Aman New York

Aman New York occupies the upper floors of the landmark Crown Building, a 1920s Beaux-Arts tower on Fifth Avenue that once housed the Museum of Modern Art, a 5-minute walk from Central Park. Designer Jean-Michel Gathy shaped 83 residential-style suites, each with a working fireplace, open floor plan and butler service; upgraded suites add separate living areas and some overlook the garden terrace.

A three-floor, roughly 25,000-square-foot wellness area pairs a hammam, a private Banya spa house and a cryotherapy chamber with an indoor pool and a 3,000-square-foot fitness center. Dining runs from omakase at Nama to Italian cuisine at Arva and a speakeasy-style Jazz Club, plus a retractable-roof garden terrace over Fifth Avenue and 57th Street.

It suits guests who want a quiet, soundproofed retreat in the middle of Midtown rather than a high-volume lobby scene, and who value spa time and suite space over a large room count.