Staypineapple, An Artful Hotel, Midtown New York

Midtown Manhattan’s corridors are long, lined with theaters and garment shops, but across 36th Street, the city briefly slows. Staypineapple, An Artful Hotel occupies a wedge of space at 337 W 36th St., offering the rare hotel in this stretch that refuses to fade into the sidewalk grid. The hotel turns the typical lobby stumble into something like a gallery detour, where guest rooms double as curated vignettes and mornings bring bubbling coffee urns just shy of the elevator banks. Corporate commuters and Broadway-bound socialites alike drift in for a night, then slip back into the commuter stream, the building’s façade—pale brick framed in raw pine—helping it feel less like a stopover and more like a hinge point. Call (866) 866-7977 to arrange arrival and, once there, wander south two blocks to Herald Square for coffee still hot at chain o’clock or a sigh-worthy pastry from a counter that never seems to close. Nights here hum with foot traffic from Penn Station’s bowels, but the street itself stays clean and well-lit, a pocket of order around 36th. Use the link for directions and hover over 337 W 36th St.; the map drops a pin right where the pines and the pavement meet.