Name: Freehand New York
Address: 23 Lexington Avenue, Gramercy, New York, 10010, United States of America, 23 Lexington Avenue, New York State, 10010, USA
Price range: Prices for upcoming dates start at $159 per night (We Price Match)
Rating: 8.7

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Hotel Freehand New York

This neighborhood is a great choice for travelers interested in atmosphere, city walks and parks – Check location 23 Lexington Avenue, Gramercy, New York, 10010, United States of America – This neighborhood is a great choice for travelers interested in atmosphere, city walks and parks – Check location Excellent location – show map

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*8.9* Madison Square Park: only 5 minutes away! (1,350 feet by foot)

28th Street IRT Lexington Avenue Line: only 5 minutes away! (1,200 feet by foot)

23rd Street BMT Broadway Line: only 6 minutes away! (1,450 feet by foot)

23rd Street Lexington Avenue Line: only 3 minutes away! (600 feet by foot)

*8.5* Bellevue South Park: only 6 minutes away! (1,650 feet by foot)

*8.8* Flatiron Building: only 6 minutes away! (1,550 feet by foot)

Lock in a great price for Freehand New York – rated 8.7 by recent guests!

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if your young the location is great the staff was friendly helpful and professional mgr parker ramsay was a true gentleman with agreat personality front desk staff friendly and helpful

David

United States of America

Cool vibe, love the look and feel, bar was great for post-work happy hours, room service delivery was prompt.

Danielle

United States of America

It had a European feel to it. Rooms small, but very adequate. Staff helpful.

Paula

United States of America

Beds great, lived the nyc map under top bunk visible to bed under, Love apples, great, sturdy furniture. Bathroom sink difficult to manage but understandable based on size of bathroom. All staff friendly and helpful-room cleaning people so sweet! Loved “borrowing” a newspaper-restaurants there are the Best!

Carrie

United States of America

Great location, great staff, nice bar, cool rooms. Love the decor. For NYC, very good value for your money.

Martha

United States of America

staff, restaurants, location, natural light. The staff heard that it was my wife's birthday and they sent up a happy birthday note with chocolate. It made my wife (and I) smile!

Randall

United States of America

It has a very comfortable feeling to it And there are a lot of great places to eat within the hotel.

Cynthia

United States of America

Location, restaraunt n bars!all wait staff at Simon and whale were superb!!!!! Ben , in particular was amazing, fabulous and made our dinner and evening very special!

United States of America

I loved the location of this hotel and the various restaurant amenities. Aside from hotels within the hotel there are alot of restaurants, bars and pubs nearby. The beds were very comfortable and the room was quiet. The staff were all very friendly and helpful.

Jacqueline

Belize

Location was great! Staff was friendly, especially the guys at the front door. Lobby, mezzanine, the restaurant, and the rooftop bar were amazing. The decor was very on trend and picturesque. Loved the Broken Shaker upstairs. Our room was extremely clean, and came with comfy robes and slippers.

Riki

United States of America

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What guests loved the most:
“if your young the location is great the staff was friendly helpful and professional mgr parker ramsay was a true gentleman with agreat personality front desk staff friendly and helpful”

David United States of America
“Cool vibe, love the look and feel, bar was great for post-work happy hours, room service delivery was prompt.”

Danielle United States of America
“It had a European feel to it. Rooms small, but very adequate. Staff helpful.”

Paula United States of America
“Beds great, lived the nyc map under top bunk visible to bed under, Love apples, great, sturdy furniture. Bathroom sink difficult to manage but understandable based on size of bathroom.”

Carrie United States of America
“Great location, great staff, nice bar, cool rooms. Love the decor. For NYC, very good value for your money.”

Martha United States of America
“staff, restaurants, location, natural light. The staff heard that it was my wife's birthday and they sent up a happy birthday note with chocolate. It made my wife (and I) smile!”

Randall United States of America
“It has a very comfortable feeling to it And there are a lot of great places to eat within the hotel.”

Cynthia United States of America
“Location, restaraunt n bars!all wait staff at Simon and whale were superb!!!!! Ben , in particular was amazing, fabulous and made our dinner and evening very special!”

N United States of America
“I loved the location of this hotel and the various restaurant amenities. Aside from hotels within the hotel there are alot of restaurants, bars and pubs nearby.”

Jacqueline Belize
“Location was great! Staff was friendly, especially the guys at the front door. Lobby, mezzanine, the restaurant, and the rooftop bar were amazing. The decor was very on trend and picturesque.”

Riki United States of America

Located in the former George Washington Hotel, once home to many storied writers, musicians and creatives, the Freehand New York features five restaurant and bars, a custom art partnership with Bard College, and design by Roman and Williams.

All units feature a private bathroom with bathrobes, slippers and Argan amenities. You will find water, apples, HD smart TV’s and a safe in every room

The hotel’s restaurant & lobby bar is led by restaurateur Gabriel Stulman’s Happy Cooking Hospitality, known for their family of West Village restaurants. For guests on the go, Matt Kliegman, Carlos Quirarte & Melia Marden have opened a takeout outpost of their popular Noho café, The Smile. Gabriel Orta and Elad Zvi of Bar Lab opened the Broken Shaker on the Freehand New York Rooftop.

Freehand NY is on Lexington Avenue between 23rd and 24th street, within walking distance of Union Square, Midtown, and Flatiron. The 6-subway train is 550 feet away. The Flatiron building is 2,100 feet away and Madison square park is 1,600 feet away. The nearest airport is LaGuardia, 8.9 mi from the Freehand New York.

Gramercy is a great choice for travelers interested in atmosphere, city walks and parks.

This is our guests' favorite part of New York, according to independent reviews. In this area you can shop 'til you drop for popular brands like Zara.

Couples in particular like the location – they rated it 9.4 for a two-person trip.

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23rd Street Lexington Avenue Line
0.1 miles
School of Visual Arts
0.1 miles
28th Street IRT Lexington Avenue Line
0.2 miles
Shake Shack
0.3 miles
Madison Square Park
0.3 miles
23rd Street BMT Broadway Line
0.3 miles
Flatiron Building
0.3 miles
Bellevue South Park
0.3 miles
Museum of Sex
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Irving Plaza
0.4 miles

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BLT Steak Restaurant
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LaGuardia Airport
6.3 miles
Newark Liberty International Airport
10.8 miles
John F. Kennedy International Airport
12.2 miles

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“Location was great, walking distance to Time's Square, and the price was more than reasonable. There's a gym, a rooftop bar, and a coffee shop within th...”

Nicolas

Netherlands

8.7

“perfect location. easy access to restaurants, bars, breakfast, cafes and rooftop. the energetic and entertaining vide of the hotel. great decoration and com...”

Xuancheng

Canada

9.1

“Great location, walkable to most main attractions in NYC. Subways really close too for further afield. The hotel is very trendy, we booked the 3’s company roo...”

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United Kingdom

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5 Restaurants On Site

The Broken Shaker

Food: American
Simon and The Whale

Food: Mediterranean, Seafood

Menu: À la carte
The Studio

Menu: À la carte

Smile To Go

Menu: Buffet & À La Carte
George Washington Bar

Menu: À la carte

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Check-in

4:00 PM - 12:00 AM

Guests are required to show a photo ID and credit card at check-in

Check-out

Until 11:00 AM

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Children of all ages are welcome.

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There's no capacity for cribs at this property.

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Pets are allowed. Charges may apply.

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The Resort fee includes:
- High-speed WiFi
- Access to 24-hour fitness center which features Peloton bikes
- Priority seating, based on availability, to F&B outlets
- Access to game room

Please note, the pet fee is $50 per stay.

Guests are required to show a photo ID and credit card upon check-in. Please note that all Special Requests are subject to availability and additional charges may apply.

Freehand New York offers the following activities/services (charges may apply):
- Fitness center
- Game room
- Ping-pong
- Darts
- Evening entertainment
- Entertainment staff
- Nightclub/DJ
- Fitness
- Yoga classes
From the nearest airport, you can get to Freehand New York by:
- Taxi 30 minutes
The prices at Freehand New York may vary depending on your stay (e.g. dates, hotel's policy etc.). To see prices, enter your dates.
Room options at Freehand New York include:
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- Suite
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Freehand New York has 5 restaurants:
- Simon and The Whale
- Smile To Go
- The Broken Shaker
- George Washington Bar
- The Studio
Check-in at Freehand New York is from 4:00 PM, and check-out is until 11:00 AM.
In total, there are 397 rooms at Freehand New York.

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“if your young the location is great the staff was friendly helpful and professional mgr parker ramsay was a true gentleman with agreat personality front desk staff friendly and helpful”

“Beds great, lived the nyc map under top bunk visible to bed under, Love apples, great, sturdy furniture. Bathroom sink difficult to manage but understandable based on size of bathroom. All staff friendly and helpful-room cleaning people so sweet! Loved “borrowing” a newspaper-restaurants there are the Best!”

“staff, restaurants, location, natural light. The staff heard that it was my wife's birthday and they sent up a happy birthday note with chocolate. It made my wife (and I) smile!”

“Location, restaraunt n bars!all wait staff at Simon and whale were superb!!!!! Ben , in particular was amazing, fabulous and made our dinner and evening very special! ”

“I loved the location of this hotel and the various restaurant amenities. Aside from hotels within the hotel there are alot of restaurants, bars and pubs nearby. The beds were very comfortable and the room was quiet. The staff were all very friendly and helpful.”

“Location was great! Staff was friendly, especially the guys at the front door. Lobby, mezzanine, the restaurant, and the rooftop bar were amazing. The decor was very on trend and picturesque. Loved the Broken Shaker upstairs. Our room was extremely clean, and came with comfy robes and slippers.”

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Reviewed: November 13, 2019

Filip
USA
2.5

Very Poor
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Stayed 3 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
This was one of my worst hotel experiences I ever had. We paid almost $500 for 1 night in a 'cosy' queen (aka tiny room in the back of the building). It looks cute maybe but just doesn't live up to the price whatsoever. The room is actually very basic, not even a bottle of water, no place to store a suitcase, ... The attitude of pretty much the whole staff we had to deal with is unprofessional. When we called room service for some cutlery, it took them 10 minutes to bring up a plastic spoon and fork . We also had a big issue which required a lot of time and energy from myself and booking.com to get resolved. We wanted to cancel our second and third night to move to another hotel, the front desk person said it was okay to check out in the morning and he would cancel the 2 next nights. The next morning the hotel said this was against the procedure and they charged me for the 3 nights. I was pretty much called a liar. It took until 2 days later to get completely resolved.
It was a completely negative experience.

Stayed in November 2019
Reviewed: November 12, 2019

Anonymous
United States of America

1 helpful vote
8.8

Excellent
- • Leisure trip
- • Family with young children
- • Stayed 3 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
3rd floor was noisy from all the events going on
Enjoyed the artsy atmosphere and decor

Stayed in November 2019
Reviewed: November 11, 2019

Anonymous
United States of America
6.3

“Disappointing”
- • Leisure trip
- • Family with young children
- • Stayed 2 nights
Room was small. Had to climb over the bed to get to the bathroom. No dresser or shelf space for clothes ($330/night). Had to leave almost all of our clothes in our overnight bag. Long wait for table or bar at the restaurant (I have never been told the that there's a wait for the bar in any hotel I've ever stayed in). The music, coming from the lobby, or the rooftop bar was loud enough to hear in our room on the 4th floor (the hotel has 16 stories)
Breakfast was OK. Proximity to restaurants and transportation. The hotel's architecture, and history.

Stayed in November 2019
Reviewed: November 10, 2019

Anonymous
France
8.8

“Perfect location and newly renovated rooms !”
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Stayed 5 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
Room is very small. Had to open and close our baggage every day.
Perfect location in Manhattan, close to 2 metro lines commonly used to access the NYC must see. Very clean room and nice decoration.

Stayed in November 2019
Reviewed: November 10, 2019

Lisa
United States of America

2 helpful votes
7.1

Good
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Stayed 3 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
Bar was closed for an event for 2 nights. Also, I requested a quiet room but ended up facing Lexington. Requested a fan for each night and it never showed up. The room and especially the bathroom needs better lighting and some shelving for storing bathroom toiletries. The blankets are too light. The refrigerator didn’t have a mini bar or food. There wasn’t anywhere to unpack clothes except a small closet.
Location and restaurant. The gym is a pretty good size with a full set of weights, treadmills and ellipticals and a rowing machine and and it has 2 Peloton bikes!

Stayed in November 2019
Reviewed: November 5, 2019

Geoffrey
Australia
9.6

“Great hotel in Gramercy. Good location to walk to downtown and train anywhere else.”
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Stayed 5 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
The bed was super comfy and the shower was great.

Stayed in November 2019
Reviewed: November 5, 2019

Ben
United Kingdom
9.0

“First time in NYC and it was amazing. The Freehand is a great base for exploring. A wonderful hotel.”
- • Leisure trip
- • Family with young children
- • Stayed 4 nights
Street noise might be an issue for some, especially if you are in a street facing room, but it wasn't an issue for us. And lets face it you don't go to NYC for a quiet, get away from it all vacation!
Its a great hotel, in a great location. Staff were lovely and very helpful.

Stayed in October 2019
Reviewed: November 2, 2019

Lee
Israel
6.3

“Not impressed and not staying there again. ”
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Stayed 6 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
Very underwhelmed by the room and all the noise from the passage and rooms next to us. Felt like a dorm room. Bathroom also very small and pokey. Even when trying to order room service, no one answered or returned our request. Everything unimpressive.
Location was great. Rooftop bar very good looking but not great cocktails sadly.

Stayed in November 2019
Reviewed: October 25, 2019

Anonymous
United States of America
10

Exceptional
- • Business trip
- • Solo traveler
- • Stayed 2 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
Rooms are small, but comfortable.
Cool, funky rooms. Great rooftop bar. Great location, and great value. Just great!

Stayed in October 2019
Reviewed: October 19, 2019

Diane
Canada

2 helpful votes
4.0

“The Freehand over promises and under delivers.”
- • Leisure trip
- • Group
- • Stayed 3 nights
Very small, cramped rooms. Bathrooms were uncomfortably small for the price (sinks too shallow to avoid splashing water all over the floor each time you used them, showers bases so low so that it was difficult to avoid flooding the floor when you used them, no shelf space to put toiletries, etc.) Basically designed to cram in a maximum number of rooms on each floor at the expense of the user experience. Also, charging a "resort fee" on top of the regular nightly rate is disingenuous and just a sneaky way to add on another $30 in addition to taxes, occupancy fees, a contribution to the Javits Centre Renovation (?!) etc. I have never had to pay anything other than taxes and occupancy charges for hotels in NYC. Maybe Freehand should change their name to Slight of Hand.
Location was great, staff was friendly but not particularly helpful, in some cases almost indifferent, the design of the main spaces was great, but the rooms and especially bathrooms were way too small and cramped for a 4 star hotel. Overpriced for what they delivered.

Stayed in October 2019
Reviewed: October 19, 2019

David
United States of America

3 helpful votes
9.0

“would come again even if the bed and chair were not to my liking”
- • With a pet
- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveler
- • Stayed 2 nights
the room was big and roomy the bed is to low to the floor the desk was fine but the desk chair was very uncomfortable need a business center
if your young the location is great the staff was friendly helpful and professional mgr parker ramsay was a true gentleman with agreat personality front desk staff friendly and helpful

Stayed in October 2019
Reviewed: October 19, 2019

Danielle
United States of America
10

“Super cute and cozy.”
- • Business trip
- • Solo traveler
- • Stayed 4 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
No 24 hour food. There is not a lot open nearby.
Cool vibe, love the look and feel, bar was great for post-work happy hours, room service delivery was prompt.

Stayed in October 2019
Reviewed: October 19, 2019

Paula
United States of America
7.9

Good
- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveler
- • Stayed 4 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
It had a European feel to it. Rooms small, but very adequate. Staff helpful.

Stayed in October 2019
Reviewed: October 18, 2019

Jasna
Belgium
9.0

“Beautiful!”
- • Business trip
- • Solo traveler
- • Stayed 3 nights
No water in the room, you have to ask for it.
Nice location, beautiful interior.

Stayed in September 2019
Reviewed: October 18, 2019

Melissa
United States of America
4.0

“Stay somewhere where they actually want hotel guests to be serviced”
- • Business trip
- • Solo traveler
- • Stayed 4 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
1- my room was by the turbines for the entire hotel ( I stayed for a week) and after asking to move rooms 3- times, I never heard from a manger once. 2- the hotel books out all of their great amenities all week for private parties, so hotel guests can’t use them. Literally every night once of the restaurants or bars was closed over my 4-night stay. 3-the restaurant isn’t owned by the hotel so they won’t let you get a glass of wine ($20-which I was forced to drink In Togo plastic cup) , nor room service. also the same restaurant ironically had no Togo coffee cups with lids, but there is another coffee shop about 20-feet away... 4-there is a room service cart sitting in the hallway all week, like it’s a motel 6. Overall, There are so many choices in Ny... this hotel is bare bones (no frills) and the staff Has been trained to brush off hotel guests with no remedy for service.
There are ample amenities in hotel and the rooms were clean.

Stayed in October 2019

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