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Information & Amenities

This New York City hotel is on Midtown’s East Side, three blocks from Rockefeller Center, Radio City Music Hall, and Saks Fifth Avenue.

The complimentary 24-hour fitness center contains cardio machines with televisions, weight machines, and free weights. The Heated-Stone Massage, East Meets West Massage, Fountain of Youth Facial, and Hydrotherapy Body Wrap are among the treatments available at the hotel’s day spa.

Overnight shoe shines are complimentary. Grocery-shopping service is available for a surcharge. The hotel welcomes pets at no additional charge.

The Benjamin is a smoke-free hotel.

Ground transportation:
Shuttle vans and private cars of varying prices are available. They can be reserved during the process of booking a reservation for this hotel, via this Web site, and added to the total trip cost.

• Full-service health spa
• Steam room
• Concierge desk
• Complimentary newspapers in lobby
• Fitness equipment
• Restaurant(s) in hotel
• Bar/lounge
• Room service (24 hours)
• Parking (surcharge)
• Parking (valet)
• Parking garage
• Meeting rooms (small groups)
• Conference room(s)
• Event catering
• Banquet facilities
• Internet access in public areas - surcharge
• Business services
• Audio-visual equipment
• Internet access - wireless

• Express check- in
• Number of rooms: 209
• Safe-deposit box - front desk
• 24-hour front desk
• Porter/bellhop
• Express check-out
• Doorman/doorwoman
• Security guard
• Multilingual staff
• Number of floors: 26
• Medical assistance available
• Currency exchange
• Tour assistance
• Dry cleaning service
• Pool table nearby
• Shoe shine
• Air-conditioned public areas
• Elevator/lift
• Umbrella
• Smoke-free property

Rooms

The 26-story Benjamin offers 209 high-ceilinged guestrooms and suites. Beds come with upholstered headboards, plush-top mattresses, 400-thread-count Egyptian-cotton linens, down comforters, and down pillows. Pillow menus provide 10 additional choices.

Fully equipped kitchenettes include microwave ovens, sinks, coffeemakers, and refrigerators provisioned as minibars.

Desks have rollout tables, upholstered ergonomic chairs, fax/printer/scanners, multi-line cordless speakerphones, task lights, and high-speed Internet connections (surcharge).

Bose Wave clock radios and multi-line speakerphones are at bedsides. Televisions offer pay movies and Internet access (surcharge) via wireless keyboards. (Complimentary VCR and/or DVD player available on request.) White-marble bathrooms contain telephones, shower/tub combinations, bathrobes, and Elemis natural-aromatherapy products.

All guestrooms are nonsmoking.

In-Room Features

• Internet access - high speed
• Cable/satellite TV
• Premium TV channel(s)
• Pay movies
• Premium bedding
• Hypo-allergenic bedding available
• Complimentary newspaper
• Climate control
• Air conditioning
• Blackout drapes/curtains
• Internet access - TV
• Internet access - surcharge
• Voice mail
• Multi-line phone
• Fax machine
• Kitchenette
• Minibar
• Coffee/tea maker
• Wake-up calls
• Housekeeping (daily)

• Turndown service
• Designer toiletries
• Bathrobes
• Complimentary toiletries
• Hair dryer
• Bathroom telephone
• Makeup mirror
• Massage - available in room
• Shower/tub combination
• Child care (in room, surcharge)
• Electronic check-out
• Electronic/magnetic keys
• Iron/ironing board
• In-room safe (accommodates laptop)
• Television
• Desk
• Window opens
• Clock radio
• Rollaway beds
• Cribs (infant beds) available

Located Near

Rockefeller Center - 3 blocks
Radio City Music Hall - 3 blocks
Saks Fifth Avenue - 3 blocks
Broadway theaters - 4 blocks
Grand Central Terminal - 6 blocks
United Nations - 6 blocks
Museum of Modern Art - 6 blocks
Chrysler Building - 7 blocks
Bloomingdale's - 9 blocks
Carnegie Hall - 11 blocks
Central Park - 12 blocks
Times Square - 0.75 mile
Empire State Building - 1 mile
Columbus Circle (Time Warner Center, CNN tour, shopping, dining) - 1.25 miles
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts - 1.5 miles
Greenwich Village - 1.5 miles
Metropolitan Museum of Art - 1.75 miles
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - 2 miles
American Museum of Natural History - 2 miles
Soho district - 2.25 miles

LaGuardia Airport (LGA): Approximate driving time to The Benjamin is 30–45 minutes and distance is eight miles.

Driving directions from LaGuardia Airport

Driving directions from LaGuardia Airport:

• Take Grand Central Pkwy to I-278 (Brooklyn-Queens Expy) west.
• Exit to SR 25A and bear right onto Queens Plaza N.
• Take the Queensboro Bridge, then exit to 2nd Ave and turn left.
• Turn right on E 57th, then left on Lexington Ave.
• The hotel is at the corner of Lexington Ave and E 50th St.

John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK): Approximate driving time is 50–60 minutes and distance is 15 miles.

Driving directions from John F. Kennedy International Airport

Driving directions from John F. Kennedy International Airport:

• Take I-678 (Van Wyck Expwy) west to SR 25 (Queens Blvd) west.
• Bear left onto Queens Plaza N and continue onto Queensboro Bridge.
• Exit to 2nd Ave and turn left.
• Turn right on E 57th, then left on Lexington Ave.
• The hotel is at the corner of Lexington Ave and E 50th St.

Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR): Approximate driving time to The Benjamin is 40–60 minutes and distance is 16 miles.

Driving directions from Newark Liberty International Airport

Driving directions from Newark Liberty International Airport:

• Follow signs to take US 1/US 9 north to I-95 (New Jersey Tpke) north (toll road).
• Take Exit 16E to the Lincoln Tunnel, then exit to Dyer Ave.
• Turn right on W 40th St, then turn left on Avenue of the Americas.
• Turn right on W 46th St, left on Park Ave, then right on E 50th St.

Getting there: Taxis to this New York hotel cost $26–$35 (subject to change) from LaGuardia Airport and $36–$75 (subject to change) from Kennedy Airport and Newark Airport.

Shuttle vans and private cars of varying prices are available. They can be reserved during the process of booking a reservation for this hotel, via this Web site, and added to the total trip cost.

Getting around: Public buses and subways operate throughout Manhattan and to other New York City boroughs. Taxis are available outside the hotel.

Policies

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Rollaway beds and cribs (infant beds) may be available and should be requested at the time of booking; fees may apply.
Photo identification and credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in. Special requests made via this Web site cannot be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.

• Pets accepted
• Check-in time is 3 PM
• Check-out time is Noon

Address

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125 E 50th St

New York, NY 10022

USA

Nearest major airport:

New York, NY (LGA-LaGuardia)

Area:

Midtown, New York, United States of America