The St. Regis New York
John Jacob Astor IV built the St. Regis to be the finest hotel in America, and gave it things no hotel had: a telephone in every room, central air, a butler for every guest. He went down with the Titanic eight years after it opened.
- Class
- Five-star hotel
- Opened
- 1904
- Rooms
- About 240 rooms and suites
- Area
- Fifth Avenue at 55th Street
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What sets The St. Regis New York apart
The King Cole Bar
A small bar under a mural nine metres wide, Old King Cole, painted by Maxfield Parrish in 1906. The barman Fernand Petiot, who is credited with the Bloody Mary, worked here from the 1930s. The house calls the drink a Red Snapper.
Butlers
Every guest has the service of a butler, who unpacks, presses and brings coffee. The hotel has kept the custom since Astor's day and the brand has copied it round the world.
The building
Eighteen floors of limestone in the Beaux-Arts manner by Trowbridge and Livingston, with a mansard roof and a brass and glass sentry box for the doorman on 55th Street. It is a city landmark.
Two blocks from MoMA
The Museum of Modern Art is five minutes' walk, Rockefeller Center ten, and the south-east corner of Central Park four blocks up Fifth Avenue.
What it has
- King Cole Bar
- Astor Court restaurant
- Butler service
- Fitness centre
- Ballroom on the roof
Where The St. Regis New York is
Address
2 East 55th StreetNew York, NY 10022, United States
Nearest subway
Fifth Avenue/53rd Street, on the E and M lines
Museums and sights nearby
- The Museum of Modern Art250 m
- Central Park1.4 km
- Empire State Building1.7 km
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art2.2 km
- Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum2.7 km
Distances are in a straight line from the hotel.
Astor's hotel
Astor began the hotel in 1901 and named it after a lake in the Adirondack Mountains. It opened on 4 September 1904. An annex to the east was added in 1927.
The hotel has changed hands and been restored several times. It has been part of Marriott International since 2016.
The St. Regis New York: common questions
- Where is The St. Regis New York?
- At 2 East 55th Street, in Midtown Manhattan, New York. The nearest subway station is Fifth Avenue/53rd Street, on the E and M lines.
- Which museums and sights are near The St. Regis New York?
- The Museum of Modern Art is 250 m away, Central Park is 1.4 km away, Empire State Building is 1.7 km away. Distances are in a straight line from the hotel.
- Does The St. Regis New York have a swimming pool?
- No. The St. Regis New York has no swimming pool.
- When did The St. Regis New York open?
- In 1904. It has about 240 rooms and suites.
What visitors say about The St. Regis New York
Rating from Google
Tickets and tours near The St. Regis New York
Things to do near The St. Regis New York
The nearest of this site's best things to do in the city. Distances are in a straight line.
- 6Stand in front of The Starry Night at MoMA250 m awayMuseum, 2 to 3 hours, ticket
- 8See the skyline from Top of the Rock450 m awayMonument, 1 to 1.5 hours, ticket
- 9See a Broadway show1.0 km awayShow, 2.5 to 3.5 hours, square free, ticket for a show
- 12Go up SUMMIT One Vanderbilt from Grand Central1.0 km awayMonument, 2 to 2.5 hours, ticket, station free
Where to eat near The St. Regis New York
The nearest of the famous tables this site lists in New York. Distances are in a straight line.
- The Modern4.6Museum restaurant, Inside the Museum of Modern Art200 m away
- P.J. Clarke's4.5Saloon, Midtown East600 m away
- Le Bernardin4.6Grand restaurant, Midtown, near Rockefeller Center600 m away
- Grand Central Oyster Bar4.2Oyster bar, Inside Grand Central Terminal1.0 km away
Artists to see near The St. Regis New York
The museums nearest to here, and the most famous artists on show in each.
The Museum of Modern Art, 250 m away
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2.2 km away
- Hans Holbein the Younger
- Pieter Bruegel the Elder
- El Greco
- Caravaggio
- Diego Velázquez
- Rembrandt
- Johannes Vermeer
- Francisco Goya
- Jacques-Louis David
- Edgar Degas
- Winslow Homer
- Paul Cézanne
- Claude Monet
- Henri Rousseau
- Paul Gauguin
- Vincent van Gogh
- John Singer Sargent
- Gustav Klimt
- Henri Matisse
- Pablo Picasso
- Edward Hopper
- Jackson Pollock
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