The Hotel Chelsea
The 1884 Chelsea on West 23rd — home once to Dylan Thomas, Patti Smith and Leonard Cohen, restored and reopened in 2022 with El Quijote back beside the lobby.
NoMad, Chelsea & Union Square · New York
A sense of the place
Why it's in the collection
Because the 1884 Chelsea holds a MICHELIN Key and Leading Hotels membership after its 2022 restoration — rooms with real stories rather than square footage; an address with no Forbes rating, and we list it in the four-star tier.
- One MICHELIN Key in 2025 and a member of The Leading Hotels of the World; no Forbes rating, and the hotel enters on its Key and its membership.
- A landmark of 1884 at 222 West 23rd Street, reopened in 2022 after a long restoration — the building where Dylan Thomas, Patti Smith and Leonard Cohen lived.
- El Quijote, the Spanish restaurant beside the lobby, and the Lobby Bar.
Suites and rates
Every rate is confirmed with you by the concierge before anything is booked — cancellation terms in plain language, no surprises.
The neighborhood
NoMad, Chelsea & Union Square
The blocks between Madison Square Park and the Empire State Building, west along 23rd Street to the galleries and the High Line, Union Square at the southern edge — with three addresses: a Gilded Age mansion on Fifth, a Ritz-Carlton tower on 28th and the 1884 Chelsea.
- Chelsea's galleries in the West 20s, a few blocks west.
- The High Line and Chelsea Market, a walk west.
- Union Square and the Flatiron District, east along 23rd Street.
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“The 1884 Chelsea on West 23rd — home once to Dylan Thomas, Patti Smith and Leonard Cohen, restored and reopened in 2022 with El Quijote back beside the lobby.”
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