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Hotels near Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, colloquially referred to as the Met, is an encyclopedic art museum in New York City. By floor area, it is the fourth-largest museum in the world and the largest art museum in the Americas. With 5,727,258 visitors in fiscal year 2025, it was the most-visited museum in the United States and the fifth-most visited art museum in the world.
379 hotels within 4 miles of Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan, United States as the crow flies, with nightly rates around $576, including 244 properties rated 4 stars or higher. The closest we have measured is The Mark, a walk of 0.3 miles away. The nearest major venues are Madison Square Garden (2.5 miles) and Yankee Stadium (4 miles), as the crow flies.
The Met sits on Fifth Avenue against Central Park, on the Upper East Side — a genteel, residential stretch rather than a hotel district in its own right, so options thin out closer to the museum and cluster more thickly a few blocks south around 59th–60th Streets, where the Upper East Side meets Midtown. Basing yourself right by the museum means quiet evenings, easy morning access before the crowds arrive, and pleasant walks through the park, but fewer choices for dining out or nightlife once the galleries close. Staying instead near Midtown or Columbus Circle trades a short subway or bus ride (the 4/5/6 and various crosstown buses all serve the area) for a livelier base with more restaurants, shops, and onward transport links.
If the Met is your priority — say you want repeat visits or an early, unhurried start — the closest hotels are worth the premium. If you're also planning to take in MoMA or the Morgan Library, a Midtown base often works better logistically, putting you within easy reach of several collections rather than anchored to one.
Where to stay near Metropolitan Museum of Art
Showing 24 of 379 hotels. The counts on this page cover all 379.
The Mark
9.6114 reviews25 E 77th Street, New York, 10075
6 min walk (0.3 miles)
The Carlyle, A Rosewood Hotel
9.2154 reviews35 E 76th St, New York, 10021
7 min walk (0.4 miles)
The Surrey A Corinthia Hotel
9.417 reviews20 East 76th Street, New York, 10021
8 min walk (0.4 miles)
TOWNHOUSE 222
9.35 reviews222 East 83rd Street
9 min walk (0.4 miles)
voco The Franklin New York by IHG
9.0647 reviews164 East 87 Street, NY 10128
11 min walk (0.6 miles)
Central Park West Hostel
5.2124 reviews201 W 87th Street, New York, 10024
21 min walk (1.1 miles)
Lowell Hotel
9.6138 reviews28 East 63rd Street
21 min walk (1.1 miles)
The Pierre, A Taj Hotel, New York
9.01,462 reviewsTwo East 61st Street at 5th Avenue
21 min walk (1.1 miles)
La Quinta by Wyndham New York City Central Park
6.65,549 reviews31 West 71st Street
22 min walk (1.1 miles)
Courtyard by Marriott New York Manhattan Upper East Side
7.81,122 reviews410 East 92nd Street
22 min walk (1.2 miles)
The Green Room: 70s Groove Themed Studio
8.525 reviews22 min walk (1.2 miles)
The Sherry Netherland
9.6265 reviews781 5th Avenue
22 min walk (1.2 miles)
Hotel Lucerne
8.82,985 reviews201 W 79th St, 10024
23 min walk (1.2 miles)
Loews Regency New York Hotel
9.2409 reviews540 Park Avenue, 10065
23 min walk (1.2 miles)
The Plaza, A Fairmont Hotel
8.4787 reviews768 5th Avenue
23 min walk (1.2 miles)
Arthouse Hotel
2178 Broadway
24 min walk (1.2 miles)
Hotel Belleclaire Central Park, a Small Luxury Hotel
8.46,292 reviews2175 Broadway
25 min walk (1.3 miles)
Park Lane New York
8.06,778 reviews36 Central Park South
25 min walk (1.3 miles)
The Ritz-Carlton New York, Central Park
9.0285 reviews50 Central Park South
25 min walk (1.3 miles)
The Gardens Sonesta ES Suites New York
9.01,237 reviews215 E 64th St, 10065
1.4 miles by road
Four Seasons Hotel New York
9.577 reviews57 East 57th Street
1.4 miles by road
5th & 55th Residence Club
8.29 reviews2 E. 55th Street, NY NY 10022
1.4 miles by road
Hotel Beacon
9.03,932 reviews2130 Broadway at 75th Street, 10023
1.6 miles by road · 1.4 miles on foot
The Wallace Hotel
9.32,202 reviews242 West 76th Street
1.6 miles by road · 1.4 miles on foot
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