Bookmarks Rooftop Lounge

On our lists of the best rooftop bars and cocktail bars in New York.

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.