The Times Square EDITION

"A Studio 54 sensibility poured into a modern Times Square tower, where the after-meeting drink is part of the pitch."

HotelsForKings aggregate 9.4/10, scored on Room & Design, Service, and Location. One editorial opinion, not a user-review average. See our methodology.

Why the Times Square EDITION for business?

Choose the Times Square EDITION when your business is one where a hotel that reads as a scene is an advantage rather than a distraction. It opened in March 2019 as Ian Schrager's central-Manhattan EDITION, the co-founder of Studio 54 who has spent four decades turning the hotel lobby into a stage, and it carries that instinct into 452 rooms across a slim tower at 701 Seventh Avenue. The public spaces are the point: a theatrically lit lobby, the Paradise Club performance venue, and a planted all-seasons terrace that is one of the larger hotel gardens in Midtown.

For a business traveller, this is the deal hotel for the creative industries, a fashion-week base, a music-industry negotiation, an advertising-agency client meeting, or a broadcast and Broadway crowd who want the evening to keep going downstairs. It lands at #12 rather than higher on a business list precisely because it is a lifestyle hotel first: the energy is social and public-facing, so a law-firm or private-banking client who wants a discreet, boardroom-quiet base is better matched to The Mark or the St. Regis New York.

Is it actually open, and what changed?

Yes, the Times Square EDITION is open and fully operating in 2026, but its history is worth knowing before you book. The hotel opened in 2019 to strong reviews, then closed in August 2020 amid the pandemic and a well-publicised financial dispute over the building, which led many travellers to assume it had shut for good. It has since reopened, and today all 452 rooms, the fitness center, the dining venues and Paradise Club are running and bookable through Marriott and the major travel sites.

What that means in practice is that the property you read about in older articles as "closed" is the one now taking reservations again, under the same Ian Schrager EDITION identity and John Fraser food-and-beverage program. It is a genuine reopening rather than a rebrand, so the design language, the Marriott Bonvoy loyalty tie-in and the venue lineup are consistent with the original launch. We flag the closure only because the outdated coverage is still easy to stumble on.

Which room should you book?

For a working trip, book a higher-floor room with a Times Square or skyline view, and step up to a Loft Suite or the Penthouse if you need a separate sitting area for a small in-room meeting. The rooms lean residential and restrained by design, a deliberate counterpoint to the neon outside, with floor-to-ceiling windows that turn the chaos of Times Square into a silent panorama once the double glazing is closed.

The single most useful request is placement. Ask for a room on the higher floors and, if you value evening quiet, away from the Paradise Club side of the building, because the venue programming runs late on weekends. Business travellers who plan early starts should say so at booking; the front desk can steer you toward the calmer stack rather than the party-adjacent rooms, and the difference to your sleep is real.

What is the dining and the location like?

The food and beverage is the quiet strength here, overseen by Michelin-starred chef John Fraser across three distinct venues. The Terrace and Outdoor Gardens is an all-day modern brasserie set within a planted, all-seasons garden; the Lobby Bar handles craft cocktails and light bites for an informal meeting; and Paradise Club is a high-production nightlife and cabaret room with weekend programming. That range means you can run breakfast, a working lunch, a client dinner and a nightcap without leaving the building.

On location, the hotel is as central as New York gets. It stands at 701 Seventh Avenue in the core of Times Square, about a one-minute walk from the Times Square-42 Street station, which carries the N, Q, R, W, S, 1, 2, 3 and 7 lines, plus the Port Authority terminal and the 42 Street shuttle to Grand Central nearby. Midtown offices, the Garment District, the Theater District and a quick hop to Hudson Yards are all within easy reach, which is exactly why it earns its high location score.

What are the honest trade-offs?

The Times Square EDITION does design, dining and centrality very well, but it is not the right base for every business trip.

• It is a scene, not a boardroom. The public energy that makes it great for creative clients is the opposite of the discreet calm a finance or legal client may expect. Match the hotel to the meeting.
• Times Square is Times Square. The location is unbeatable for transit and visibility, but stepping out of the door means crowds, costumed characters and constant noise at street level. The oasis is upstairs, not outside.
• Nightlife runs late. Paradise Club and weekend programming bring energy and, on the wrong floor, sound. Early-start travellers should request placement away from the venue.
• Premium pricing. Rates sit at the top of the market, and Times Square commands a scene surcharge; if the trip is purely functional, quieter Midtown five-stars can deliver more room for the money.

How does it compare on this list?

The Times Square EDITION ranks #12 in our Top 20 Hotels in New York for Business, with an aggregate 9.4/10. It wins clearly on scene, dining and central transit, and gives ground to the uptown grandes dames on boardroom-style discretion. Here is how it lines up against the business hotels ranked near it.

Pick the EDITION for the scene and the dining; move to the Conrad New York Midtown for all-suite quiet by the offices, or The Mark when the client wants uptown discretion. All appear on our full New York business ranking.

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