Carlton Arms Hotel
Kips Bay, Manhattan, New York
“Bohemian art enclave”
Vibe
A countercultural walk-up where resident cats roam the lobby and every hallway is covered in decades of street art and murals.
“Bohemian art enclave”
Fifty-four guest rooms completely transformed with site-specific murals and installations by over two hundred visiting artists.
Four decades of continuous artist residencies and countercultural hospitality in midtown Manhattan.
The on-site Artbreakhotel Gallery hosts regular exhibition openings, room unveilings, and gatherings for neighborhood creatives.
In Kips Bay on East 25th Street, a short walk from Madison Square Park and Gramercy.
Rooms
Every bedroom is an immersive installation, with walls and ceilings hand-painted by international resident artists, from street murals to surrealist landscapes.
Backstory
Once a Prohibition speakeasy and flophouse, the building transformed in the 1980s when the owner began trading room stays for artist murals.
The neighborhood
Tucked along East 25th Street in Kips Bay, the hotel sits just a few blocks from Gramercy and Madison Square Park.
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