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Crosby Street Hotel
New York City, New York, United States · Firmdale Hotels · Apex Luxury
Crosby Street Hotel was built from the ground up in 2009 on what had been a parking lot, on a cobblestone block in SoHo's Cast Iron Historic District, Firmdale's first hotel outside London. Tim and Kit Kemp worked with New York's Stonehill & Taylor, and Monocle named it the best hotel in New York the year it opened. The Crosby Bar's leafy terrace has been a downtown meeting point ever since, and MICHELIN gave the hotel Three Keys in 2025.
- 86 rooms
- Opened 2009
- Neighborhood: SoHo
- Interiors: Kit Kemp
About Crosby Street Hotel
- The Crosby Street Hotel opened in 2009 on a quiet cobblestone block in SoHo, built from the ground up on what had been a parking lot between Prince and Spring Streets.
- The hotel was recognized as the best hotel in New York City by Monocle magazine in the year it opened and received the Andrew Harper Grand Award in 2010.
- The Crosby, arriving in 2009, offered a version of the neighborhood that was design-literate without being cold, art-forward without being austere.
- The Crosby Bar, with its leafy terrace, became one of downtown Manhattan's favored meeting points.
History
The Crosby Street Hotel opened in 2009 on a quiet cobblestone block in SoHo, built from the ground up on what had been a parking lot between Prince and Spring Streets. The building was Firmdale Hotels' first venture outside London, and the company's co-founders Tim and Kit Kemp enlisted New York architecture firm Stonehill & Taylor — working from an introduction by the firm's principal Paul Taylor, whose office was around the corner — to design an 11-story structure suited to the character of SoHo's Cast Iron Historic District without replicating it. Taylor's solution was a facade of brick and industrial-scale steel-framed Crittall windows — the same windows that define Firmdale's Soho Hotel in London — that reads as a sympathetic neighbor to the neighborhood's 19th-century cast iron lofts while being unmistakably contemporary. Magnetic Construction served as construction manager, and the project achieved LEED Gold certification upon completion, becoming the first LEED Gold hotel in Manhattan.
Kit Kemp's interiors established the Crosby as an immediate reference point in the conversation about what a New York boutique luxury hotel could look like. Working in contrast to the minimalism that dominated hotel design at the time, she filled the 86 rooms and suites with layered color, commissioned artworks, and a density of carefully chosen objects that make each room feel individual. A Jaume Plensa head sculpture presides over the lobby alongside dog sculptures by Justine Smith. The Crosby Bar, with its leafy terrace, became one of downtown Manhattan's favored meeting points. The 99-seat screening room in the basement brought a cultural dimension unusual for a property of its size. The hotel was recognized as the best hotel in New York City by Monocle magazine in the year it opened and received the Andrew Harper Grand Award in 2010.
SoHo's cobblestone streets arrived in lower Manhattan as the area industrialized in the 19th century. By the 1970s the neighborhood had become synonymous with artists' lofts and gallery culture; by the 2000s it was transitioning toward luxury retail and high-end tourism. The Crosby, arriving in 2009, offered a version of the neighborhood that was design-literate without being cold, art-forward without being austere. Firmdale earned Michelin Three Keys recognition for the property in 2025, confirming its position as one of the defining small luxury hotels in the city.
The setting
Crosby Street Hotel stands on a cobblestone lane in SoHo's Cast Iron Historic District, declared a National Historic Landmark in 1978 for housing the world's greatest concentration of cast-iron architecture. Artists colonized the industrial lofts in the 1970s, followed by galleries, boutiques, and restaurants that transformed SoHo into one of Manhattan's most coveted downtown neighborhoods. Washington Square Park is fourteen minutes on foot. Firmdale Hotels chose this quiet Crosby Street block for its kinship with the London neighborhoods — Covent Garden, Fitzrovia — that define the brand's sensibility: intimate, art-filled, and resolutely individual amid cast-iron grandeur. 2 miles from Empire State Building.
Restaurants and bars
- Crosby Bar — Restaurant · Brasserie menu
- The Crosby Bar (cocktail bar) — Bar
Experiences
- Crosby Hour — Daily from 5pm to 6pm, complimentary Champagne with canapés in the Drawing Room, for in-house guests.
- Sculpture Garden — Peaceful garden within the hotel's central courtyard, open to guests.
- Afternoon tea with Champagne and caviar — Elevated afternoon tea served at The Crosby Bar, complete with Champagne and caviar.
- Galleries and museums nearby — New Museum, Judd Foundation, The Drawing Center, Color Factory and Museum of Ice Cream, a short walk away.
- Shopping in SoHo — On foot from the hotel: MoMA Design Store, The Webster and Quarters in the SoHo shopping district.
- Sightseeing nearby — Washington Square Park, Flatiron District, Union Square and the Empire State Building, on foot or by public transport.
Amenities
- Fitness center
Awards
- Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star (2026)
- MICHELIN Three Keys (2026)
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