The Best Hotels With a Pool in New York City
Amid New York City’s gridiron streets, you’ll find honeypot places to stay with scene-setting swimming pools, primed to take in the view.
The Big Apple’s summers can hit high on the sizzle-scale, so if you’re visiting during the city’s warmer months you might regret not booking somewhere with an outdoor pool. Also, slipping into heated waters when the temperature drops is one of those pleasures most of us can only enjoy as part of the hotel experience. So, whether it’s to cool down or warm up, we’ve picked some of the best hotels with pools in New York.
1. Equinox Hotel
Luxury
Occupying 15 floors of the tallest tower in Hudson Yards – a West Side hive of shops and restaurants – the Equinox doesn’t hide its ambitions to be one of New York’s top hotels. It hums with an effortless sense of luxury, understated grandeur and impeccable design, nowhere more so than its huge health club with 75ft (23m) indoor saltwater lap pool. A second outdoor pool is adults-only, with views of Thomas Heatherwick’s honeycomb-like Vessel structure, city panoramas and captivating sunsets.
2. 1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge
Boutique Hotel, Eco Hotel
Is this the best rooftop pool in New York? Skirting along two sides of the building with an edgy, angular design, it’s certainly original. Its views, too, across the East River taking in the Brooklyn Bridge and the Manhattan skyline must be some of the city’s most spectacular. The rooftop also has a buzzy bar-restaurant with live DJs, craft beer and signature cocktails. Unsurprisingly, the pool is popular so arrive early for a lounger. Oh, and you won’t want to miss sunset.
4. The William Vale
Hotel
When it comes to pools, size matters. And if you check into the William Vale in hipsterville Williamsburg, you can rest assured that you’ll be swimming in the longest outdoor pool of any New York hotel. There’s no shortage of crisp white daybeds to luxuriate on, as well as U-shaped sofas – perfect for drinking with friends. While views certainly impress from the pool terrace, head upstairs to the 22nd-floor rooftop bar for dizzying 360-degree panoramas.
5. The Williamsburg Hotel
Boutique Hotel, Hotel
From its towering red-brick architecture and marquee signage to its retro-chic interiors and loft-style lodgings, the Williamsburg Hotel embodies the spirit of its titular hipster home. Crowning this new-build Brooklyn landmark is a fabulous rooftop terrace where guests can splash about in a 50ft (15m) swimming pool before flopping into clamshell loungers. Perched just above, a reconstructed water tower houses a hip bar-restaurant and provides views that stretch along most of Manhattan Island.
6. The James SoHo
Boutique Hotel, Hotel
7. The Empire Hotel
Hotel
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