Baccarat Hotel & Residences New York is a 47-floor hotel and residential building in New York, NY. The building contains an 114-room hotel on its first 12 floors, and 59 condominium residences on the floors above. It also houses the 53rd Street branch of New York Public Library.
Building Information[]
- Building name: Baccarat Hotel & Residences New York
- Type of building: Residential, hotel, library, retail
- Address: 18 West 53rd Street, New York, NY (library); 20 West 53rd Street, New York, NY (residences); 28 West 53rd Street, New York, NY (hotel); 30 West 53rd Street, New York, NY (retail)
- Country: United States
- Construction ended: 2015
- Nearby buildings:
- 660 Fifth Avenue
- CBS Building
- The Museum of Modern Art
- Credit Lyonnais Building
- Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel
- 10 East 53rd Street
- Usage by floors:
- Floors 50, 50 mezzanine and 51: Mechanical
- Floors 33-49: Residential
- Floors 31-32: Mechanical, residential
- Floors 18-30: Residential
- Floors 13 and 13 mezzanine: Mechanical
- Floors 5-12: Hotel guestrooms
- Floor 4: Hotel guestrooms, back-of-house areas
- Floor 3: Mechanical
- Floor 2: Hotel reception, restaurant, bar, function room, kitchen
- Floor 1 mezzanine: Stairs crossover level
- Floor 1 (street level): Library entrance, residential entrance and reception, hotel entrance, retail, loading dock
- Cellar (central level): Mechanical, stacks and general reading area, study area, lecture hall
- Subcellar 1 (lower level, floor -1): Mechanical, children's reading area, teens' reading area, library offices, hotel back-of-house areas, residential storage closets
- Subcellar 2 (floor -2): Mechanical, bicycle storage, hotel offices, hotel spa, swimming pool, fitness center
- Floor numbers 14-17 are not present in this building.
Elevator Information[]
Hotel Passenger Elevators (No. PE1-PE2)[]
There are two passenger elevators serving the hotel entrance, hotel reception and all guestroom levels, as well as the underground spa level.
- Manufacturer: ThyssenKrupp Elevator Americas
- Model name: Momentum Standard
- Year of commission: 2014
- Capacity:
- Number of persons allowed: 21
- Maximum load: 3,500 lbs (1,600 kg)
- Speed: 500 FPM (2.5 m/s)
- Drive type: AC VFD gearless traction
- Scenic windows: None
- Status: In service
- Door type: Single-speed center opening
- Exterior door system: Automatic
- Interior door system: Automatic
- Door detector system: Unknown
- Car floor indicator type: Digital 16-segment display
- Serviced floors: -2, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Residential Passenger Elevators (No. PE3-PE4)[]
There are two passenger elevators serving the residential entrance and all residential levels. They also serve the second subcellar, where the residential bicycle storage and a connecting corridor to the hotel spa are located. Each elevator cab has a front door that opens on the residential floors, and a rear door that opens on the first floor and the second subcellar.
- Manufacturer: ThyssenKrupp Elevator Americas
- Model name: Momentum Performance
- Year of commission: 2014
- Capacity:
- Number of persons allowed: 13
- Maximum load: 2,100 lbs (950 kg)
- Speed: 1,200 FPM (6 m/s)
- Drive type: AC VFD gearless traction
- Scenic windows: None
- Status: In service
- Door type: Single opening (front) / single opening (rear)
- Exterior door system: Automatic
- Interior door system: Automatic
- Door detector system: Unknown
- Car floor indicator type: Digital 16-segment display
- Serviced floors: -2, 1, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49
Library Elevators (No. PE5-PE6)[]
There are two elevators serving the library located within the building.
- Manufacturer: ThyssenKrupp Elevator Americas
- Model name: Endura
- Year of commission: 2014
- Capacity:
- Number of persons allowed: 21
- Maximum load: 3,500 lbs (1,600 kg)
- Speed: 150 FPM (0.75 m/s)
- Drive type: AC direct-acting hydraulic
- Scenic windows: None
- Status: In service
- Door type: Single opening
- Exterior door system: Automatic
- Interior door system: Automatic
- Door detector system: Unknown
- Car floor indicator type: Digital 16-segment display
- Serviced floors: LL, CL, SL
Residential Service Elevator (No. SE1)[]
There is one service elevator that is primarily intended for residential use, but also stops at hotel floors.
- Manufacturer: ThyssenKrupp Elevator Americas
- Model name: Momentum Performance
- Year of commission: 2014
- Capacity:
- Number of persons allowed: 24
- Maximum load: 4,000 lbs (1,800 kg)
- Speed: 1,200 FPM (6 m/s)
- Drive type: AC VFD gearless traction
- Scenic windows: None
- Status: In service
- Door type: Two-speed telescopic
- Exterior door system: Automatic
- Interior door system: Automatic
- Door detector system: Unknown
- Car floor indicator type: Digital 16-segment display
- Serviced floors: -2, -1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 13M, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50
Hotel Service Elevator (No. SE2)[]
There is one service elevator exclusively intended for hotel use.
- Manufacturer: ThyssenKrupp Elevator Americas
- Model name: Synergy Building Supported - Performance
- Year of commission: 2014
- Capacity:
- Number of persons allowed: 24
- Maximum load: 4,000 lbs (1,800 kg)
- Speed: 500 FPM (2.5 m/s)
- Drive type: AC VFD machine-room-less gearless traction
- Scenic windows: None
- Status: In service
- Door type: Two-speed telescopic
- Exterior door system: Automatic
- Interior door system: Automatic
- Door detector system: Unknown
- Car floor indicator type: Digital 16-segment display
- Serviced floors: -2, -1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Loading Dock Service Elevator (No. SE3)[]
There is one service elevator at the loading dock that provides access to the two subcellars as well as the hotel reception level, and is shared by both the hotel and the residential sections of the building.
- Manufacturer: ThyssenKrupp Elevator Americas (with Hollister-Whitney Elevator Corporation components)
- Model name: HW-64OH
- Year of commission: 2014
- Capacity:
- Number of persons allowed: 30
- Maximum load: 5,000 lbs (2,270 kg)
- Speed: 200 FPM (1 m/s)
- Drive type: AC VFD geared traction
- Scenic windows: None
- Status: In service
- Door type: Two-speed center opening
- Exterior door system: Automatic
- Interior door system: Automatic
- Door detector system: Unknown
- Car floor indicator type: Digital 16-segment display
- Serviced floors: -2, -1, 1, 2