The 30 Best Hotel Openings of 2021

Roosevelt Island, one of New York’s sleepier enclaves, has emerged as a coveted destination, thanks to the arrival of the Graduate Roosevelt Island. The 224-key hotel, from AJ Capital Partners, Stonehill Taylor, and Snøhetta, is found on the budding Cornell Tech campus, where guests are welcomed by a towering iteration of Hebru Brantley’s Flyboy sculpture at the reception desk and a lobby stuffed with shelves of recycled textbooks. On the roof, the Panorama Room, designed by New York firm Parts and Labor Design, invites guests to take in sweeping views of the Queensboro Bridge and Manhattan surrounded by marble and velvet. Photo by Steve Freihon