Gramercy Park Hotel
A storied Gramercy Park hotel known for maximalist, hand-crafted interiors, closed since 2020 and reopening in autumn 2026 after a full restoration.
Gramercy Park has long been a neighbourhood of famous residents, and the Gramercy Park Hotel spent decades earning its place among them. This was a hotel of genuine character, one that ignored the usual rules of interior design and set its own course, from the lobby’s hand-tufted, garnet-and-gold Aubusson rug to the looming saw-tooth chandelier above it.
The rooms told stories. Filled with hand-crafted furnishings and rare imported pieces gathered from far-flung markets, they were intimate and grand at once, the sort of spaces designed to leave a guest a little starstruck. For years, that maximalist confidence made the hotel a fixture of the city’s creative life.
A note for travellers planning a stay: the Gramercy Park Hotel has been closed since 2020. The property was acquired by MCR and MORSE Development, and is undergoing an extensive restoration of its lobby, ground-floor restaurants and bars, and its 197 guestrooms and suites. A reopening is planned for autumn 2026.
What the renovation preserves (and what made the hotel worth the address in the first place) is the spirit of a place that treated character as the headline amenity. Its new custodians have signalled an intent to bring back its magic rather than sand it into something more generic.
For now, it is one to watch. When the doors reopen, this corner of Gramercy Park should once again offer one of New York’s more idiosyncratic stays, and we’ll be curious to see how the next chapter reads.
