Swissotel New York The Drake
New York, NY. United States

Hotels Lodging Address

440 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Nightly Rates: ( 188.96 - 3,100.00 )
4 Star

Property Description

The European-styled, Swissôtel The Drake, New York is a comfortable hotel with elegance and luxury. Located on Park Avenue at 56th Street, the hotel offers first quality service to business as well as leisure travelers. Swissôtel The Drake, New York - (The Drake,) boasts one of the best locations in Manhattan, one block from the upscale boutiques of Madison Avenue and just 5 blocks from Central Park. New Yorks Time Square and world famous Broadway shows are just 10 blocks from 56th Street. Only a cab ride away from the hustle and bustle of New York City.

Amenities

· AM/FM Alarm Clock
· Babysitting/Child Services
· Bar/Lounge
· Barber/Beauty Shop
· Business Center
· Coffee Maker in Room
· Concierge
· 24 Hour Front Desk
· Handicapped Rooms/Facilities
· Express Checkout
· Hairdryers Available
· Mini Bar
· Modem Lines in Room
· Modem Lines in Room
· Meeting/Banquet Facilities
· No Smoking Rooms/Facilities
· Free Newspaper
· Parking
· Restaurant
· Room Service
· Safe Deposit Box
· Shops/Commercial Services
· Fitness Center or Spa
· Television with Cable
· Laundry/Valet Services
· VIP Rooms/Services

Room Information

Guest Rooms
Swissotel The Drake, New York offers 495 deluxe guest rooms which (Traditional and newly renovated rooms) suit the needs of all travelers. Each room is unique in quality and layout featuring a refreshment center, safe, direct dial telephone with call waiting and voicemail, dataports for computer hook accessibility, umbrellas, individual controlled heat and air-conditioning, (turn down), marble bathrooms, Lodgenet entertainment system (television) with HBO and Nintendo, and iron and ironing board. * 259 king-sized beds * 79 queen-sized beds * 157 double-double beds * 407 no smoking rooms * 16 handicapped rooms * 108 suites All rooms are designed with the business traveler in mind, also perfect for a weekend getaway. All rooms overlook Park Avenue, 56th Street or have a city view of 57th Street. Some boast an outside terrace or balcony. Room sizes vary throughout the hotel and are approximately 350 square feet. Renovated in 1997, room features include an oversized working desk, soft seating area, three telephones including 2 multi-line speaker phones with voice mail, data connection ports, in-room fax machine, in-room safe, turn down, marble bathroom with hairdryer and make-up mirror.
Executive Suite
Each suite has a separate parlor that includes a wet-bar and mini-refrigerator. The suite is approximately 450 square feet and features: * Oversized working desk * Three telephones including 2 multi-line speaker phones with voice mail and dataports * In-room fax machine * Iron and ironing board * Coffeemaker * Lodgenet Entertainment System with HBO and Nintendo (Television with cable and pay per view movies) * In-room safe * Marble bathroom with hairdryer and makeup mirror * Access to the Park Avenue Fitness Center
Metropolitan Suite
These luxurious suites have a large separate parlor that includes a wet-bar and refrigerator. The suite is approximately 550 square feet and has televisions in the parlor and the bedroom as well as all the features of the Executive Suite. The suites are available with one or two bedrooms. Each suite provides the added benefit of the Swissôtel Executive Amenity Package including: * Signature blue bottled water * Access to the Park Avenue Fitness Center
Park Avenue Suite - 1 bedroom
These suites are approximately 750 square feet and have an oversized parlor that includes a dining area for six overlooking Park Avenue and 56th Street. The armoire in the parlor has an oversized television, a VCR, and a stereo with a cassette and CD player. In addition to all the features of the Executive Suite, some of the Park Avenue suites have a decorative fireplace or a terrace.
Park Avenue Suite - 2 bedrooms
These 2-bedroom, 1-bathroom suites are approximately 1,100 square feet and have plenty of living space, a wet bar, refrigerator and dressing area along with all the features of the Executive Suite. These suites face Park Avenue and 56th Street and are accented by either a decorative fireplace or a terrace. The armoire in the parlor has an oversized television, VCR, stereo cassette and CD player. Perfect for a family or business traveler.

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Miscellaneous Information

· American Dollars is the native currency.
· Check in time is 3PM
· Check out time is noon
· Time Zone is Eastern Standard
· Opened in 1929
· Renovated in 1997
· 495 rooms.
· 0 suites.
· 21 floors.

Directions

From John F. Kennedy International Airport: Follow the airport exit signs to the Van Wyck Expressway North. From Van Wyck, take the Grand Central Parkway West to the Triboro Bridge. From the Triboro Bridge, follow the signs to the FDR, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Drive. Take exit at 62nd Street and head downtown, with street numbers in descending order, to 55th Street. Make a right hand turn onto 55th Street and go to Madison Avenue. Make a right onto Madison Avenue. At 56th Street, make another right hand turn. Swissôtel The Drake, New York is located on the left-hand side of the street.

From La Guardia International Airport: Follow the signs for the airport exit. Take the Grand Central Parkway West to the Triboro Bridge. From the Triboro Bridge, follow the signs to the FDR, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Drive. Take the exit at 62nd Street and head downtown, with street numbers in descending order, to 55th Street. Make a right hand turn onto 55th Street and go to Madison Avenue. At 56th Street, make another right hand turn. Swissôtel The Drake, New York is located on the left-hand side of the street.

From Newark Airport: Follow the exit signs from the terminal. Take New Jersey Turnpike North exit 16 - Lincoln Tunnel. Once through the tunnel, make a left hand turn, in order to head uptown street numbers will be in ascending order. Continue east to 56th Street. Make a right hand turn and Swissôtel The Drake, New York is located between Madison and Park Avenue, between 6 to 7 blocks, on the left hand side of the street.

* 20 miles or 30 to 40 minutes from La Guardia Airport * 30 miles or 40 minutes from John F. Kennedy International Airport * 35 miles or 1 hour from Newark Airport * New Yorks Time Square and world famous Broadway shows are just 10 blocks from 56th Street. Only a cab ride away from the hustle and bustle of New York City.

La Guardia, John F. Kennedy (JFK), Newark Liberty International

Guarantee Policy

Credit card or one night deposit required at the time of reservation

Cancellation Policy

24 hours prior to arrival to avoid penalties

Restaurant Information

Q56 restaurant & cocktails

Q56 restaurant & cocktails presents a fresh dining concept in a city renowned for world class cuisine. Q56 offers an eclectic sampling of international culinary traditions with a focus on seafood.

In-room Dining

To provide additional comfort and convenience to our guest, 24-hour in-room dining is available, featuring everything from gourmet pizza to classic entrees.

Meeting Facility

The 9 meeting rooms at the Park Avenue Executive Center totals 7,500 square feet.

Wall Street Boardroom

Wall Street is our featured board room that has the most technically advanced surroundings. This magnificent room can seat 20 attendees all in large leather executive chairs. This high technological, user friendly room equipment features a built in 52-inch plasma monitor and computer hookups brings the Wall Street Boardroom up to the speed of your business.

Broadway

The Broadway is divided into 1,457 square feet of space inside a glass atrium. This meeting space is ideal for social and corporate business and accommodates 65 people with classroom seating and 125 people with banquet or theatre seating.

Manhattan East/West

This 1,116 square feet meeting space can be divided into separate rooms and accommodates 50 people with classroom seating, 80 people with banquet rounds and 100 people with theatre seating.

Central Park/Park Avenue Suite

This room can be divided into separate rooms and accommodates groups of 45 people with classroom seating, 110 people with banquet rounds, and 80 people with theatre seating.

Times Square

This 532 square feet meeting suite provides seating for groups of 24 people with classroom seating, 30 people with banquet rounds, and 60 people with theatre seating.

The Rockefeller

This room can accommodate 10 people in a boardroom configuration.

The Gramercy

Gramercy is 210 square feet and can accommodate up to 10 people in a conference setup.

Specialty Features

There are additional four meeting rooms permanently set up in a board room style on the main floor, adjacent to the Swissôffice, our hotel business service center. Consider this as your branch office with services such as photocopying, faxing, cellular phone rental, laptop computer rental, laser printers, color printers, three private work stations and much more. Swissôtel New York has an in-house audiovisual company to fulfill all your technical needs.

Area Attractions

Central Park

Central Park is five blocks away. Attractions include Park Zoo, boating, bicycling and ice skating.

Shopping

The most popular activity in the area is shopping. Swissotel The Drake, New York is just blocks away from Bloomingdales, F.A.O. Schwartz, and upscale 57th Street Boutiques such as Fendi and Burberrys. * Bloomingdales, Lexington Avenue at 59th Street; (212) 705-2000 * F.A.O. Schwartz, 767 5th Avenue at 58th Street; (212) 644-9400 * Burberrys, 9 East 57th Street; (212) 371-5010

Theater District

New Yorks Time Square and world famous Broadway shows are just 10 blocks from 56th Street. Only a cab ride away from the hustle and bustle of New York City.