The Portrait
West 58th Street between Fifth and Sixth is one block below Central Park and one block above the 57th Street shops, and the subway station for the N, Q, R and F is a three-minute walk. This is the Midtown position people pay for, and AKA is an operator of extended-stay residences rather than a hotel group, which changes what you get for it.
Studios through to Sky Suites and a penthouse, and a three-bedroom is made by connecting two suites — three bathrooms and two kitchens, which is the arrangement a family travelling with grandparents or staff actually wants. On site there is a café, a screening room, a gym, a conference room and a lounge, and self-service laundry.
Two things to be clear about. No rate is published on the operator’s site. And a destination fee of 35 $ a night is added on top, before New York’s taxes — ask for the all-in nightly figure, because the headline is not it.
Who it suits: a week or a month in Midtown where you want an apartment and a lift lobby rather than a hotel corridor, and the park at the end of the street.
Written by the Selloua editors from the address’s own published facts. Nothing in this entry was paid for.