Don’t let the name fool you. This rooftop terrace/lounge located in The Library boutique hotel is more about the old money scholarly ambience than actual books and papers.

Bookmarks features a “writer’s den” and a “poetry garden”, where patrons can sip American literary cocktail concoctions such as the Great Gatsby and Capote.


If you want to be close to literary heroines, 18th century adventures, and great American bestsellers, The New York Public Library is really just walking-distance.