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The Best Hotels in New York's Hidden Corners

"On tiny Roosevelt Island, best reached by the aerial tram, I come for staggering city views—either at water level in the parks or, better yet, from the top of this hotel. Beyond the usual university crowd, the island’s only MICHELIN hotel wins me over with a lobby stacked floor-to-ceiling with books and anchored by an eye‑poppingly whimsical 13‑foot statue of a dude in pilot goggles, and the Panorama Club delivers one of the best rooftop views in the city. Check in or not, it’s a wonderful entry point to a destination so unassuming even most New Yorkers forget to enjoy it." - Mitchell Friedman