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The Knickerbocker
New York, NY
Hotels
6 Times Square, New York 10036, NY
Built in 1906 by John Jacob Astor IV, scion of one of America’s wealthiest families, The Knickerbocker is the legendary New York landmark that played host to the world’s biggest names in entertainment, politics, culture and high society in the earliest years of the 20th century. F. Scott Fitzgerald and John D. Rockefeller were regulars, and the myth goes that the gin martini was invented here.
Its iconic Beaux-Arts design, glamorous European luxury, and welcoming American hospitality made it “the” place to be for glitterati and dignitaries, while its legendary barroom became known as “The 42nd Street Country Club.” Indeed, if something happened in New York during in the early 1900s, then it probably happened here at The Knickerbocker.
The Knickerbocker was closed in 1921, largely because of the onset of Prohibition and bad business decisions after Astor died in the sinking of the Titanic. It reopened after extensive renovations in 2015, and lives up to its reputation as the glory of Times Square.
Its iconic Beaux-Arts design, glamorous European luxury, and welcoming American hospitality made it “the” place to be for glitterati and dignitaries, while its legendary barroom became known as “The 42nd Street Country Club.” Indeed, if something happened in New York during in the early 1900s, then it probably happened here at The Knickerbocker.
The Knickerbocker was closed in 1921, largely because of the onset of Prohibition and bad business decisions after Astor died in the sinking of the Titanic. It reopened after extensive renovations in 2015, and lives up to its reputation as the glory of Times Square.
6 Times Square, New York 10036, NY
Built in 1906 by John Jacob Astor IV, scion of one of America’s wealthiest families, The Knickerbocker is the legendary New York landmark that played host to the world’s biggest names in entertainment, politics, culture and high society in the earliest years of the 20th century. F. Scott Fitzgerald and John D. Rockefeller were regulars, and the myth goes that the gin martini was invented here.
Its iconic Beaux-Arts design, glamorous European luxury, and welcoming American hospitality made it “the” place to be for glitterati and dignitaries, while its legendary barroom became known as “The 42nd Street Country Club.” Indeed, if something happened in New York during in the early 1900s, then it probably happened here at The Knickerbocker.
The Knickerbocker was closed in 1921, largely because of the onset of Prohibition and bad business decisions after Astor died in the sinking of the Titanic. It reopened after extensive renovations in 2015, and lives up to its reputation as the glory of Times Square.
Its iconic Beaux-Arts design, glamorous European luxury, and welcoming American hospitality made it “the” place to be for glitterati and dignitaries, while its legendary barroom became known as “The 42nd Street Country Club.” Indeed, if something happened in New York during in the early 1900s, then it probably happened here at The Knickerbocker.
The Knickerbocker was closed in 1921, largely because of the onset of Prohibition and bad business decisions after Astor died in the sinking of the Titanic. It reopened after extensive renovations in 2015, and lives up to its reputation as the glory of Times Square.