Room (City)

The room faces the Midtown cityscape. Blackout drapes let you darken the room when you want to sleep in. For wider skyline views over Hudson Yards and the Hudson River, ART Midtown, the hotel's rooftop bar on the 26th floor, is a seasonal spot that runs in spring, summer and fall.

The City View Room has one king bed with hypo-allergenic bedding and sleeps two guests. At 170 sq. ft. it is compact, so it suits a couple or a solo traveler best. Connecting rooms are available if a group wants to book adjoining space.

The room has a private bathroom with a bathtub or shower. It comes with free toiletries, including shampoo and soap, plus toilet paper and a hair dryer. Toothbrush and toothpaste are available on request, and towels are changed on request.

A mandatory Urban Fee of $37 plus tax per room per night is added to every reservation. It includes in-room high-speed WiFi, two cans of water daily, 15% off food and beverage (excluding the Bodega), daily Citi Bike passes via the Lyft app, Alo Moves on-demand fitness content, local and domestic calls, and 24/7 access to the fitness center. If you book through a third-party site, the fee is usually collected separately from your prepaid total.

You get a 55-inch LED TV with premium channels, Netflix, Hulu and pay movies, plus a desk and electrical adapters. Free WiFi is included through the Urban Fee, so working or streaming from the room is straightforward. Air conditioning and heating are both climate-controlled.

The room has braille and raised signage, a closed-captioned TV, lever door handles and a visual fire alarm. The hotel also has a wheelchair-accessible path to the entrance and elevator, an accessible public washroom and an accessible fitness center.

Check-in starts at 3:00 PM and check-out is at noon. Early check-in between 9am and 12pm is $50, and late check-out until 3pm is $75, both subject to availability. If you arrive before 3pm, the hotel will store your luggage while you explore. The front desk is staffed 24 hours. A valid photo ID and a payment method are required at check-in, the minimum check-in age is 21, and the hotel does not accept tap-to-pay wallets. It also places a separate $100 security deposit authorization.

The hotel is at 351 West 38th Street, about a 6-minute walk to Times Square and about 8 minutes to Madison Square Garden, Broadway theaters and the Javits Center. The 42nd St–Port Authority and 34th St–Penn Station subway stops are roughly a 4-6 minute walk away. Penn Station serves Amtrak, NJ Transit and LIRR. The hotel does not run an airport shuttle.

Altair serves breakfast, lunch, dinner and weekend brunch, and the lobby Café at Altair is open daily from 6:30am to 11pm. The Bar Room at Altair offers craft cocktails and small plates. The hotel has no swimming pool, but the 24-hour fitness center has Peloton bikes, treadmills, ellipticals, weights and TRX equipment.