Millennium Hilton New York One UN Plaza

Millennium Hilton New York One UN Plaza occupies the mirrored 1976 Kevin Roche / John Dinkeloo–designed tower on First Avenue, attached to the United Nations complex and rising over the East River at 1 United Nations Plaza. The signature amenity is the 27th-floor heated indoor pool — one of a small handful of true high-floor hotel pools in Manhattan, with windows facing the Chrysler Building and the East River. Guest rooms start on the 28th floor, so even standard categories sit above the surrounding midtown rooflines. The fitness centre adjoins the pool deck. Grand Central Terminal is a ten-minute walk; the diplomatic corridor of Second Avenue (Indian, Turkish and Korean missions, plus the Permanent Mission diplomatic bars) is at the doorstep.