SpringHill Suites by Marriott New York Midtown Manhattan Park Avenue

About SpringHill Suites by Marriott New York Midtown Manhattan Park Avenue

SpringHill Suites by Marriott New York Midtown Manhattan Park Avenue suits travelers who want a calm, practical base on the edge of Gramercy. Couples on a short city break, small families and business travelers with meetings in Midtown all fit the same brief: a midtown address, a listed fitness center and free wifi for the evening's work. Guests arriving from Penn Station or Grand Central Terminal reach the door quickly, which helps on a first night in the city. Confirm the details of your own stay with the property.

Expect a three-star hotel rather than a luxury one, with the practical amenities that business and leisure travelers tend to use. The booking supplier gives SpringHill Suites by Marriott New York Midtown Manhattan Park Avenue a guest score of 3.8 out of 5 from 247 reviews, so the picture is of a well-used, mid-range city property. Carpeted rooms with air conditioning are among the listed features, along with free wifi and breakfast. Use the score as one signal among several and check current room details in the IMPT app before you book.

Rooms and listed facilities

The listed facilities read well for a city stay. Couples get air conditioning, a safe and free wifi; families can use the lifts, luggage storage and laundry service, and breakfast in the room helps when a slow start matters. Business travelers have internet access and a fitness center for the end of the day. Parking is listed for those driving in, though the details are worth confirming with the property before arrival, along with breakfast service times, accessibility needs and the total price with taxes and fees.

The setting

SpringHill Suites by Marriott New York Midtown Manhattan Park Avenue stands at 111 East 24th Street, in Gramercy on the Midtown side of Manhattan. The setting is residential in feel and central in practice. Grand Central Terminal is about 0.9 miles (1.5 km) away in a straight line and Penn Station about 0.8 miles (1.3 km), with Times Square about 1.2 miles (1.9 km). Walking routes and subway changes vary, so check before setting out.

Location and neighborhood

Gramercy and Stuyvesant Town fill the east side of Manhattan between Murray Hill and the East Village, with Irving Place as the spine running south toward 14th Street. The blocks are residential and quiet: townhouses, prewar apartment buildings and the brick rows of Stuyvesant Town around Stuyvesant Square. Gramercy Park itself is a private garden, open only to those with a key. Much of the working life of the district sits on Park Avenue South and around Union Square, a few minutes west on foot.

Business travelers often treat the area around SpringHill Suites by Marriott New York Midtown Manhattan Park Avenue as a base rather than a destination. Mornings here are quiet and the streets empty earlier than in the Theater District, which suits an early start and a full day of meetings. Lunch places fill quickly around midday, so shift the break if the schedule allows. Evenings are calmer than Midtown proper: a short walk covers most of the neighborhood restaurants and there is little through traffic on the side streets. A greenmarket sets up at Union Square on several days each week; check the schedule before planning around it.

Getting there and around

Arriving is straightforward. LaGuardia is the closest airport by road; JFK and Newark Liberty sit farther out, typically 45 to 75 minutes from Midtown depending on traffic and connections. AirTrain links the airports to regional rail and the subway. For short trips, tap a contactless card or phone on the subway, which runs around the clock, and check service updates with the transit agency before a tight connection. SpringHill Suites by Marriott New York Midtown Manhattan Park Avenue is about 13 miles (20.7 km) from the airports, around 0.9 miles (1.5 km) from the main rail stations and roughly 1.2 miles (1.9 km) from the Midtown business core. Congestion pricing applies to vehicles entering Manhattan below 60th Street; drivers should check the rules.

Nearby sights and food

The nearest sight is the architecture: Gramercy Park's fenced garden, the church frontages along Stuyvesant Square and the square itself. Grand Central Terminal is a short ride or a long walk north, worth a look at the main concourse even on a workday. Across the island to the west are the High Line, Little Island and Hudson River Park, with Hudson Yards and its observation deck beyond. Broadway theaters are a short ride north. Observation decks at the Empire State Building and elsewhere often stay open late; book a slot and check that day's hours.

Food in the area leans casual and useful for a working day. Coffee bars and small bakeries open early near Irving Place, and sandwich shops and salad counters serve the lunch crowd between Park Avenue South and Union Square. Evenings bring neighborhood Italian, Japanese and Indian restaurants, a few steakhouses and wine bars on the side streets. The Indian restaurants along East 6th Street, in the East Village, are a short walk south for a group dinner. Most places take walk-ins early and fill later; reserve when a table matters.

A day from SpringHill Suites by Marriott New York Midtown Manhattan Park Avenue

Start early with coffee on Irving Place and a walk through Stuyvesant Square before the streets fill. Head north to Grand Central Terminal for a look at the concourse, then take the subway to a meeting or work a stretch from a table at a coffee shop near Union Square. Break at midday before the lunch rush. In the afternoon, ride west to the High Line and walk south to Hudson Yards, or stay local and walk the blocks around Gramercy Park. Book an observation deck for the last light. Dinner nearby, then a Broadway curtain if the schedule allows; check show times. From SpringHill Suites by Marriott New York Midtown Manhattan Park Avenue, the day ends with a short ride back.

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.

• Air conditioning
• Alarm clock
• Snack bar
• Bath
• Bathroom
• Breakfast
• Breakfast in room
• Buffet
• Carpeted
• Cleaning
• Coffee
• Desk
• Dry cleaning service
• Express check in
• Fan
• First aid
• Fitness Center
• Free Wi-Fi
• Hairdryer
• Internet access
• Iron and board
• Laundry Service
• Elevators
• Lounge
• Luggage storage
• Market
• Microwave
• Non smoking rooms
• Parking
• Refrigerator
• Safe
• Shower
• Smoke detector
• TV
• Toiletries
• Towels
• WC
• Wake-Up service
• Wheelchair accessible
• Wi-Fi