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222 West 23rd Street
222 West 23rd Street
Last updated on Jul 31, 2025

The Hotel Chelsea,
222 West 23rd Street

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Overview of The Hotel Chelsea at 222 West 23rd Street

The Hotel Chelsea is a historic pre-war rental building at 222 West 23rd Street in Chelsea, completed in 1900. The 12 story building contains 10 apartments and is known for its long connection to New York's literary, artistic, and musical communities.

Its former residents include writers and artists such as Arthur Miller, Allen Ginsberg, Dylan Thomas, Leonard Cohen, Mark Twain, Jean-Paul Sartre, Tennessee Williams, and William S. Burroughs. The building has also been associated with filmmakers Stanley Kubrick and Milos Forman, performers Jane Fonda and Uma Thurman, and artists Edie Sedgwick and Harry Everett Smith.

Apartments are characterized by spacious layouts and architectural details associated with the building's age, with floor-to-ceiling windows in some homes. The building has a doorman and sits on West 23rd Street in Chelsea, among the neighborhood's galleries, restaurants, and older residential buildings.

Doorman
Full Time
Type
Rental
Year Built
1900
Apartments
10
Floors
12
Neighborhood

Amenities

  • FT Doorman
  • Elevator
The Hotel Chelsea building photo 1
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  1. 1
at 7th Ave 0.07 miles
  1. C
  2. E
at 8th Ave and 25th 0.13 miles
  1. M
  2. F
at 6th Ave 0.23 miles
  1. A
  2. L
at 8th Ave and 16th 0.34 miles
  1. 2
  2. 3
at 6th Ave and 16th 0.42 miles
  1. N
  2. R
at Broadway 0.44 miles

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