Gramercy Park Hotel

Pre-closure editorial score of 8.7 of 10, the composite average of the three factors above (Rooms, Service, Location), reflecting the hotel as it operated before 2020. It is not a current rating and there is no booking link on this page. Method at our methodology page. We will re-score the hotel once it reopens.

What happened to the Gramercy Park Hotel?

The Gramercy Park Hotel closed in 2020 and has not reopened. For years it held a distinction no other hotel in New York could claim: its guests received a key to Gramercy Park, the private two-acre square that the surrounding townhouses control and that most New Yorkers never enter. That access, along with the Rose Bar, the individually designed rooms and Danny Meyer's Maialino on the ground floor, made it one of the most characterful addresses in the city. When it went dark, it left a real gap in the Gramercy and Flatiron corridor.

The property was acquired in 2023 by MCR, one of the largest hotel owner-operators in the United States, with MORSE Development leading the reopening. The team secured a 150 million dollar loan and is renovating the lobby, the first-floor restaurants and bars, all 197 guestrooms and suites, and the roughly 7,000-square-foot rooftop bar. A reopening is expected in fall 2026, though the timeline has slipped from an earlier 2025 target, and the project has worked through a legal dispute with a neighbouring co-op that at one point halted construction before a ruling allowed it to resume. One thing has already changed for good: Maialino has returned to the neighbourhood rather than the hotel, reopening nearby at 67 Irving Place, so it will not be part of the reopened Gramercy Park Hotel. What the reopened hotel keeps of its old identity, from the private-park access to the art-filled bars, will only be clear once it takes guests, and even the fall 2026 target should be treated as a plan rather than a promise given how often the date has moved.

What were the rooms like before the closure?

Before it closed, the Gramercy Park Hotel had 197 individually furnished rooms and suites, and the individuality was the point: original artworks, custom upholstery and a bohemian-luxe design language set a baseline that the quality linens and Aesop bath products supported. The upper categories, from the Junior Suites to the Garden Suite and the Penthouse, opened up the space and, in some cases, the outlook toward the private park below. It was never a hotel of uniform, corporate rooms; it was a hotel where each room felt hand-assembled, which was part of the appeal and, occasionally, part of the unevenness.

All of that is now under renovation. MCR and MORSE Development are reworking every one of the 197 rooms, so the interiors that a returning guest will find in fall 2026 will not be the rooms described here. Until the hotel reopens and we can assess the new product in person, we are treating this section as a record of what was rather than a guide to what will be. If you are drawn to individually designed rooms in this part of the city today, the open alternatives further down are the better place to look.

What about the restaurants and bars?

The hotel's dining is part of the renovation, and its best-known name is not coming back. For years the ground-floor draw was Maialino, Danny Meyer's Roman trattoria, which functioned as a genuine neighbourhood institution for the Gramercy and Flatiron corridor as much as a hotel restaurant. Maialino has now returned to the area on its own, reopening nearby at 67 Irving Place, so it will not be part of the reopened hotel. The Rose Bar, the hotel's celebrated social room hung with original art, and the Jade Bar are among the first-floor spaces being restored rather than reopened as they were.

What will change on the rooftop?

The rooftop is a central part of the project. MCR and MORSE Development are fully restoring the roughly 7,000-square-foot rooftop bar, long one of the hotel's signatures and, before the closure, one of the more coveted rooms in the neighbourhood. What form it takes when the hotel reopens is not yet public, and as with the guest rooms we will describe the new rooftop only once it is open and we have seen it. For now, treat any mention of the old Rose Bar or rooftop as history rather than a current offering.

Signature features, before and under renovation

On the edge of Gramercy Park

The landmark, the rooms, the park

Landmark

Former room

Private park

Rose Bar

Where should you stay while the Gramercy Park Hotel is closed?

Because the Gramercy Park Hotel cannot be booked, the practical question is where to stay nearby instead, and downtown gives you strong open options. The Bowery Hotel, a short walk east, is the closest match in spirit: a characterful, low-lit landmark on the edge of the East Village with a beloved lobby bar. The Standard, High Line brings a different energy in the Meatpacking District, glassy and social, straddling the elevated park. The Ned NoMad, a few blocks north in the restored Metropolitan Life building, layers members-club style over a hotel with three restaurants. Any of the three delivers the downtown character the Gramercy was known for, and unlike the Gramercy, they are taking guests now.

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