 books; each title carefully picked at the Strand Bookstore; which carries the largest collection of used and rare books in NYC. The booked-lined second-floor Reading Room is where guests enjoy refreshments such as cappuccino; coffee; teas; soft drinks; health bars and fresh fruit throughout the day.