Studio Plus

About Studio Plus

Studio Plus suits travelers who want a simple apartment-style base in Midtown Manhattan and a location on the numbered grid rather than a lobby full of services. Couples on a city break, small families, and business travelers with meetings in Midtown or downtown can use it as a place to sleep between outings. The 3-star rating sets expectations at a modest level.

Studio Plus is an apartment-type property with an official 3-star rating. The booking supplier's guest score is 4.0 out of 5 from 193 reviews, which is a useful summary of how past guests judged the place, though it is the supplier's figure rather than an independent award. Expect an apartment-style stay, with the practical details handled directly by the property. Studio Plus is listed at 38 W 31st Street, in the Flatiron and Union Square area of Midtown Manhattan.

Rooms and listed facilities

The supplier lists laundry service, lifts, luggage storage and wheelchair accessibility at Studio Plus. For couples, laundry service helps on longer trips, and lifts matter with heavy bags. Families can plan around luggage storage on arrival or departure day, and step-free access is listed for guests who need it. Business travelers get a Midtown address and somewhere to leave bags between meetings. Late arrivals should confirm reception arrangements and key collection with the property in advance, and ask which apartment layout is assigned.

These are the listed facilities for Studio Plus, and they cover the practical basics of a city stay: lifts between floors, a laundry service, luggage storage and wheelchair accessibility. Couples traveling light can use storage to stretch a final day. Families and business travelers should confirm the apartment details, arrival arrangements and anything else the stay needs directly with Studio Plus before booking, since the property sets its own house arrangements.

The setting

Studio Plus has an address on West 31st Street, a numbered cross street where Manhattan's streets run east-west and its avenues run north-south. Fifth Avenue divides East from West street numbers, so the W in the address places the building on the western side of that divide. The area is listed as Flatiron and Union Square, part of Midtown Manhattan, a district of offices, older commercial buildings and busy cross streets. Treat the street address as the reference point for arrival.

Location and neighborhood

Flatiron and Union Square put you inside one of Manhattan's densest eating districts, and the shape of the day follows the streets. Broadway cuts diagonally through the grid here, so a walk between the two squares passes a steady run of bakeries, coffee bars, taquerias, ramen counters, pizza slices and old-line steakhouse territory toward Madison Square Park. The farmers market that sets up on Union Square several days a week draws cooks early; check the schedule before you plan a morning around it. Lunch leans office-quick on weekdays, then loosens after the offices empty.

Evenings here start late and stay local. NoMad's hotel blocks and the side streets off Fifth Avenue hold wine bars, cocktail rooms and small dining rooms that fill from about seven, and the Theater District is a short ride north for a curtain at 7 or 8 pm (check the show). The area is quiet by Manhattan standards after ten, which suits a table you want to talk over. Reserve ahead for Friday and Saturday, when the rooms around Madison Square Park book out. Most kitchens take walk-ins early in the week.

Getting there and around

The area sits mid-grid, so most trips are short. The subway runs 24 hours and you tap a contactless card or phone at the turnstiles. Allow 45 to 75 minutes from Midtown depending on traffic and connections, and check current service before leaving. LaGuardia is closest by road. Walking covers most of the neighborhood.

Nearby sights and food

Madison Square Park is the neighborhood's front room, with lawns, a playground and shade under the plane trees, and the Flatiron Building's wedge rises at its southern corner. Union Square, a short walk east, holds the farmers market and a paved plaza that stays busy into the evening. Several observation decks are an easy reach: the Empire State Building's open-air 86th floor deck and the 102nd floor, Top of the Rock at Rockefeller Center, and SUMMIT One Vanderbilt beside Grand Central. One World Observatory is further south, and the High Line's raised walk begins at Gansevoort Street.

Eating options run from counter service to long dinners. Expect pizza by the slice, bagels and deli sandwiches at lunch, ramen and dumplings on the side streets, Indian and Korean kitchens north toward NoMad's hotel blocks, and Italian, French and new American dining rooms on the ground floors of the older buildings. Steakhouses cluster where the neighborhood meets Midtown. Vegetarian and vegan cooking is easy to find around Union Square, and dessert means bakeries, gelato or a late slice. Book dinner ahead on weekends and expect brunch queues on Sunday.

A day from Studio Plus

A day from Studio Plus can begin with coffee and a pastry on the walk to Union Square, then the farmers market if it is running, and a slow loop past the Flatiron Building and through Madison Square Park. Lunch is casual: a slice, a bowl of ramen, a sandwich eaten on a bench. The afternoon is for the Empire State Building's decks or a ride up to Rockefeller Center, timed for late light. Back near Studio Plus, dinner starts around seven. The evening can end with a cocktail room off Fifth Avenue or a late slice on the way back to Studio Plus. Check deck hours and last entry before setting out, and keep the evening loose.

Distances

Distances are not shown for this stay: its map pin is shared with other listings, so it is not reliable. Confirm the exact address with the property.

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.

• ATM
• Express check out
• Laundry Service
• Elevators
• Luggage storage
• Wheelchair accessible