Bookmarks Rooftop Lounge

Steps from the New York Public Library, Bookmarks turns its rooftop at the Library Hotel into something closer to a private apartment than a bar, fourteen stories above Madison Avenue. A glassed-in greenhouse room connects to a wraparound terrace, and a smaller side room called the Writer's Den keeps a fireplace lit through the colder months. Cocktails lean into the hotel's literary theme rather than a standard list, served alongside skyline views over midtown's rooftops. Club chairs and deep sofas fill both rooms, arranged in small clusters rather than one long bar.