The Park Central Hotel is a 25-story, 761-room[2] hotel located southwest of Carnegie Hall at 870 7th Avenue (between West 55th and 56th streets) in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It was designed in the Renaissance Revival style and opened on June 12, 1927. The Park Central is an independent hotel managed by Highgate Holdings.
Description
The Park Central Hotel is named because of its proximity to Central Park, though it does not have views of the park. It was designed in the Renaissance Revival style and has housed such figures as Jackie Gleason, Mae West, and Eleanor Roosevelt, who kept a suite there from 1950 to 1953. It occupies the east half of the city block between Seventh Avenue and Broadway. Anchoring the west half is 1740 Broadway, a 26-story, 375 ft skyscraper formerly owned by Mutual of New York, with a weather beacon as well as an imposing façade.[3]