Hampton Inn Manhattan Times Square South

About Hampton Inn Manhattan Times Square South

Hampton Inn Manhattan Times Square South suits travelers who want a simple, well-placed base in Midtown Manhattan. The address on West 39th Street puts you in Hell's Kitchen, within easy reach of the Theater District and Penn Station. Couples on a first New York trip, small families and business travelers on a short schedule all fit here. Guests who plan long days out and quiet evenings will find the location does much of the work. Bookings open in the IMPT app.

Hampton Inn Manhattan Times Square South is a 2-star hotel, so expect a straightforward, mid-range stay rather than full-service luxury. The booking supplier's guest score is 3.5 out of 5 from 2141 reviews, a middling figure that suggests a dependable, plain-spoken base with the usual give and take of a busy Midtown address. Rooms are practical rather than showy. The hotel works best as a place to sleep, shower and leave your bags while Manhattan is on the doorstep.

Rooms and listed facilities

The supplier lists air conditioning, free wifi, breakfast, a fitness center, a business center, laundry service, room service, a safe, lifts and parking with valet parking; pets are allowed. Couples get the essentials for a short city break. Families can ask about a cot when booking. Business travelers have the business center and wifi for a working morning. Late arrivals can rely on the 24-hour front desk and 24-hour security. Confirm breakfast times, parking arrangements and any pet conditions with the property before you travel, and check the total price with taxes and fees.

Rooms at Hampton Inn Manhattan Times Square South are booked through the IMPT app, where live availability appears for your dates. The listed facilities point to a practical setup: wifi, air conditioning, a safe and lifts, with room service and laundry service for longer stays and a cot for families traveling with a baby. Guests with mobility needs will find the hotel listed as wheelchair accessible. Ask the property directly about the details that matter to you, including how breakfast is served and where vehicles are parked.

The setting

Hampton Inn Manhattan Times Square South stands on West 39th Street in Hell's Kitchen, a stretch of Midtown Manhattan where the grid puts the Theater District, Penn Station and the Far West Side within a short walk. Distances are straight-line: about 0.4 miles (0.7 km) to Times Square, 0.4 miles (0.6 km) to Penn Station, 0.9 miles (1.4 km) to Grand Central Terminal, 1.2 miles (1.9 km) to Central Park at Fifth Avenue and 59th Street, and 3.2 miles (5.2 km) to the 9/11 Memorial. The Hudson River lies west of the address. Streets here are numbered and easy to follow, and Broadway cuts diagonally across the grid.

Location and neighborhood

Hell's Kitchen is best read on foot, block by block. The neighborhood's shape comes from the river: piers and rail yards once lined the Hudson shore, and the tenement streets behind them filled with dock workers, then with successive waves of newcomers. Walking west from the Theater District, the scale drops from office towers to four- and five-story walk-ups with fire escapes, small churches and corner storefronts. The grid makes navigation easy: numbered streets run east to west, avenues north to south, and the blocks between Ninth and Tenth Avenues hold most of the low-rise fabric. Start at Hampton Inn Manhattan Times Square South and go west.

The cultural life here is mixed and unpolished. Broadway houses sit a few blocks east, so rehearsal studios, costume shops and small back-room theaters fill the side streets, and the neighborhood has long housed people who work in the theater. Ninth Avenue is the neighborhood's main walking spine, lined with food shops and bakeries that change with each block. Look up: the architecture is a record of building booms and recessions, from ornate 1900s apartment fronts to plain mid-century brick. A walk of an hour or two covers the whole width of the neighborhood, from the Theater District edge to the river.

Getting there and around

Hell's Kitchen is a transit crossroads. Penn Station and the Port Authority Bus Terminal sit at the neighborhood's edges, and Grand Central Terminal is a walk east across Midtown. Measured from Hampton Inn Manhattan Times Square South, the airports are around 14 miles (22.2 km) away, the main rail stations around 0.9 miles (1.4 km) and the city center around 0.4 miles (0.7 km); road time varies with traffic, so allow slack on the way to a flight. The subway runs 24 hours. You pay by tapping a contactless card or phone at the turnstile, and the system caps weekly spending on its own. Streets are flat, the grid is simple, and most of the neighborhood is walkable.

Nearby sights and food

Most of the well-known sights sit within walking range of Hampton Inn Manhattan Times Square South. The Intrepid Museum occupies a Hudson pier west of the neighborhood, with a retired aircraft carrier, aircraft and a submarine to walk through. East across the Theater District, the Museum of Modern Art holds a large collection of modern and contemporary work, and Grand Central Terminal is worth a slow look at its concourse and ceiling. Hudson Yards, at the southern end of Hell's Kitchen, has an observation deck with an open-air platform and a glass floor. Broadway's theaters cluster around Times Square, with evening curtains usually at 7 or 8; check the show.

Eating here means choosing between a few dozen small rooms and long-standing neighborhood places. Ninth Avenue and the blocks around Restaurant Row, the stretch of West 46th Street lined with kitchens, carry the widest spread: Thai, Japanese, Mexican, Greek, Italian, Indian, Spanish and Chinese cooking, plus a few West African and Caribbean kitchens. Expect narrow dining rooms, counter seats, tiled floors and menus that change at lunch. Bakeries, delis and groceries fill the avenues for picnic supplies, and the Hudson River parks at the western edge give you somewhere to sit with them. Book ahead on show nights.

A day from Hampton Inn Manhattan Times Square South

Begin with a walk west to the Hudson, following the numbered streets to the water, then turn north along the river path toward the Intrepid Museum; check its hours before setting out. Walk back east for lunch on Ninth Avenue or along West 46th Street, where the restaurant row sits. Spend the afternoon at the Museum of Modern Art, or cross to Fifth Avenue for the Empire State Building's open-air deck; timed entry helps. Return through the Theater District as the lights come on, eat early, then catch a Broadway curtain, checking the show for its start time. Finish with a loop around Times Square and back to Hampton Inn Manhattan Times Square South.

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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
• 24-hour security
• Air conditioning
• Alarm clock
• Bars
• Breakfast
• Business Center
• Cleaning
• Coffee
• Crib
• Dry cleaning service
• Express check in
• First aid
• Fitness Center
• Free Wi-Fi
• Garage
• Hairdryer
• Housekeeping
• Internet access
• Iron and board
• Laundry Service
• Elevators
• Market
• Non smoking rooms
• Parking
• Pets allowed
• Radio
• Refrigerator
• Room Service
• Safe
• Security Features
• Shower
• Smoke detector
• Smoking area
• TV
• Telephone
• Valet parking
• Wheelchair accessible
• Wi-Fi