Hotel Near NYC’s Central Park

One of the largest parks—and certainly the most famous one—in the city, Central Park connects the East Side and West Side with sprawling lawns, seasonal gardens, miles of paved pathways, picturesque allées dotted with benches, and lily pad-dotted ponds. It can be easy to forget you’re in a city of millions while roaming these grounds, but look up and you’ll see the intricately adorned crowns of elegant pre-war buildings peeking out from the trees in one direction and the glittering new buildings towering over the landscape in the other. Kimpton Theta New York - Times Square sits a few blocks from the southwestern edge of Central Park, so start the morning with a coffee at the hotel—you can grab one at Café Otto—and join New Yorkers and visitors from every walk of life on the Central Park “loop,” as it’s known among locals.