What is the largest hotel demolished in New York City?

The Hotel Pennsylvania – which, when it opened in 1919, was the largest hotel in the world with 2,200 rooms and continued to be the fourth largest hotel in New York City until it closed temporarily amidst the coronavirus-pandemic induced decline in visitors to the Big Apple – has been largely reduced to rubble.



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The Pennsylvania caught fire on February 7, 2022, while it was being demolished. By the middle of that year, demolition of the hotel had resumed; the hotel had been deconstructed to the 12th floor by March 2023.

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New York Hilton Midtown New York City's largest hotel, located within walking distance of Central Park, the Museum of Modern Art and the Rockefeller Center, boasts a mammoth 1,931 rooms.

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Some community organizations focused on the hotel's imminent demise to protest a multibillion-dollar plan by New York State — with Vornado as a central player — to redevelop the Penn Station area, mostly with high-rise office towers. But by the time demolition began at the end of 2021, there was not much left to say.

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This summer will go down in New York City lore as when Hotel Pennsylvania met its maker. Demolition of the McKim, Mead, and White–designed Beaux Arts tower from 1910 will unsanctimoniously come to a close soon.

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The building was razed in 1967 to make way for the high-rise office tower One Astor Plaza.

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It remained the fourth largest in New York City until it closed permanently on April 1, 2020. After years of unsuccessful preservation battles, it is being demolished as of 2023. The hotel is to be replaced by 15 Penn Plaza, a 68-story tower.

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Then in 1992, after the collapse of ally and backer the Soviet Union, work stopped completely on Ryugyong Hotel. The 105-story, 1,083-foot structure protrudes above the rest of the North Korean capital's skyline. It remains the largest abandoned building in the world.

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The New York Hilton Midtown is the largest hotel in New York City and world's 101st tallest hotel. The hotel is owned by Park Hotels & Resorts and managed by Hilton Worldwide. At 1,929 rooms and over 150,000 sq ft of meeting space, the hotel is the largest Hilton in the continental U.S.

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The Carlyle, Upper East Side Whenever the Duke and Duchess visit New York, they tend to stay at the Carlyle.

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The property was sold to developers in 2004. After spending millions to buy out and relocate the last remaining tenants in rent-controlled apartments on the upper floors, the building was demolished to build the high-rise condominium building that now occupies the space, with the entrance at 15 Central Park West.

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The historic Roosevelt Hotel in midtown Manhattan shuttered three years ago, but it will soon be bustling again — reopening to accommodate an anticipated influx of asylum seekers just as other New York City hotels are being converted to emergency shelters.

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Grand View Point Hotel, also known as the Ship Hotel or Ship of the Alleghenies, was a historic hotel and roadside attraction in Juniata Township in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1927 as a hotel, but did not become the Ship Hotel until the additions which made it look like a ship were completed in 1932.

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Hotel Features – The Hotel Pennsylvania features 1,700 rooms in a convenient, central location at an affordable price. It offers guests a warm, welcoming place to come home to after a big day and/or night out in one of the world's most exciting cities.

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The Clown Motel has become quite the Tonopah landmark! It was named “America's Scariest Motel” due to its clown theme and proximity to the Old Tonopah Cemetery.

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Ever wonder why you've never stayed in a hotel room on the 13th floor? The answer is simple: The floor doesn't exist. It all comes down to triskaidekaphobia, or the fear of the number 13.

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The 597-room Watson was pressed into service in October 2022 to house migrants who had been bused from the southern border by Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott, after a plan by Mayor Adams to house them in encampments in the Bronx and on Randall's Island was canceled in the face of local protests.

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