The Maritime Hotel

About The Maritime Hotel

Couples who want a calm base in Chelsea and business travelers with meetings in Midtown suit The Maritime Hotel well. The address on West 16th Street places you in Chelsea, with the West Village to the south and Penn Station about 0.8 miles (1.3 km) away in a straight line. Late arrivals find a 24 hour front desk, and the listed restaurant and bar mean you can eat without crossing the city.

The Maritime Hotel is a 4-star hotel in Chelsea, on the west side of Manhattan. The booking supplier gives it a guest score of 4.4 out of 5 from 1108 reviews, which points to a steady, well-liked stay rather than an unknown quantity. Expect a straightforward city hotel: a fitness center, a restaurant and a bar, all listed by the supplier. Check the room type and any extras with the property before you book.

Rooms and listed facilities

Air conditioning, a minibar, a safe and free wifi are listed by the supplier at The Maritime Hotel. Couples can finish the evening in the bar or restaurant without leaving the building. Business travelers have a business center, a concierge and lifts, and the 24 hour front desk handles late arrivals and luggage storage. Families should confirm bed sizes and the number of guests a room takes with the property. Parking and valet parking are listed, so check the terms when you book.

The listed facilities cover the practical side of a Manhattan stay. Laundry service and luggage storage help on longer trips, and pets are allowed, so ask the property about the conditions before you travel with an animal. Couples and solo guests often want a higher floor, while families need space for bags. Confirm the room layout, the bed setup and the total price with taxes and fees directly with The Maritime Hotel when you book through the IMPT app.

The setting

The Maritime Hotel stands on West 16th Street in Chelsea, a side street that runs east to west across the neighborhood. The High Line and the West Village are within walking distance, and the block is calmer than the avenues. Straight-line distances from the door: about 0.8 miles (1.3 km) to Penn Station, about 1.4 miles (2.3 km) to Times Square, about 1.6 miles (2.5 km) to Grand Central Terminal, about 2.2 miles (3.5 km) to the 9/11 Memorial and about 2.2 miles (3.6 km) to Central Park at Fifth Avenue and 59th Street.

Chelsea mixes residential blocks with galleries, and the streets here sit below the numbered grid that begins at 14th Street, so named roads and irregular corners take over. Walking is the easiest way to reach the West Village and the High Line, and the avenues carry buses and taxis across the island. Check current subway service before a longer trip, since planned works can affect weekend routes. The Hudson River greenway to the west is a flat route for an early run.

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. The Maritime Hotel 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. The Maritime Hotel keeps you inside all of it.

Getting there and around

Getting here is straightforward. Trains run to Penn Station, 1.6 miles (2.5 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 1.4 miles (2.3 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. The Maritime Hotel 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 The Maritime Hotel

A day from The Maritime Hotel 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.

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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
• Air conditioning
• Balcony
• Bars
• Bath
• Bathrobe
• Bathroom
• Business Center
• Cleaning
• Concierge
• Dry cleaning service
• Express check in
• Fireplace
• First aid
• Fitness Center
• Free Wi-Fi
• Garage
• Internet access
• Iron and board
• Laundry Service
• Elevators
• Luggage storage
• Massage
• Minibar
• Non smoking rooms
• Parking
• Pets allowed
• Refrigerator
• Restaurant
• Safe
• Toiletries
• Valet parking
• Wi-Fi