American Seamen's Friend Society Sailors' Home and Institute is a boutique hotel in Manhattan, the United States.[1] Wikidata describes it as “Hotel in Manhattan, New York”. It stands about 1.7 km from the centre of Manhattan.[3]

Overview

The American Seamen's Friend Society Sailors' Home and Institute is a boutique hotel building at 505–507 West Street, on the northeastern corner with Jane Street, in the West Village neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. It was constructed in 1908 by the American Seaman's Friend Society (ASFS) as a sailors' boarding house. The ASFS building was designed by William A. Boring in the Georgian style and is a New York City designated landmark.

From “American Seamen's Friend Society Sailors' Home and Institute” on English Wikipedia, by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0.[2]

History and building

Its architecture is described as Georgian Revival architecture. [1]

Location

Measured in a straight line, the boutique hotel is 1.7 km from the centre of Manhattan. The nearest airport with scheduled flights is LaGuardia Airport (LGA), about 12 km from the centre of Manhattan.[4]

It is one of 122 hotels in and around Manhattan recorded in Wikidata, 58 of which have an article in Innpedia.[5] Of the 24 with a recorded opening date, the earliest is Astor House, opened in 1836. See Hotels in Manhattan.

Other hotels within 1.5 km:

See also

References

  1. ^ American Seamen's Friend Society Sailors' Home and Institute (Q7742946). Wikidata. CC0.
  2. ^ American Seamen's Friend Society Sailors' Home and Institute. Wikipedia. Text excerpted under CC BY-SA 4.0; revision of 2026-07-17.
  3. ^ Manhattan (Q11299). Wikidata. CC0.
  4. ^ Airports. OurAirports. Public domain.
  5. ^ Hotels in Manhattan. Wikidata. CC0.

Facts as stated in Wikidata, read in October 2026.

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