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The Lucerne Hotel
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Built in 1903, this classically-designed hotel is two blocks from Central Park and the American Museum of Natural History, and four blocks from the Children’s Museum.
Well-equipped
The Lucerne offers a fitness room with cardio equipment and free weights, a business center with high-speed Internet access, and 24-hour room service.
Urban lodging
The 250 guestrooms feature high-speed television Internet access, video game consoles, complimentary newspapers, and tiled bathrooms with marble sinks.
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More about The Lucerne Hotel
What to expect: The Lucerne—opened in 1903 as a student dorm, renovated, and reopened in 1995—has a European-style marble lobby decorated with columns, wall tapestries, and terra-cotta tones. Located within 4 blocks of Central Park, the American Museum of Natural History, and the Rose Center planetarium, the hotel primarily hosts business and leisure travelers.Amenity highlights: The hotel's business center offers computers with high-speed Internet access, and the front desk provides printing and faxing services (fee). There is also a fitness room with free weights and exercise equipment, and a discount pass is available for Equinox gym, 2 blocks away.The hotel connects to a French restaurant that serves three meals daily and weekend brunch and features a bar area and sidewalk seating.
Insider tip: The Boat Basin Café, 4 blocks from the hotel, is situated right on the 79th Street Boat Basin. (Stone steps lead down to it, just off the Henry Hudson Parkway.) In warmer months, it's a fine spot to have a meal or drink on the patio with a view of the Hudson River.
Dinining
- Nice Matin The hotel has its own entrance to this restaurant, which serves a FrenchMediterranean menu and has an extensive wine list. Decorated in rich, rustic colors, Nice Matin has a bar and sidewalk café, and attracts a mix of locals and hotel guests. It serves three meals daily and brunch on weekends.
Property amenities
The Lucerne has a fitness room with a stair machine, treadmill, two stationary bicycles, and free weights, and also offers discount passes to the Equinox health club 2 blocks away. The hotel's business center offers high-speed Internet access and a printer; copying, typing, and faxing services (fee) are available at the front desk. The hotel has a concierge and multilingual staff, and provides 24-hour room service.
List of property amenities
- Concierge services
- Fitness equipment
- Use of nearby fitness center (complimentary)
- Bar/lounge
- Restaurant(s) in hotel
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Room service (24 hours)
- Parking (surcharge)
- Parking (valet)
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Business center
- Conference room(s)
- Audio-visual equipment
- Photocopy machines
- Secretarial services
- Fax machine
- Internet access in public areas - high speed (surcharge)
- Porter/bellhop
- Express check-out
- Doorman/doorwoman
- 24-hour front desk
- Multilingual staff
- Safe-deposit box - front desk
- Number of rooms: 250
- Babysitting or child care
- Dry cleaning service
- Microwave in lobby
- Air-conditioned public areas
Room amenities
- Internet access - high speed (surcharge)
- Internet access - TV (surcharge)
- Cable/satellite TV
- Video-game console
- Pay movies
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Complimentary newspaper
- Air conditioning
- Climate control
- Voice mail
- Telephone
- Coffee/tea maker
- Microwave
- Wake-up calls
- Extra towels, linens, bedding
- Housekeeping
- Turndown service
- Hair dryer
- Iron/ironing board
- Clock radio
- Desk
- Window opens
- Cribs (infant beds) available
- Smoking rooms
- Non-smoking rooms
Rooms
The hotel has 250 guestrooms, all of which include high-speed television Internet access (surcharge) and Nintendo (surcharge). Decorated with floral bedspreads and furnished with light woods, rooms have views to the street or to the inside of the hotel building. Rooms have cable TVs and desks; bathrooms have tiled floors and marble sinks. Rooms with double beds include a coffeemaker (available on request for queen rooms).
Policies
Extra person charges may apply depending on hotel policy.
There are no room charges for children 16 and younger occupying the same room as their parents.
Cribs are complimentary and should be requested at the time of booking; rollaway beds are not available.
Photo identification and credit card or cash deposit are required upon check-in for incidental charges.
All special requests are subject to availability upon check-in.
- Pets not allowed
- Check-in time is 4 PM
- Check-out time is Noon
Rates from $300.00 | |
