Location. A Bohemian legend, the Gramercy Park Hotel, rises above Lexington Avenue in New York, N. Y. The hotel is across the street from Gramercy Park. New York City's Greenwich Village is eight blocks away. This high-rise hotel is located one block from Theodore Roosevelt's birthplace. Union Square is four blocks from the hotel.
Hotel Features. This property features checkered Moroccan tile, swirls of patterned carpets, red velvet curtains set against lumber pillars and Belle �poque d�cor framing Italian stone fireplaces. Contemporary work by artists including Andy Warhol and Damien Hirst further complete the Bohemian aura. Maialino (opens November 2009) is a traditional trattoria restaurant on the first floor of the hotel serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The popular Rose and Jade Bar touts a wood-burning fireplace and a walnut bar opposite a custom-designed pool table. Aerospace, the hotel's health club, houses cardiovascular and and weight-training equipment. Personal trainers are available by appointment. Aerospa offers massage therapies, body wraps, and a complete menu of beauty treatments. The hotel's business center contains one computer. Dramatically designed function space accommodates events.

Guestrooms. The Gramercy Park Hotel features unique layouts throughout each of its 184 guestrooms. Rooms afford views of Gramercy Park, Lexington Avenue or the courtyard. Premium bedding includes feather mattresses, 400-thread count Frette Italian linens, and down comforters and pillows. Select rooms boast mahogany bathrooms with separate deep-soaking tubs and showers. Flat-screen televisions, CD and DVD players, and MP3 adaptors provide technological appeal. The guestrooms' color palette was inspired by Raphael. Distinctive art collections, imported, hand-tufted rugs and rose-hued velvet window treatments draped from custom-made bronze rods enhance the guestroom ambience. Stocked English bars feature European crystal stemware.

Expert Tip. The Private Roof Club and Garden offers exclusive indoor and outdoor space to guests of the hotel and to select, private members. This 18th-floor club features a retractable roof and city views. The Private Roof Club and Garden combines the charm of London's clubs with the Bohemian bustle of a Viennese coffee house.