Hilton Garden Inn New York Times Square South

About Hilton Garden Inn New York Times Square South

This stay suits travelers who want a straightforward, well-placed base for a Manhattan visit. Couples, solo travelers and small families can walk to Times Square, Penn Station and the Theater District, then return to a Midtown address on West 37th Street. Business travelers get a central position for meetings in Midtown and easy access to Grand Central Terminal. The supplier lists a fitness center, free wifi, a restaurant and a bar, so a short city break needs little planning.

Hilton Garden Inn New York Times Square South is a 3-star hotel of the kind that keeps a city trip simple: a Midtown Manhattan address, a front desk that stays open around the clock, and rooms that serve as a place to sleep between outings. The booking supplier gives it a guest score of 4.2 out of 5 from 1811 reviews, which points to steady, uncomplicated satisfaction rather than luxury. Bookings open in the IMPT app, where prices and availability and the total with taxes and fees appear.

Rooms and listed facilities

The rooms side of the stay is best judged from the facilities the supplier lists. Listed items include air conditioning, free wifi and internet access, a safe, a 24 hour front desk and luggage storage, which matter most to late arrivals and to business travelers working in the evening. Cots are listed, useful for families with a small child. A restaurant, a bar, room service and a fitness center are listed too. Confirm room type, cot availability and any parking arrangement with the property before booking.

Couples can treat the listed restaurant and bar as an easy start or end to an evening, while families benefit from cots, air conditioning and lifts. Business travelers have internet access, a safe and a front desk that does not close, which helps with late arrivals from Penn Station. Pets are listed as allowed. Confirm pet rules, room layout and any parking arrangement with the property, and check the total price with taxes and fees in the IMPT app.

The setting

The hotel stands at 326 W 37th St in Chelsea, on the edge of Midtown Manhattan, a block or so from the Penn Station rail hub. Measured in a straight line, Penn Station is about 0.2 miles (0.4 km) away, Times Square about 0.5 miles (0.8 km), Grand Central Terminal about 0.9 miles (1.4 km) and the observation decks about 0.9 miles (1.4 km). Central Park's southern edge at Fifth Avenue and 59th Street is about 1.3 miles (2.1 km) north. The 9/11 Memorial is about 3.2 miles (5.1 km) south, at the lower tip of the island.

Location and neighborhood

Chelsea and Hudson Yards reward a weekend with slack in it. The district runs along the West Side from roughly 14th Street to 34th Street: brick blocks and converted warehouses between Seventh and Tenth Avenues, then a cluster of new towers where Hudson Yards stands over the rail yards at the northern edge. The High Line crosses the middle, a free elevated walk on a former freight line, and it makes an easy spine for two days. Hilton Garden Inn New York Times Square South sits inside this grid, so most of the neighborhood unfolds on foot.

Slow weekends here tend toward a rhythm rather than a route. Gallery afternoons fill the blocks south of 28th Street, where white rooms open onto the sidewalk and few of them ask for anything but a look. Mornings are quietest near the river, on the piers of Hudson River Park, and Little Island, the small park on pilings just off the shoreline, draws couples in the late afternoon. Evenings are simple: a table, a walk back through the side streets, the lit towers of Hudson Yards in view. Hilton Garden Inn New York Times Square South keeps you inside all of it.

Getting there and around

Getting here is straightforward. Trains run to Penn Station, 0.9 miles (1.4 km) away, and to Grand Central for the east side. From the airports, JFK and Newark are typically 45 to 75 minutes from Midtown depending on traffic and connections; the road distance to JFK is around 14 miles (22.1 km). Walking distances are short once you arrive: the area center sits around 0.5 miles (0.8 km) from the Theater District. The subway runs all night, and you tap a contactless card or phone at the turnstiles, with a weekly cap applied automatically. Check current service changes before a late trip.

Nearby sights and food

The High Line is the obvious first walk, entered from staircases along its length between Gansevoort Street and West 34th Street. Hudson Yards and the Vessel stand at the northern end, with observation decks in the towers above. Hudson River Park runs the full waterfront with piers, lawns and benches facing the sunset; Little Island sits within it. The Intrepid Museum, on an aircraft carrier at the water's edge, fills a morning. Broadway and the Theater District begin a short walk north. Hilton Garden Inn New York Times Square South puts all of these within an easy day.

Food here leans casual and generous. Chelsea Market, a converted industrial building near the High Line, holds counters and small kitchens along its corridors, useful for a slow lunch. Beyond it, the side streets offer Italian trattorias, Spanish tapas, Thai and Japanese, wood-fired pizza and a run of bakeries and coffee bars. The High Line's edges have wine bars and small-plate rooms that suit a long evening. Near Hudson Yards, choices turn toward larger dining rooms and cafés. For a couple, booking one good dinner and improvising the rest works well; check opening days, which shift.

A day from Hilton Garden Inn New York Times Square South

A day from Hilton Garden Inn New York Times Square South starts slowly: coffee at a café, then the High Line before the crowds, entering at the Gansevoort Street end and walking north with the river to the left. Stop at the Hudson Yards stretch for the Vessel and a look at the towers, then drop to the street for lunch. The afternoon suits galleries or Hudson River Park, with a bench and the sunset over New Jersey. Dinner is a short walk away. In the evening, the Theater District is close if a show is booked; check curtain times with the venue.

Distances

Facilities listed by the supplier

As listed by the booking supplier; a facility not listed here may still exist. Confirm anything important with the property.

• 24 Hour Front Desk
• ATM
• Air conditioning
• Balcony
• Snack bar
• Bars
• Bathroom
• Car rental service
• Cleaning
• Coffee
• Crib
• Desk
• Dry cleaning service
• Express check in
• First aid
• Fitness Center
• Free Wi-Fi
• Garage
• Hairdryer
• Internet access
• Iron and board
• Laundry Service
• Elevators
• Lounge
• Luggage storage
• Market
• Microwave
• Non smoking rooms
• Parking
• Pets allowed
• Refrigerator
• Restaurant
• Room Service
• Safe
• Smoke detector
• TV
• Telephone
• Toiletries
• WC
• Wheelchair accessible