The Williams Club, a prestigious private alumni club located in Midtown Manhattan, is near Grand Central Station, the theater section of Broadway and Times Square. It is an invitation-only club that operates within The Princeton Club of New York. Its private members benefit from travel and dining reservation assistance; the use of athletic and meeting facilities; and world-wide admittance to over 200 clubs included in networked partnerships. Members of the Williams Club and their guests book overnight accommodations at nearby upscale hotels when attending member events.
The Hotel Sofitel New York is a 30-story Midtown Manhattan hotel located one block away from The Williams Club and near Fifth Avenue shopping. Amenities include valet parking, marble bathrooms and a full-service fitness center. The on-site Gaby Restaurant serves ethnically inspired fusion dishes from around the globe, and is open to hotel guests and the dining public. The 2,500-square-foot Grand Ballroom is available for reserved functions and seats up to 200 guests.
The restored Library Hotel Manhattan boutique hotel is in a historic 1900s era brick building, just two blocks northwest of the Williams Club. Each of the 10 floors is designed around a different major literary category found in a working library system, such as Languages or Philosophy. The New York Public Library and Broadway Theaters are within a few blocks of the hotel. Guests enjoy evening wine and cheese receptions and an open Reading Room before retiring to one of 60 private guest rooms, or dining at the hotel's Madison and Vine American Bistro and International Wine Bar.
The 126-room Mansfield Hotel on 44th Street is just one block from the Williams Club. Originally built in 1903, the Mansfield's M Bar lounge is a classic Midtown venue for New Yorkers heading out for an evening of music and drinks. The property offers Chamber- or Parlour-level guestrooms, Club Row suites and various high-end apartment and penthouse accommodations with city views. Amenities include a full-service business center, pillow-top mattresses and complimentary 24-hour coffee and tea service.
The Iroquois New York Hotel offers on-duty concierges, 24-hour room service, privately instructed exercise sessions in the fitness center, and fine dining at Triomphe restaurant. Its 114 guestrooms have workstations and designer linens, nine renovated suites have whirlpool tubs and two HDTVs.
