No photo of this bar survives from the 2008 site.

Penthouse Bar (Library Hotel)

299 Madison Ave · at 41st St.
Murray Hill, Manhattan

In 2026

Same bar, now Bookmarks Lounge

Checked October 18, 2026.

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Overview

New York on Tap listed this bar without a review.

History

Reshelved under Bookmarks

The Library Hotel opened at 299 Madison Avenue in 2000 with a penthouse roof-garden bar¹. The bar is filed under Bookmarks Lounge now: each evening the 14th floor, with its Writer's Den and Poetry Garden, becomes a rooftop bar².

Sources

Researched October 2026.

What's nearby

Bookmarks under 0.1 mi Still pouring
Grand Central Oyster Bar under 0.1 mi Still pouring
Johnson Club Room 0.1 mi Closed
Rink Bar 0.1 mi Closed; now The Rink at Rockefeller Center
Patrick Conway's 0.1 mi Closed; now One Vanderbilt
Mulligan's Pub 0.1 mi Still pouring
Pershing Square (Buzz Bar) 0.1 mi Still pouring
Campbell Apartment 0.1 mi Closed; now The Campbell
Bogart's 0.1 mi Closed; now Park Avenue Tavern
Cipriani 42nd Street 0.2 mi Still pouring