The Whitby Hotel is on West 56th Street at Fifth Avenue, two blocks from Central Park, and is Firmdale's Midtown house. Owner-designer Kit Kemp's bold colour, pattern and craftsmanship run through every room, framed by steel Crittall windows, and no two spaces are alike. Beyond the bedrooms there is a Drawing Room with an honesty bar, an orangery and a 147-seat private cinema. It suits travellers who want a characterful, design-led base near Central Park and the Fifth Avenue shops rather than a classic grand hotel.
Editorial assessmentThe Whitby is Sikovia's Midtown design hotel in New York: more colourful and contemporary than The Mark or The Carlyle on the Upper East Side, and smaller and more personal than Mandarin Oriental at Columbus Circle. Choose it for Kit Kemp interiors near the park.
Kit Kemp design fans. Each room is individually designed in Kit Kemp's pattern-rich style.
Central Park and Fifth Avenue. The hotel is two blocks from Central Park at Fifth Avenue.
Private cinema. The Whitby Theater seats 147 for screenings and events.
Drawing Room honesty bar. Guests have a Drawing Room with an honesty bar alongside the orangery.
Gym and in-room treatments — a fully equipped gym.
Junior Terrace Suite. 44 sqm with high ceilings, full-length warehouse windows and a corner terrace with Manhattan views.
The Whitby Bar & Restaurant — seasonal modern European all-day menu.
There is a gym but no on-site treatment facility; treatments are offered in the room.
The hotel gives airport journey times by public transport: about 40 minutes from LaGuardia and an hour from JFK or Newark.
LaGuardia Airport
Public transport · About 40 minutes
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