12 Best Hotel Pools in NYC, According to Our New York–Based Editors | Condé Nast Traveler

"Eighteen floors above the street, I settled into a glistening, compact pool scene with 270‑degree downtown views and plenty of breathing room. The adjacent bar offers shade by day and morphs into a public hot spot at night (no swimming then), but daytime vibes stay calm and easygoing. The pool isn’t heated and it’s more of a dip‑and‑linger than a lapper, which suited my lazy Friday: a $22 cocktail in hand, alternating between the water’s edge and a sun lounger, and a book for company—just the reset I wanted in the middle of SoHo." - Jessica Chapel