At The Empire Hotel · Top floor
The Empire Rooftop Pool
A rooftop pool deck reserved exclusively for hotel guests, perched above the Lincoln Center block with open-sky views over the Upper West Side. Private enough to feel like a reward for staying here, not an amenity you have to compete for.
Neighborhood
Upper West Side · Lincoln Center
Atmosphere
Still and unhurried during the week, more social on summer weekends. The city hums below but doesn't intrude — you're close to everything and briefly above it.
Key features
The Upper West Side's low-rise roofline spreads out in every direction, giving the pool a sense of openness you don't expect this close to Midtown. It's not a scene — it's the quieter version of having the rooftop to yourself.
Location
The Empire Rooftop Pool
44 W 63rd St, New York, NY 10023
About the hotel
The Empire Hotel sits directly across from Lincoln Center on the Upper West Side — dark-palette rooms, a rooftop bar that became a TV set, and a pool deck that makes staying in feel like the right call. Mornings here start with breakfast at Rosa Mexicano before the city properly wakes up.
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