Omni Berkshire Place

21 East 52nd Street and Madison Avenue

New York, NY 10022

Property Description - Omni Berkshire Place

Steeped in historic charm the Four Diamond Omni Berkshire place is a refined and gracious haven for discerning travelers. A cherished example of timeless elegance the hotel received a major renovation in 2003 that allows it to stand as an example of New York*s finest in hospitality.All 396 rooms and suites offers spacious and well appointed comfort with amenities such as high speed wireless internet access, clock radio with MP3 player connectivity, down pillows and plush terrycloth bathrobes. In the heart of midtown Manhattan at the intersection of 52 Street and Madison Avenue the Omni Berkshire Place is just a short stroll away from Rockefeller Center, Central Park, the Broadway Theatre district and Fifth Avenue shopping. Countless luminaries, dignitaries, stars of stage and screen and emininent business executives have considered the Omni Berkshire Place their Manhattan residence. Our courteous and professional staff provides unparalleled service and attention to detail. *** Four diamond luxurious comfort embraces style. ***

Reservation Information - Omni Berkshire Place

Indicatives rates for search purposes only; check for specific rate when making a reservation.

Guarantee Policy: Hotel requires credit card for guarantee. Some dates may require the hotel to bill credit card for deposit.

Cancellation Policy: Cancels received after 12:00 noon, one day prior to arrival date, will be billed one night's stay

Directions - Omni Berkshire Place

Starting From:JFK International Airport: Take the Van Wyck Expressway to the Long Island Expressway to the midtown tunnel. Turn right on 3rd Avenue, traveling straight to 53rd Street. Turn left on 53rd Street to 5th Avenue. Turn left on 5th Avenue to 52nd Street. Drive to 52nd Street, turn left. Madison Avenue is one block and the hotel is on the right hand side.
Starting From:La Guardia International Airport: Take the Grand Central Parkway West to the Tri-borough bridge. Stay to the right and follow signs to Manhattan. You will automatically be on FDR Drive South. Get off at the 53rd Street exit. Drive to 5th Avenue and turn left. Drive to 52nd Street, turn left. Madison Avenue is one block and the hotel is on right hand side of street.
Starting From:Newark International Airport: Take the New Jersey Turnpike North to Lincoln tunnel. When you get through the tunnel, bear left (uptown) and go to the traffic light. Make a right onto 42nd Street to 8th Avenue. Make a left on 8th Avenue. Drive to 52nd Street, turn right. Travel straight to Madison Avenue and the hotel is at 21 East 52nd Street.
Starting From:New England: Take I-95 (New England Thruway) to Bruckner Expressway to the Tri-borough bridge. Stay to the right and follow signs to Manhattan. You will automatically be on FDR Drive South. Get off at the 53rd Street exit. Drive to 5th Avenue and turn left. Drive to 52nd Street, turn left. Madison Avenue is one block and the hotel is on right hand side of street.
Starting From:George Washington Bridge: Take I-80 to George Washington Bridge. Follow signs to the Henry Hudson Parkway South. Exit left on 57th Street. Follow 57th Street to 5th Avenue. Turn left on 5th Avenue to 52nd Street. Drive to 52nd Street, turn left. Madison Avenue is one block and the hotel is on the right hand side.
Starting From:Staten Island: Take I-278 to Brooklyn Bridge exit. Follow the signs to FDR Drive North. Exit at 42nd Street and turn right onto 1st Avenue. Travel on 1st Avenue to 53rd Street and turn left onto 53rd Street. Travel on 53rd Street to 5th Avenue. Turn left on 5th Avenue and travel on this street to 52nd Street. Turn left onto 52nd Street. Madison Avenue is one block away. The hotel is on the right hand side of the street.
Starting From:Long Island: Take the Long Island Expressway to the midtown tunnel. Turn right on 3rd Avenue, traveling straight to 53rd Street. Turn left on 53rd Street to 5th Avenue. Turn left on 5th Avenue to 52nd Street. Drive to 52nd Street, turn left. Madison Avenue is one block and the hotel is on the right hand side.
Starting From:Upstate New York: Take the New York State Throughway (Route 87) south to the Tapan Zee Bridge. Go across bridge and follow signs to New York City. Route 87 turns into Major Deegan Expressway. Continue on Major Deegan Expressway to Tri-borough Bridge. Stay to the right and follow signs to Manhattan. You will automatically be on FDR Drive South. Get off at the 53rd Street exit. Drive to 5th Avenue and turn left. Drive to 52nd Street, turn left. Madison Avenue is one block and the hotel is on right hand side of street.
Starting From:Penn Station: Subway - take E-train at 34th and 8th Avenue, uptown. Get off at 5th Avenue. Hotel is on 52nd and Madison Avenue.

General Property Information - Omni Berkshire Place

Hotel Rating(s): 4

Check In: 3:00pm

Check Out: 12:00pm

Currency:American Dollars

Floors: 21

Rooms: 396

Airport Details

La Guardia Intl 7 miles, JFK Intl 17 miles and Newark Intl, New Jersey 17 miles. Taxi ,limo and shuttles available for additional fee. Shuttles drop guests at Grand Central Station approx. 6 blocks from hotel. Guest can take a taxi to the hotel.

Areas Served

Madison Square Garden 1 mile, Times Square 9 blocks, Grand Central Station 5 miles, Rockefeller Center 3 blocks

Recreation

Health Club: Located on 17th floor of hotel. Hours: 6:00am - 10:00pm daily. Equipment includes: sit-up board; in-room massage (additional fee applicable); get fit kits; free weights; nautilus equipment; Stairmaster; lifecycles; locker rooms; bench press; bar dip; Cybex; complimentary fruit, water and towels. There is a sundeck but no pool. Get Fit kits are available through housekeeping and features a floor mat, 2 hand weights, elastic bands, towel and water allowing a guest to work out in the privacy of their guestroom.

Area Attractions

Cultural/Entertainment: Broadway (7 * Ed Sullivan Theatre (5 Blocks) * Empire State Building (18 Blocks) * Grand Central Station (6 Blocks) * Guggenheim Museum (1.5 Miles) * Jacob Javits Center (2 Miles) * Lincoln Center (1 Block) * Madison Square Garden (1.5 Miles) * Metropolitan Museum of Art (1.5 Miles) * New York Stock Exchange (4.5 Miles) * Penn Station (1.5 Miles) * Radio City Music Hall (3 Blocks) *(1 Block) * Soho (3 Miles) * Statue of Liberty Ferry (5 Miles) * Times Square (9 Blocks) * Whitney Museum (1 Mile) * World Trade Center Memorial (4.5 Miles)
Restaurants and Night Clubs: ** Fireside Restaurant and Bar (on site)** Burger Heaven (1 Block) * Bice (2 Blocks) * China Club (7 Blocks) * ESPN Zone (6 Blocks) * Il Menestrello (across from hotel) * Opal (4 Blocks) * Scruffy Duffy's (1 Mile)
Shopping Venues: 5th Avenue 1 Block / American Girl 3 Blocks /Bloomingdales .5 Miles / Macy's 1 Mile / Madison Avenue adjacent
Sporting Venues: Izod Center 11 Miles / Giants Stadium 11 Miles / Madison Square Garden 2 Miles / Meadowlands 10 Miles / Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 27 Miles / Shea Stadium 10 Miles / Yankee Stadium 8 Miles
Universities: Baruch College 2 miles / Columbia University 2 miles /Hunter College 1 mile / NYU 1 Mile / Smith College of New York 8 Blocks / Fashion Institute of Technology 2 Miles
Corporations: ABN AMRO Bank 4 Blocks / Atlantic Records 3 Blocks / Bank of America 1 Block / Bear Stearns world headquarters 4 Blocks / Cartier 1 Block / CBS 2 Blocks / Chase Manhattan Bank 2 Blocks / Citigroup 3 Blocks / Colgate Palmolive 5 Blocks / Credit Suisse 2 Miles / Duetche Bank/Alex Brown 4 Blocks / Goldman Sachs 2 Miles / ING Barings 1 Block / Jeffires & Company 5 Blocks / KPMG 3 Blocks / Lehman Brothers 8 Blocks / McKinsey & Co 1 Block / Merrill Lynch 4 Blocks / Mt. Sinai Hospital 3 Miles NBC 4 Blocks / New York Stock Exchange 3 Miles / Omnicom 2 Blocks / Price, Waterhouse, Coopers 2 Blocks / Seagrams 2 Blocks / Sony 3 Blocks / Time Warner 4 Blocks

About the Location

At the intersection of 52 Street and Madison Avenue the Omni Berkshire Place is located in the heart of mid-town Manhattan. The hotel is just steps away from Rockefeller Center and Radio City Music Hall, Central Park, the Broadway Theatre district and Fifth Avenue shopping. Grand Central Terminal is 7 blocks from the hotel. The hotel location puts all of Manhattans businesses, restaurants and sporting venues within easy reach.

Property Amenities - Omni Berkshire Place

AM/FM Alarm Clock

Bar/Lounge

Business Center

Concierge

24 Hour Front Desk

Handicapped Rooms/Facilities

Express Checkout

Hairdryers Available

Mini Bar

No Smoking Rooms/Facilities

Free Newspaper

Pets Allowed

Parking

Restaurant

Room Service

Safe Deposit Box

Fitness Center or Spa

Television with Cable

Laundry/Valet Services

Room Information - Omni Berkshire Place

General Information

21 Floors. Available on Request - Connecting rooms, handicap accessible rooms that are approx. 265 square ft, cribs, rollaways -additional fee applicable and turndown service. Restrictions: Rooms with 2 double beds do not allow rollaways. US government fire and safety approved

Standard Room

Deluxe Room-approx. 270 sq feet

Deluxe Rooms have 1 King or 2 Double Beds. All beds are dressed in fine linens, plush duvets and feather pillows. Windows are soundproof and bathrooms feature Italian marble. Amenities include: electrical adapters, bathroom phone, cable color television, cordless phone, dataport/modem, desk, dual line telephones (3), extra blankets and pillows, fax machine, flashing smoke alarm, foam or feather pillows, hair dryer, hotel/city guides, individual climate control, in-room movies -additional fee applicable, luggage holder, makeup mirror, mini-bar, newspaper, remote voice mail, smoke detector, speakerphone, Web TV -additional fee is applicable,Wireless High Speed Internet Access - additional fee applicable.

Deluxe Room

Superior Room-approx. 360 sq feet

Superior rooms have 1 king or 2 Double Beds. Superior rooms have all the amenities as a Deluxe Room plus these rooms are bright because of the southern/southeastern exposure. These rooms contain a small sitting area and have a city view, while also providing more workspace.

Other room type than std, dlx, ste, ... etc.

Junior Suite-approx. 400 sq feet

Junior Suites have all the amenities of a deluxe room and are oversized rooms with the furnishings set in studio apartment style. The bedroom and living area are in one spacious room with a loveseat, oversized club chair, desk, chair and stereo system. These suites have a city view.

Suite

Berkshire Suite-approx. 445 sq feet

Berkshire Suites have all the amenities of a Deluxe Room and have one bedroom with a king bed and a separate living room featuring a sofa bed, club chair, desk chair, stereo system and courtyard view. The bedroom has French doors that can be closed for privacy.

Suite

Madison Suite-approx. 781 sq feet

Madison Suites include all the amenities of a deluxe room and features a bedroom with a king bedand a sofa bedwith a separate living room. These suites are corner rooms with a view of both 52nd Street and Madison Avenue. The very large bathroom has a separate shower stall and a few Madison Suites have a Jacuzzi tub (contact the hotel for details). Several Madison Suites have an additional half bath.

Suite

Specialty Suites

Specialty suites must be booked directly with the hotel. All Specialty suites include Madison Suite amenities plus the following: * Rodgers & Hammerstein Suite - Largest suite in hotel (approx. 1,000 square feet) located on the top floor. Includes large walk out wrap-around terrace facing 52nd Street and Madison Avenue, fireplace, 1 king master bedroom, oversized marble bathroom with Jacuzzi and extra half-bath. * Emerson Suite - Large spacious king bedroom with separate living room, courtyard view, large bathroom with Whirlpool tub and extra half-bath. * Emerson connector- Connects with the Emerson Suite. Large Junior Suite with two double beds, terrace, oversized bathroom with Jacuzzi. * Millay Suite - King size bed and view of 52nd Street * Dickinson Suite - King size bed, view of 52nd Street and slight view of Hudson River * Thoreau Suite - King size bed and view of 52nd Street * Browning Suite - King size bed, view of 52nd Street and slight view of Hudson River

Suite

Restaurant Info

Fireside Restaurant: Fireside, known for its creative global fare and creative cocktails, wins rave from customers, critics, and chefs alike. Featuring a sizzling menu of medium-size plates, guests can create a meal with an array of our signature selections including Braised Short Rib Tacos, Lobster Rolls, Black & White Chocolate Mousse Cake and house spun ice cream and sorbets. There are two private rooms where business can be discussed over a meal. Or perhaps just a special occasion where more privacy would be desired. Reservations taken at 212-754-5011, through Open Table or via the concierge desk at the hotel. Breakfast hours are Mon-Fri 6:30am-10:30am, Sat and Sun 7am-11:30am. Lunch hours are Mon-Sun 11:30am-2:30pm and Dinner hours are Mon-Sun 5pm-10pmBar Mon-Sun 12noon - 12:30am
Fireside Bar.: Fireside Bar is open Mon-Sun 12noon - 12:30am.
Room Service: 24 hours daily - limited menu 1:00am - 6:00am.

Meeting Facility Information - Omni Berkshire Place

Business Center Services

Located on hotel property. Hours: 7:00am - 7:00pm manned on weekdays. Access is 24 hours with room key. Services include: audio/visual; dataport/modem; fax machine; high speed internet access; photocopies; postal/mail services;

Meeting Facilities

Total meeting space - 3,700 square feet of meeting space featuring 9 meeting rooms.