voco Times Square Broadway by IHG

About voco Times Square Broadway by IHG

Couples catching an evening show, colleagues on a Midtown work trip and families packing a long weekend into a few days all fit here. Times Square is about 0.1 miles (0.2 km) in a straight line, so late curtains and early trains stay easy. The address on West 48th Street puts the grid, the subway and the avenues within a few blocks. Book through the IMPT app.

Expect a Midtown hotel whose rhythm follows the theater calendar, with the Broadway houses a block away and Times Square a short walk. Days fill with Museum Mile, the Museum of Modern Art and Central Park; evenings belong to the Theater District. The listed facilities point to a practical city stay: free Wi-Fi, a 24 hour front desk, breakfast, a restaurant and a bar, plus parking and shuttle service. Confirm the details that matter to you with the property before booking.

Rooms and listed facilities

The listed facilities cover the basics each kind of guest tends to ask about. Couples get free Wi-Fi, a bar and a restaurant without leaving the building. Families can ask about room layouts and parking, both listed, and about how the shuttle service works. Business travelers have a 24 hour front desk, elevators, luggage storage and a safe. Late arrivals can check in at any hour. Wheelchair accessible facilities are listed. Confirm room type, bed setup, breakfast arrangements and how parking is arranged with the property before booking.

Rooms are best treated as a place to sleep between plans, so match the booking to the trip rather than the other way around. Guests in for a show tend to want quiet and a short walk home; guests working nearby tend to want a desk and reliable Wi-Fi, which is listed. Ask the property directly about bed configurations, accessibility needs and anything a group requires, and check the total price with taxes and fees in the IMPT app before confirming.

The setting

voco Times Square Broadway by IHG sits at 170 W.48th Street, on a Midtown block a short walk from the Broadway theaters. Times Square is about 0.1 miles (0.2 km) in a straight line and the Theater District about 0.1 miles (0.1 km), so evening curtains are close by. The Museum of Modern Art is about 0.4 miles (0.6 km) away. Check current subway service before traveling.

The street itself is a working Midtown block, with the theater district to the south and the tall Midtown core around it. That position keeps a full day of sights compact: the Museum of Modern Art about 0.4 miles (0.6 km) in a straight line, observation decks about 0.6 miles (0.9 km), the Intrepid Museum about 0.9 miles (1.4 km) and the 9/11 Memorial about 3.7 miles (5.9 km) to the south. Airports sit further out, with LaGuardia about 5.8 miles (9.4 km), Newark about 11 miles (17.9 km) and JFK about 14 miles (21.8 km).

Location and neighborhood

Traveling with children, the street grid works in your favor. Numbered streets run east to west and avenues run north to south, so a wrong turn costs a block rather than an afternoon. Fifth Avenue divides East from West, and Broadway cuts across on the diagonal. voco Times Square Broadway by IHG sits inside the Midtown and Times Square area, which runs from the Garment District blocks north of 34th Street down through the Theater District, Bryant Park and Rockefeller Center to Central Park South. Sidewalks are wide but crowded when the theaters empty. A stroller moves more easily before the evening rush.

Families use the area in two modes: daytime errands and evening spectacle. Fifth Avenue between Rockefeller Center and Central Park South holds the flagship stores, and those blocks fill quickly on weekends. Quieter ground exists. The Garment District north of 34th Street is calmer, and Bryant Park gives children room to move and a lawn to cross. Treat Times Square as a crossing rather than a destination at midday; the light show reads better after dark from a little farther back. Mornings are the calmest window for a walk east to west, and the grid keeps the route simple.

Getting there and around

Arriving is straightforward. 14 miles (21.8 km) is roughly the distance to the nearest airport, and the ride in from JFK or Newark typically takes 45 to 75 minutes depending on traffic and connections, so check the current options before setting out. 0.6 miles (0.9 km) covers the run to Grand Central Terminal and Penn Station, both connected to the subway. Penn Station occupies 34th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues. 0.1 miles (0.2 km) places you at the middle of the district. The subway runs 24 hours; tap a contactless card or phone at the turnstile. Check service changes with the MTA on the day.

Nearby sights and food

The sights cluster tightly. The Museum of Modern Art stands on West 53rd Street, and Broadway's theaters, about 40 houses, fill the blocks around Times Square. Grand Central Terminal is worth a stop for the concourse ceiling alone. Hudson Yards, on the West Side, holds the Vessel and the Edge observation deck. Several decks lift families above the streets: Top of the Rock at Rockefeller Center, the Empire State Building, SUMMIT One Vanderbilt beside Grand Central, and One World Observatory downtown. The American Museum of Natural History sits on Central Park West at 79th Street, an easy run north. Timed entries cut the waiting.

Food in Midtown is built for a crowd. Expect diners, pizza counters, delis, ramen shops, taquerias and bakeries along Ninth and Tenth Avenues in the Garment District, where tables turn fast. The Theater District leans toward grills and Italian places that fill before curtain. Near Bryant Park, sandwich shops and coffee bars suit a quick lunch, and the food halls around Rockefeller Center give children several cuisines under one roof, which helps when tastes differ. Children's menus are common. Reservations help at 7 pm. Ask about allergies before ordering.

A day from voco Times Square Broadway by IHG

A day from voco Times Square Broadway by IHG: start early, before the crowds gather. A walk north along Fifth Avenue reaches Central Park South, where the park opens its 843 acres of paths, lawns and playgrounds. Carry water. Come back down through Rockefeller Center and cross to Bryant Park for a sit and a run around the lawn. Lunch in the Garment District, then an afternoon at the Museum of Modern Art, where the upper floors move fastest with children. Return to voco Times Square Broadway by IHG to rest before an early dinner. Evening curtains run at 7 or 8 pm; check the show. Finish with the lights of Times Square from a little farther back, then walk to voco Times Square Broadway by IHG.

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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
• Bars
• Bicycle storage
• Breakfast
• Cafe
• Car parking
• Cleaning
• Double glazed windows
• Dry cleaning service
• Eco friendly
• Free Wi-Fi
• Elevators
• Luggage storage
• Parking
• Restaurant
• Safe
• Self Parking
• Shower
• Shuttle service
• Toiletries
• Wheelchair accessible