The Knickerbocker Hotel

The Hotel

The Knickerbocker Hotel at 6 Times Square opened in 1906 as John Jacob Astor IV's Times Square flagship, a Beaux-Arts tower that anchored the 42nd Street and Broadway intersection before the entertainment district's neon era began. The building's architectural distinction, the terra-cotta facade, the oversized windows, the specific proportion of a 1906 commercial landmark, survived the hotel's conversion to an office building during the mid-20th century and its 2015 reopening as the only Leading Hotels of the World member in Times Square.

The 330 rooms occupy the building's residential floors with the proportions that 1906 construction produced: ceiling heights and window dimensions that contemporary hotel design struggles to replicate. Charlie Palmer Steak IV, the chef's fourth-floor steakhouse overlooking Broadway, provides the dining anchor that the Leading Hotels classification requires; St. Cloud, the rooftop bar, delivers the panoramic Times Square view from a position above the LED signage that defines the neighbourhood's visual character from street level.

Service operates at the Leading Hotels standard, the anticipation of guest needs, the concierge programme's Broadway and cultural access, and the specific warmth that a property aspiring to the world's top hotel designation provides. For guests who require Times Square's unmatched transit centrality without the standard Times Square hotel's compromise on quality, the Knickerbocker has been making this case since its reopening.

6 Times Square sits at the intersection's southeast corner, with direct access to the 42nd Street Times Square subway station serving virtually every line in the system. Penn Station is eight minutes on foot; Grand Central is ten; the Broadway theatre district is the immediate neighbourhood. For guests whose New York itinerary is centred on theatre and whose business is in Midtown, the Knickerbocker's position is the most transit-central five-star address in the city.

Best for Anniversary

The Knickerbocker anniversary is the Times Square version: St. Cloud's rooftop panorama at night, the LED signs below, the Midtown skyline extending in every direction, and the specific energy of the world's most filmed intersection viewed from above, combined with Charlie Palmer Steak IV and the building's 1906 architectural distinction. For couples who came to New York specifically for the Times Square mythology, the Knickerbocker is the hotel that delivers it at the highest quality available in the district.

Best for Business

The transit centrality, essentially every Manhattan subway line within minutes, combined with the Leading Hotels quality and Charlie Palmer Steak IV's client-dinner capability makes the Knickerbocker the most logistically efficient five-star business hotel for travellers whose meetings are spread across the city's geography. The concierge team's Broadway access, the rooftop's client-entertainment function, and the 1906 building's meeting-room character complete the business infrastructure.

From $500/night; suites from $1,200/night. Check availability at theknickerbocker.com.