Upper West Side, New York
The Empire 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.
What's Inside
The Empire Rooftop
Rooftop · Bar
A 12th-floor bar and nightclub that operates as its own venue above the Upper West Side — independent from the hotel below but impossible to separate from what made this block interesting after dark. It earned its reputation before Gossip Girl filmed here, and the crowd never really forgot that.
ExploreThe Empire Hotel · 12F
The Empire Rooftop Pool
Pool · Rooftop · ExclusiveAccess
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.
ExploreThe Empire Hotel · Top floor
Location
The Empire Hotel - 44 W 63rd St, New York, NY 10023