| Bentley Hotel | |
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 Junior Suite inside the Bentley Hotel NYC | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Hotel |
| Location | Upper East Side |
| Address | 500 East 62nd St. |
| Town or city | New York City |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 40°45′37″N73°57′29.5″W / 40.76028°N 73.958194°W |
| Relocated | 1998 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 21 |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 197 |
| Website | |
| Official website | |
The Bentley Hotel is a hotel in Manhattan's Upper East Side, in the U.S. state of New York.
The 21-story hotel, converted from an office building in 1998, has 197 rooms, as of 2010. [1] Many rooms offer views of the East River and Queensboro Bridge. [2] [3] New York magazine's Nick Divito described the hotel as "a former high-rise office building that's been converted into a beacon of contemporary and surprisingly comfortable style. Think bright lights, boxy leather sofas and brushed-steel side tables." [4]
Joey Allaham opened the rooftop kosher restaurant Prime at the Bentley in 2012. [5] [6]
On May 8, 2020, the hotel's doors were opened to the city's local homeless population in order to curb the spread of COVID-19 and ease overcrowding at homeless shelters during the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic. [7]
Bentley ranks number 209 on U.S News & World Report 's list of "Best New York City Hotels". [8]
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