AKA Central Park

A stone's throw from Central Park, the modernistic Apple store, Bergdorf Goodman, and the famed Plaza Hotel, AKA Central Park is in the center of this vibrant city. Just west of Fifth Avenue on 58th Street, the building has been completely redesigned as an antidote to the ordinary, and is an ideal choice for work or as a starting place for a city outing.

Accomodations

Guestrooms at this Manhattan hotel provide Egyptian-cotton linens and wenge wood-finished furnishings in chocolate brown with accents of ice blue and cream. All rooms offer complimentary wireless Internet access, plasma TVs, and complimentary local calls. Marble baths feature glass mosaic tile accents. Studios include wet bars with compact refrigerators and microwaves. One-bedroom units include full kitchens with stainless-steel appliances and granite-topped counters.

Dining AKA Central Park - Residence Style Hotel serves a complimentary Continental breakfast weekday mornings. This hotel does not have its own restaurant, but there are many dining options in the surrounding area.
Nearby restaurants include:
Manhattan Ocean Club
Nobu Restaurant
Rue 57
Jack's Fifth
Brasserie 8 1 2

Activities

Walk north from the front door into the park for a walk through the Great Lawn-home to several free New York Philharmonic concerts each summer-and then circle along the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir. Or head down Fifth Avenue, to toy giant FAO Schwarz, Tiffany & Co., Gucci, Harry Winston, and boutique department stores, Takashimaya and Henri Bendel. But shopping isn't all there is-upper Fifth Avenue is home to nine great museums' including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Frank Lloyd Wright designed Guggenheim, with its well-known circular leitmotif.