The Benjamin Royal Sonesta New York is a hotel in East Village, the United States.[1] Wikidata describes it as “hotel in New York, United States”. It stands about 3.4 km from the centre of East Village.[3]
Overview
The Benjamin Royal Sonesta New York (formerly the Beverly Hotel and Benjamin Hotel) is a hotel at 125 East 50th Street, at the northeast corner with Lexington Avenue, in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. The 29-story hotel was designed by Emery Roth in the neo-Romanesque style and contains 209 rooms. The Benjamin, one of several hotels developed around Grand Central Terminal as part of Terminal City, is a New York City designated landmark.
From “The Benjamin Royal Sonesta New York” on English Wikipedia, by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0.[2]
History and building
It was designed by Emery Roth and Sylvan Bien. [1]
Location
Measured in a straight line, the hotel is 3.4 km from the centre of East Village. The nearest airport with scheduled flights is LaGuardia Airport (LGA), about 11 km from the centre of East Village.[4]
It is one of 124 hotels in and around East Village recorded in Wikidata, 67 of which have an article in Innpedia.[5] Of the 38 with a recorded opening date, the earliest is Murray Hill Hotel, opened in 1884. See Hotels in East Village.
Other hotels within 1.5 km:
- DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Metropolitan New York City — 0.1 km
- The Kimberly Hotel & Suites — 0.1 km
- San Carlos Hotel New York — 0.1 km
- Fifty Hotel & Suites by Affinia — 0.1 km
- InterContinental New York Barclay Hotel — 0.1 km, opened 1926
- New York Marriott East Side — 0.1 km, opened 1923
- Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (New York, N.Y.) — 0.1 km, opened 1931
- Hotel 48LEX New York — 0.2 km
- The Lexington Hotel, Autograph Collection — 0.2 km
- The Lexington Hotel NYC — 0.2 km, opened 1929
See also
- Hotels in East Village
- Hotels in the United States
- Hotels designed by Emery Roth
- Hotels designed by Sylvan Bien
References
- ^ The Benjamin Royal Sonesta New York (Q45064066). Wikidata. CC0.
- ^ The Benjamin Royal Sonesta New York . Wikipedia. Text excerpted under CC BY-SA 4.0; revision of 2026-08-19.
- ^ East Village (Q1043326). Wikidata. CC0.
- ^ Airports. OurAirports. Public domain.
- ^ Hotels in East Village. Wikidata. CC0.
Facts as stated in Wikidata, read in October 2026.