Roosevelt Island's First-Ever Hotel Opens Its Doors: See Inside

ROOSEVELT ISLAND, NY — For the first time in its history, Roosevelt Island now has a hotel, giving tourists and New Yorkers alike the chance to spend the night on the slim East River island.

Graduate Roosevelt Island, an 18-story, 224-bed building, is part of the Graduate Hotels chain, which caters to college towns across more than two dozen U.S. cities.

Summer is officially here and so is Graduate Roosevelt Island! We are thrilled to announce the grand opening of our 29th location and the first hotel on Roosevelt Island. #WeAreAllStudents pic.twitter.com/4I7lYxwwWI
— Graduate Hotels (@GraduateHotels) June 1, 2021

It was built in conjunction with Cornell University, which opened its Cornell Tech campus on the island in 2017. Talks for the hotel began three years later, the Daily Sun newspaper reported.

It is located near the middle of the two-mile-long island, just south of the Queensboro Bridge.

The hotel's first guests checked in on Tuesday, and a ribbon-cutting Wednesday was attended by U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney, City Councilmember Ben Kallos, Assemblymember Rebecca Seawright and others.

Earlier today on #RooseveltIsland marking the opening of the first ever hotel on the island, welcoming @GraduateHotels

What a gorgeous location making Roosevelt Island a complete tourist destination.

So proud of our beautiful district. #WeAreAllstudents @cornell_tech pic.twitter.com/WKtNiZ42Ni
— Ben Kallos, NYC Council Member (@BenKallos) June 2, 2021

Rooms start at $219 per night. Other hotel amenities include a rooftop bar with sweeping skyline views, rooms adorned with collegiate-style plaid patterns and whimsical decorations including a sculpture of a giant boy wearing aviator goggles that towers over the front desk, CNN reported.

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