Metropolitan Hotel is a hotel in Manhattan, the United States.[1] It opened in 1852. It stands about 0.5 km from the centre of Manhattan.[3]
Overview
The Metropolitan Hotel in Manhattan, New York City, opened September 1, 1852, and was demolished in 1895. It was built at a time of a "hotel boom" in response to the opening of the New York Crystal Palace exhibition of 1853.
From “Metropolitan Hotel (New York City)” on English Wikipedia, by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0.[2]
History and building
The hotel opened in 1852. [1]
Location
Measured in a straight line, the hotel is 0.5 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:
- The Mercer Hotel — 0.1 km, opened 1890
- Crosby Street Hotel — 0.2 km
- St. Nicholas Hotel — 0.3 km
- Grand Central Hotel — 0.4 km
- The Broome New York — 0.4 km
- The Bowery House — 0.4 km, opened 2011
- Sixty SoHo — 0.5 km
- PUBLIC, an Ian Schrager Hotel — 0.5 km
- citizenM New York Bowery — 0.5 km
- NoMo SoHo — 0.6 km
See also
References
- ^ Metropolitan Hotel (Q6825112). Wikidata. CC0.
- ^ Metropolitan Hotel. Wikipedia. Text excerpted under CC BY-SA 4.0; revision of 2026-08-06.
- ^ Manhattan (Q11299). Wikidata. CC0.
- ^ Airports. OurAirports. Public domain.
- ^ Hotels in Manhattan. Wikidata. CC0.
Facts as stated in Wikidata, read in October 2026.