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The Ritz-Carlton New York, Central Park
New York City, New York, United States · Ritz-Carlton · Grand Luxury
Emery Roth's 1930 Hotel St. Moritz at 50 Central Park South, on Millionaire's Row, became The Ritz-Carlton New York, Central Park when the brand bought it in 1999 and reopened it in 2002 as a hotel and condominium hybrid. Park-facing rooms look straight into the tree line, steps from The Plaza, and the hotel has held AAA Five Diamond since 2002, with Forbes Five-Star too.
- 253 rooms
- Opened 1930
- Neighborhood: Midtown
- Rooms from 425 sq ft (39 m²)
- Architect: Emery Roth
About The Ritz-Carlton New York, Central Park
- Occupies the 1930 Hotel St. Moritz by Emery Roth at 50 Central Park South on historic Millionaire's Row.
- Ritz-Carlton acquired the former St. Moritz in 1999 and reopened it in 2002 as a hotel-condominium hybrid.
- A separate 1911 Ritz-Carlton at Madison and 46th, where Louis Diat popularized vichyssoise, was demolished in 1951.
- Has held AAA Five Diamond designation since 2002 alongside Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star recognition.
- Park-facing rooms look directly into Central Park's tree line steps from The Plaza and a short walk to MoMA.
History
The building at 50 Central Park South has one of the most enviable addresses in Manhattan, a stretch that nineteenth-century New Yorkers called Millionaire's Row for the Gilded Age mansions that lined it before the age of elevator buildings made the economics of single-family townhouses on Central Park a fantasy available only to the very few. The St. Moritz Hotel, which rose on this site in 1930, was part of the wave of towers that replaced those mansions with something the city's growing population of affluent travelers and long-term residents could actually use: a full-service residential hotel designed to frame, not merely overlook, the park.
The building opened during the final stretch of New York's great pre-Depression construction era. It was a moment when Central Park South was consolidating its identity as the luxury frontier between Midtown's commercial energy and the residential grandeur of the park's perimeter, and the St. Moritz positioned itself as the defining address of that frontier. Its park-facing rooms looked directly into the tree canopy of one of the most intensively designed urban landscapes in the world — Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux's 1858 masterpiece, whose every vista had been calculated to produce the impression of countryside within the city.
The St. Moritz operated as one of New York's premier residential and transient hotels through most of the twentieth century, and its location gave it a clientele that mixed long-term Manhattan residents who preferred hotel living with visiting luminaries who wanted the park on their windowsill. When The Ritz-Carlton opened there in 2002, it brought to an address already thick with associations a service culture and physical renovation standard that suited the building's position without obscuring its bones.
The telescope program — park-view suites outfitted with their own window-mounted optics — is the hotel's most characteristically playful gesture toward its setting, turning the guest room itself into a platform for studying the hawk pairs that nest in the trees across the Sheep Meadow, the woodpeckers that work the oaks in the Ramble, and on clear mornings the skyline detail of the buildings that ring the southern end of the park. The hotel has held AAA Five Diamond designation since 2002 and earned Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star recognition, reflecting a consistency of service and physical standard appropriate to one of the most watched addresses in American luxury hospitality. The Contour Gastro Lounge & Bar on the lobby level, with its seasonal American menus, carries on the tradition of Central Park South dining that has always rewarded a view with ambition to match it.
The setting
The Ritz-Carlton New York, Central Park occupies the footprint of the 1930 Hotel St. Moritz, designed by Emery Roth, on a stretch of Central Park South historically known as Millionaire's Row. At 50 Central Park South, the park is two minutes on foot, The Plaza two minutes east, and MoMA nine minutes away — a density of cultural and commercial landmarks that defines this address as Manhattan's most coveted hospitality corridor. The building's six-decade history as a luxury hotel and its commanding views across the park's tree line have made this precise corner one of the most enduring and sought-after addresses in New York City. 9-minute walk to Museum of Modern Art. Overlooks Sixth Avenue.
Restaurants and bars
- Contour Gastro Lounge & Bar — Restaurant · Seasonal American, per the Atlas note
Experiences
- Picnic in the Park — Picnic in the Park featuring gourmet delights by the Executive Chef, arranged near Central Park.
- Broadway VIP show access — VIP access to Broadway shows, from timeless classics to modern hits, arranged by the hotel.
- Visit Times Square — Visit Times Square, an iconic destination in New York from our hotel near Central Park.
Amenities
- La Prairie Spa (first La Prairie–branded spa in the United States)
- Movement Studio with Peloton bikes
- Ritz-Carlton Club Lounge
- Complimentary house car (Mercedes-Maybach)
- 24-hour concierge and butler services
- Fitness center
- Pet-friendly
Awards
- AAA Five Diamond (2026)
- Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star (2026)
- MICHELIN One Key (2026)
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