Last-Minute Hotel Deals in Central Park

At least five of the ten we researched do. The Plaza charges a $65 Urban Experience Fee a night plus tax. Park Lane's $49 fee is mandatory and its booking screen folds it into the nightly rate, and 1 Hotel Central Park charges a $49 amenity fee a night, before tax, at check-in. On the Upper West Side the Arthouse charges a $40 Urban Fee plus tax and the Empire a $19.95 Residence Fee plus tax. Hotel Beacon and The Lucerne both say they charge none, and the Mandarin Oriental's breakdown for a November night listed taxes and nothing else. We could not confirm a fee either way at the Ritz-Carlton or the JW Marriott Essex House, so check the total on the last booking screen.

Between $52 and $135 for 24 hours. Park Lane's valet is $65 for a regular car but takes no SUVs or oversized vehicles; those go to the LAZ garage across West 58th, at $85 to self-park ($75 for a regular car). Valet is $110 a night at The Plaza with no in-and-out, $110 including tax at 1 Hotel Central Park, and $135 at the Ritz-Carlton, whose off-site garage has a 6 ft 2 in clearance. The Empire on West 63rd is $79 for valet or $52 at its partner garage on West 66th, and the Arthouse's partner garage on West 81st is $75 plus tax. Hotel Beacon has no parking of its own, and the Mandarin Oriental is valet only and publishes no rate.

Only if the hotel is on or below 60th Street. The MTA's Congestion Relief Zone covers Manhattan south of and including 60th, which takes in The Plaza, Park Lane, the Ritz-Carlton, the Essex House, 1 Hotel Central Park and the Mandarin Oriental at Columbus Circle. With E-ZPass that is $9 at peak (5am to 9pm weekdays, 9am to 9pm weekends) and $2.25 overnight, charged once a day. The Empire, Hotel Beacon, The Lucerne and the Arthouse are north of the line. Come in from the north, or stay on the West Side Highway, which the MTA leaves out of the zone, and you won't enter it. A cab or rideshare that enters the zone pays its own per-trip charge: 75 cents in a yellow cab, $1.50 in an app-based ride.

From LaGuardia, $3. The Q70 bus is free and runs nonstop from Terminals B and C to Jackson Heights-Roosevelt Av in about 15 minutes, and the R from there stops at 5 Av/59 St and 57 St-7 Av. From JFK, the AirTrain to Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av and the E into Manhattan come to $11.75 for most riders. Stay on the E to 7 Av at 53rd for Central Park South, or change at 42 St-Port Authority for the 1 at Times Sq, which runs up to Columbus Circle, 66th, 72nd and 79th. A yellow cab from JFK is a flat $70 plus $4 in surcharges. Add 75 cents if your hotel is on or below 60th and $5 between 4pm and 8pm on weekdays, then tolls and tip. Newark's AirTrain is $8.75 on its own and stops at the airport's rail station, where you change to NJ Transit or Amtrak.

Not easily on Central Park South or Central Park West. In 2025, West 59th Street from Columbus Circle to Fifth, which is Central Park South, was listed closed from 7am to 9pm on marathon day, and Central Park West from 59th to 77th from 6am to 9:30pm. On Thanksgiving 2025, Central Park West from 72nd to 59th closed at 9pm the night before and stayed shut until 3pm, and 59th Street from Fifth to Columbus Circle was closed from 1am to 5pm. Those are last year's lists, and the NYPD decides closures and reopenings on the day. This year's marathon is Sunday, November 1, and the parade, which starts at West 77th and Central Park West, is Thursday, November 26.

January. City Planning put Manhattan occupancy at about 75 percent in January in 2018 and 2019, against more than 90 percent from fall to Christmas, and NYC Hotel Week discounts at over 100 hotels go live in January 2027. Marathon weekend is the one to avoid: City Planning gives the marathon as its example of the nights when the city's hotels run more than 95 percent full.