The Whitby Hotel
The Whitby is the opposite of a corporate hotel. Every one of its eighty-six rooms is furnished differently, with fabrics, pictures and objects chosen one by one.
- Class
- Five-star hotel
- Opened
- 2017
- Rooms
- 86 rooms and suites
- Area
- West 56th Street, off Fifth Avenue
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What sets The Whitby Hotel apart
The interiors
Kit Kemp, who owns the hotel with her husband, designs every room herself. No two share a scheme, and the windows run from floor to ceiling.
The bar and the Orangery
A long bar hung with a wall of baskets from the British Isles, and behind it a room of plants and porcelain where breakfast and tea are served.
The cinema
A screening room of about 130 seats in the basement, used for the hotel's own film club at weekends.
Off Fifth Avenue
MoMA is five minutes' walk south, Central Park five minutes north.
What it has
- The Whitby Bar
- The Orangery
- Cinema
- Fitness centre
- Terraces
Where The Whitby Hotel is
Address
18 West 56th StreetNew York, NY 10019, United States
Nearest subway
57th Street, on the F line, or Fifth Avenue/53rd Street, on the E and M
Museums and sights nearby
- The Museum of Modern Art200 m
- Central Park1.3 km
- Empire State Building1.8 km
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art2.1 km
- Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum2.7 km
Distances are in a straight line from the hotel.
A London family's second New York hotel
The Whitby opened in 2017. It belongs to Firmdale Hotels, the company of Tim and Kit Kemp, who began with one small hotel in London in 1985 and opened their first in New York, on Crosby Street, in 2009.
The Whitby Hotel: common questions
- Where is The Whitby Hotel?
- At 18 West 56th Street, in Midtown Manhattan, New York. The nearest subway station is 57th Street, on the F line, or Fifth Avenue/53rd Street, on the E and M.
- Which museums and sights are near The Whitby Hotel?
- The Museum of Modern Art is 200 m away, Central Park is 1.3 km away, Empire State Building is 1.8 km away. Distances are in a straight line from the hotel.
- Does The Whitby Hotel have a swimming pool?
- No. The Whitby Hotel has no swimming pool.
- When did The Whitby Hotel open?
- In 2017. It has 86 rooms and suites.
What visitors say about The Whitby Hotel
Rating from Google
Tickets and tours near The Whitby Hotel
Things to do near The Whitby Hotel
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 MoMA200 m awayMuseum, 2 to 3 hours, ticket
- 8See the skyline from Top of the Rock500 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 Central1.1 km awayMonument, 2 to 2.5 hours, ticket, station free
Where to eat near The Whitby Hotel
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
- Le Bernardin4.6Grand restaurant, Midtown, near Rockefeller Center550 m away
- P.J. Clarke's4.5Saloon, Midtown East750 m away
- Tavern on the Green4.4Restaurant in the park, Inside Central Park1.1 km away
Artists to see near The Whitby Hotel
The museums nearest to here, and the most famous artists on show in each.
The Museum of Modern Art, 200 m away
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2.1 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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