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#139 highest hotel rooms in the world · Wyndham
The New Yorker, A Wyndham Hotel
New York, United States · completed 1930
Highest room
540 ft
about 165 m above the street
Top room floor
41st
hotel floors 1–43
Building height
568 ft
173 m · 43 floors
Typical rate
$250
per night, standard room
Dedicated hotel tower · #141 by building height · #130 by top floor
How high is The New Yorker, A Wyndham Hotel?
The New Yorker, A Wyndham Hotel is a Wyndham hotel in New York, United States. Its highest guest rooms are on the 41st floor, roughly 540 ft (165 m) above the street: about level with the top of the Washington Monument.
The hotel fills a 43-floor tower that rises 568 ft (173 m) and was completed in 1930. Guest rooms stop at floor 41, 2 floors below the top of the building.
By highest room it ranks #139 of the 176 hotels in our world index, #141 by building height and #130 by top room floor. In New York it ranks #8 of 10; Mandarin Oriental, New York has the highest rooms there, at 725 ft. Among the 2 Wyndham hotels we track, it ranks #2.
A standard room typically costs around $250 a night, close to the $250 median across the tall hotels we track. Rates swing a lot by season, so check live prices before you book.
About the hotel
Designed by Sugarman & Berger in the Art Deco style, the New Yorker opened in January 1930 on Eighth Avenue at 34th Street, near Penn Station and Madison Square Garden, with about 2,500 rooms and its own power plant. Nikola Tesla lived there until his death in 1943. Closed in 1972, it was bought by the Unification Church in 1976 and reopened as a hotel in 1994. Lotte Hotels took over operations in 2025; the hotel has about 1,080 rooms and the Tick Tock Diner.
How it compares
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Other New York hotels on our list, by highest room.
Mandarin Oriental, New York (Deutsche Bank Center)
🇺🇸 New York · rooms to 725 ft
Floor 53 · 750 ft tower
Courtyard / Residence Inn Central Park (1717 Broadway)
🇺🇸 New York · rooms to 685 ft
Floor 65 · 753 ft tower
Four Seasons Hotel New York
🇺🇸 New York · rooms to 680 ft
Floor 52 · 682 ft tower
Conrad New York Midtown
🇺🇸 New York · rooms to 570 ft
Floor 52 · 591 ft tower
Millennium Downtown New York
🇺🇸 New York · rooms to 565 ft
Floor 53 · 587 ft tower
W New York – Times Square
🇺🇸 New York · rooms to 560 ft
Floor 51 · 584 ft tower
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Questions about The New Yorker, A Wyndham Hotel
What floor are the highest rooms at The New Yorker, A Wyndham Hotel?
The highest guest rooms at The New Yorker, A Wyndham Hotel are on the 41st floor. The hotel occupies floors 1–43 of the 43-floor building.
How high up are the rooms at The New Yorker, A Wyndham Hotel?
Its top-floor rooms sit roughly 540 ft (165 m) above street level, about level with the top of the Washington Monument. The figure is an estimate based on the floor number and the building's average floor height.
How tall is the The New Yorker, A Wyndham Hotel building?
The building is 568 ft (173 m) tall, with 43 floors, and was completed in 1930.
Is The New Yorker, A Wyndham Hotel the tallest hotel in New York?
Not by highest room. Mandarin Oriental, New York has higher rooms (725 ft vs 540 ft), and The New Yorker, A Wyndham Hotel ranks #8 of the 10 New York hotels on our list.
How much does a night at The New Yorker, A Wyndham Hotel cost?
Standard rooms typically run around $250 per night, though rates vary a lot by date and season.
Heights come from CTBUH, Wikipedia and the hotels themselves. The highest-room figure is the top room floor multiplied by the building's average floor height, so treat it as accurate to within a few floors. How we measure.