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Information & Amenities

Hotel Information: The smoke-free Sheraton New York Hotel And Towers located in Midtown Manhattan is a major conference hotel and a destination for international travelers seeking proximity to theaters.

Amenity highlights: Italian marble, mahogany tables with blue-and-white porcelain jars, Asian rugs, leather benches, and brass chandeliers create a tranquil ambience for guests' lobby conversations as they sit in leather and plaid-fabric chairs. Complimentary wireless Internet access is available in the lobby.

Insider tip: New York City Center, 2.5 blocks from the hotel, is a 1920s, neo-Moorish home to theater, dance, and music; it’s crowned by a Spanish-tile dome.

Property Amenities

The Sheraton's health club (surcharge) offers cardiovascular, cable-training, and strength-training equipment. Personal training, massage therapy, and yoga classes are available, and steam and sauna rooms complete the full-service facilities. The health club also offers men's and women's locker areas with deluxe toiletries, towel service, and fresh fruit.

A business center contains four computers with high-speed Internet access (surcharge). The business center offers photocopying, printing, faxing, and secretarial services (surcharges for all) and includes a six-person conference room (surcharge).

Complimentary wireless Internet access is available in the lobby and in the Club Level Lounge.

Ground transportation:
Shuttle vans and private cars of varying prices are available. They can be reserved during the process of booking a reservation for this hotel, via this Web site, and added to the total trip cost.

• Concierge desk
• Room service (24 hours)
• Bar/lounge
• Restaurant(s) in hotel
• Parking (surcharge)
• Parking garage
• Ballroom(s)
• Meeting rooms (small groups)
• Business center
• Conference room(s)
• Event catering
• Audio-visual equipment
• Secretarial services
• Business services
• Internet access - wireless
• Internet access in public areas - high speed
• Express check- in
• Number of rooms: 1,750
• Porter/bellhop
• Express check-out
• Doorman/doorwoman

• Security guard
• 24-hour front desk
• Multilingual staff
• Safe-deposit box - front desk
• Number of floors: 50
• ATM/banking
• Gift shops or newsstand
• Shopping on site
• Tour assistance
• Currency exchange
• Medical assistance available
• Dry cleaning service
• Shoe shine
• Air-conditioned public areas
• Elevator/lift
• Fitness equipment
• Health club
• Parking (valet)
• Sauna
• Smoke-free property
• Steam room

Room Descriptions

Sheraton New York Hotel offers 1,750 guestrooms in a 50-story tower. Sheraton Sweet Sleeper Beds feature extra-thick pillowtop mattresses, window-pane comforters, and multiple down/feather pillows. Shower/tub combinations in marble-vanity bathrooms include curved shower-curtain rods for extra elbow room. Work desks with leather ergonomic chairs extend the width of rooms and include high-speed Internet connections (surcharges), task lights, and dual-line speakerphones. Televisions offer pay movies and video games.

Contemporary decor includes wood-and-leather headboards, leather dressing benches, gray-tan carpeting, and tan walls with crown molding.

All guestrooms are nonsmoking.

Guests of Club Floor rooms (floors 44–50) enjoy access to an exclusive 44th-floor lounge, where they are served complimentary Continental breakfasts served Monday–Friday, and complimentary hot/cold evening appetizers offered Sunday–Thurday. Cash-bar service is available from early evening to late night. The lounge contains leather banquettes, leather and plush-fabric chairs, tables, a chess set, televisions, a fax machine (complimentary local/800 faxes), complimentary wireless Internet access, and a computer offering complimentary high-speed Internet access.

In their rooms, Club Floor guests enjoy complimentary local/800 telephone calls (60-minute limit per call), complimentary bottled water daily, complimentary copies of The Wall Street Journal (in addition to complimentary copies of USA Today provided all hotel guests), and bathrobes.

Room Features

• Internet access - high speed
• Premium TV channel(s)
• Cable/satellite TV
• Video-game console
• Pay movies
• Premium bedding
• Climate control
• Complimentary newspaper (M-F)
• Air conditioning
• Multi-line phone
• Voice mail
• Internet access - surcharge
• Coffee/tea maker
• Wake-up calls
• Housekeeping (daily)

• Turndown service (on request)
• Makeup mirror
• Shower/tub combination
• Complimentary toiletries
• Hair dryer
• Iron/ironing board
• In-room safe (accommodates laptop)
• Television
• Clock radio
• Desk
• Electronic check-out
• Electronic/magnetic keys
• Rollaway beds
• Cribs (infant beds) available
• Non-smoking rooms

Area Attractions

Lindy's Restaurant - Across street
Stage Deli – 0.5 block
Broadway theaters - Surrounding area
Rockefeller Center - 2 blocks
Museum of Modern Art - 2.5 blocks
New York City Center (theater, dance, music) - 2.5 blocks
Radio City Music Hall - 3 blocks
St. Patrick's Cathedral - 4 blocks
Carnegie Hall - 5 blocks
Central Park - 7 blocks
Columbus Circle (Time Warner Center, CNN tour, shopping/dining) - 8 blocks
Times Square - 10 blocks
Garment District - 10 blocks
Central Park Zoo - 12 blocks
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts - 0.75 mile
Grand Central Terminal - 0.75 mile
Madison Square Garden - 0.75 mile
Empire State Building - 1 mile
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - 1.25 miles
American Museum of Natural History - 1.25 miles
Metropolitan Museum of Art - 1.5 miles
Chelsea Piers - 1.75 miles
Greenwich Village - 1.75 miles
Soho district - 2.75 miles
Little Italy - 3 miles
Tribeca district - 3.25 miles
Chinatown - 3.5 miles
Financial District - 4.5 miles

LaGuardia Airport (LGA): Approximate driving time is 30–45 minutes, and distance is 8 miles to Sheraton New York Hotel And Towers.

Driving directions from LaGuardia Airport

Driving directions from LaGuardia Airport (LGA):

• Take Grand Central Pkwy to Brooklyn-Queens Expy to I-278 W.
• Take Exit 38 and turn right onto SR 25A.
• Bear right onto Queens Plaza N, and continue on Queensboro Bridge.
• Exit to 2nd Ave S and bear right, then left to take E 60th St.
• Turn left on Park Ave, then right on E 53rd St.
• Turn left on 7th Ave.

John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK): Approximate driving time is 50-60 minutes, and distance is 15 miles to Sheraton New York Hotel And Towers.

Driving directions from John F. Kennedy International Airport

Driving directions from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK):

• Follow signs to take I-678 north, then take SR 25 (Queens Blvd) west.
• Bear left onto Queens Plaza N, and continue on Queensboro Bridge.
• Exit to 2nd Ave S and bear right, then left to take E 60th St.
• Turn left on Park Ave, then right on E 53rd St.
• Turn left on 7th Ave.

Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR): Approximate driving time is 40–60 minutes, and distance is 16 miles to Sheraton New York Hotel And Towers.

Driving directions from Newark Liberty International Airport

Driving directions from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR):

• Follow signs to take US 1/US 9 north, then take I-95 (New Jersey Turnpike) north.
• Take Exit 16 E to the Lincoln Tunnel, then exit to Dyer Ave.
• Turn right on W 42nd St, then left on 8th Ave.
• Turn right on W 54th St, then left on 7th Ave.

Getting there: A taxi to the Sheraton costs $26–$35 from LaGuardia Airport, $36–$75 from John F. Kennedy International Airport, and $36–$75 from Newark Liberty International Airport.

From LaGuardia Airport, buses go to subway stops in Manhattan. From John F. Kennedy International Airport, trains and buses go to subway stops in Queens, from which there are subways to Manhattan. From terminals at Newark Liberty International Airport, a monorail goes to the airport's train station, from which trains go to Manhattan's Penn Station.

Shuttle vans and private cars of varying prices are available. They can be reserved during the process of booking a reservation for this hotel, via this Web site, and added to the total trip cost.

Getting around: Public buses and subways operate throughout Manhattan and to other boroughs. Taxis are available outside the hotel.

All prices are subject to change.

Activities

Guests of Sheraton New York Hotel enjoy access to the full-service health club (surcharge), which offers cardiovascular, cable-training, and strength-training equipment. Personal training, massage therapy, and yoga classes are available, along with steam and sauna rooms. The health club also offers men's and women's locker areas with deluxe toiletries, towel service, and fresh fruit.

Central Park, seven blocks north, offers a variety of recreational opportunities, including ball fields, tennis courts, rowboat rentals, horseback riding, and miles of trails for hiking, biking, running, and in-line skating. Rockefeller Center's skating rink, two blocks south, opens in winter, as does Central Park's Wollman Rink. Nearby athletic clubs offer swimming, racquet sports, and exercise classes. A golf driving range is located at Chelsea Piers 1.75 miles west of the hotel.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.

• Golf - driving range nearby
• Ice skating nearby
• Rowing or canoeing nearby
• Aerobics nearby
• Racquetball/squash nearby
• Running track/path nearby

• Tennis nearby
• Pilates classes/instruction nearby
• Yoga classes/instruction nearby
• Hiking/biking trails nearby
• Helicopter/airplane sightseeing nearby
• Horse riding/rental nearby

Restaurants & Bars

Hudson Bar - Sports bar with 36 TVs. Open early morning to mid-afternoon for espresso, pastries, and take-out sandwiches and salads. Open early evening to late night for appetizers, pizza, sandwiches, salads, pasta, steak, rotisserie chicken, and seafood. Avenue Restaurant - Located in Sheraton New York's lobby, with views of Seventh Avenue. Breakfast and lunch daily in a classic setting, featuring warm red leather, rich woods, soft velvet, and polished nickel. Library Bar - Cocktails and appetizers from late afternoon to late night. Pianist some evenings.

Location

811 7th Ave

New York, NY 10019

USA

Nearest major airport:

New York, NY (LGA-LaGuardia)

Area:

Broadway - Times Square, New York, United States of America

Important Information

Extra person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Rollaway beds and cribs (infant beds) may be available and should be requested at the time of booking; fees may apply.
Photo identification and credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in. Special requests made via this Web site cannot be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.

• Pets accepted
• Check-in time is 3 PM
• Check-out time is Noon