Ymca Vanderbilt Hotel

224 East 47th Street, New York, 10017
Locality: Midtown (400 rooms)

Description of the Ymca Vanderbilt Hotel

Nestled in Manhattan's fashionable East Side, the Vanderbilt YMCA offers surprisingly low rates for its guest accommodations, while providing each guest with some of the finest fitness facilities New York has to offer. The Guest Rooms include 370 single and twin rooms, and feature TV, air conditioning, housekeeping services, use of safe-deposit boxes and 24-hour security. In addition to the Vanderbilt Y's outstanding Health and Fitness facility, complete with room service, and with a luggage storage room. Our courteous, multilingual staff can point you in the direction of the many points of interest within walking distance, including the United Nations, New York Public Library, Museum of Modern Art and Bloomingdale's. The Vanderbilt Y is a short walk to Grand Central Station, which provides the 4, 5, 6, 7 and S subway lines, and Metro-North Railroad for points outside of Manhattan.

Once known as the "Railroad Y," the Vanderbilt YMCA was established in November 1875 in the basement of the New York Rail Station to provide housing for the nation's railroad men. Each year, thousands of railroad workers traveled through New York City, requiring overnight accommodations. Soon, the five centers that made up the "Railroad Y" did not offer enough space, so in 1866, Cornelius Vanderbilt, a generous entrepreneur, gave the Railroad Branch a home of its own at 361 Madison Avenue. In 1932, with two more moves under its belt, the "Railroad Y" made its final transport to 224 East 47 Street, where it still stands today.

On 47th Street, the "Railroad Y" quickly became a neighborhood YMCA. Membership was offered to community residents and the building was christened the Vanderbilt YMCA to honor the family instrumental in the development of this facility. Descendants of Cornelius Vanderbilt were honored in May 1996 at the Vanderbilt YMCA and a bronze plaque was erected on the site to thank the Vanderbilt family.

Today, the Vanderbilt YMCA continues to be community-minded by serving our neighbors in many ways. Through respect, responsibility, caring and honesty, we offer programs that enrich the community. Our extensive health and wellness facility and youth programs answer to the needs of adults, seniors, families, teens, and children. It is with vim and vigor that the Vanderbilt YMCA looks toward the future with an eye on the past and feet planted firmly in the present. We welcome you to our YMCA.

Hotel Facilities of the Ymca Vanderbilt Hotel

Safe Deposit Box	Fitness Centre	Restaurant
Room Service	Concierge	24h Front Desk
Swimming Pool

Room Facilities of the Ymca Vanderbilt Hotel

Air Condition

Cable TV

Customer reviews of the Ymca Vanderbilt Hotel

"Not bad "
	"Good value rooms need cleaning " The best thing about Ymca Vanderbilt was:"Prices " The worst thing about Ymca Vanderbilt was: "Rooms need updateing and cleaning "
Review by: Mr I Harrison of Bideford (Solo leisure) stayed in Ymca Vanderbilt Apr 2008
"Terrific location "
	"The hostel is a reasonably short walk from a lot of the sights, and is both in a very busy, exciting area and on a fairly calm, quieter block of E47th St I had a good-sized fridge and tv in my room. " The best thing about Ymca Vanderbilt was:"Location, showers [shared bathroom] " The worst thing about Ymca Vanderbilt was: "Radiators were very noisy "
Review by: Mr D Ramsay of Glenrothes (Solo leisure) stayed in Ymca Vanderbilt Dec 2007
"Excellent location and value for money. Safe, clean environment. "
	"" The best thing about Ymca Vanderbilt was:"Location and cost. " The worst thing about Ymca Vanderbilt was: "Lack of luxury! "
Review by: Mr P Pennell of Crawley (Young adult friends) stayed in Ymca Vanderbilt Oct 2007
"Brits in new york "
	"The hotel was prefect for our needs .all we need was a room an that was what we got the facilitys were basic but clean our room had air condittioning which was a esential it was in an exellent location an once we mastered the streets an avanues it was easy to find . the staff were very helpful the area that the hotel was located in seemed to be a safe neighbourhood even at night we never felt worried . we have no complaints what so ever with the hotel an if you are on a site seeing trip to the big apple I would recomend this place to a friend if they were on a budget "as we were ". we stayed on the 7th floor an the bathroom facilitys were more than ok . just be sure your air con works or else you will cook at nite " The best thing about Ymca Vanderbilt was:"Value for money " The worst thing about Ymca Vanderbilt was: "Our air con didnt work "
Review by: Ms V Bishop of Stoke On Trent (Young couple) stayed in Ymca Vanderbilt Aug 2007
"Grate value in a good location"
	"I had a realy good time staying at the hotel the servce was grate and I wood go agen" The worst thing about Ymca Vanderbilt was: "Nothing"
Review by: Mr S Britton of Kings Wood (Solo leisure) stayed in Ymca Vanderbilt Jun 2005
"Excellent sports facilities in good value and location"
	"Good value for money, clean basic accomodation. It has good sports facilities and pool which are free to residents. The accomodation has a student feel about it but if you would rather spend your money enjoying your holiday this place is a gem. " The best thing about Ymca Vanderbilt was:"Very good value for single occupancy tourist" The worst thing about Ymca Vanderbilt was: "For the money it would be hard to find real fault"
Review by: Mr G Doherty of Birmingham (Solo leisure) stayed in Ymca Vanderbilt Jan 2006

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