The Peninsula New York

New York, United States. Located at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 55th Street in Midtown Manhattan, facing the St. Regis and near MoMA.

The Peninsula New YorkNew York, United States

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Address: The Peninsula New York
700 Fifth Avenue at 55th Street
New York, NY 10019
United States
Telephone: +1 212 956 2888
Official website: www.peninsula.com
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219 rooms and suites (2024), the largest being the deluxe suites on the 16th to 20th floors, plus the Peninsula Suite.
Clement Restaurant and Bar and the Gotham Lounge piano bar.
Three-storey glass penthouse housing the pool and fitness centre; five function rooms.
Located at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 55th Street in Midtown Manhattan, facing the St. Regis and near MoMA.

10 dates, written by Grand Hotels of the World from the sources below.

April 1902
The 55th Street Company acquires the site and commissions Hiss and Weekes to design a neoclassical hotel matching the University Club.
1 October 1905
The Gotham Hotel opens with 400 rooms, each with its own bath.
1908
Unable to obtain a liquor license, the owners sell the hotel; it changes hands several times over the following decades.
1932
The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company acquires the Gotham, adding ground-floor storefronts in 1938.
1965
Sol Goldman and Alex DiLorenzo acquire the hotel.
1979
Rene Hatt leases the Gotham to turn it into the Hotel Nova-Park Gotham, but gives up in 1984 amid lawsuits and financial woes.
November 1987
Renovated and topped by a glass penthouse, it reopens as the Hotel Maxim’s de Paris.
1989
Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels acquires the lease and renames it The Peninsula New York.
1998
The hotel is renovated again.
2024
A renovation creates a double-height lobby with a grand staircase.