Ritz-Carlton Hotel (New York)

The Ritz-Carlton Hotel was a luxury hotel in New York City, owned by the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company. It was located at 46th Street and Madison Avenue in Manhattan.

The Ritz-Carlton Investing Company was established by Albert Keller, who bought and franchised the name in the United States. The New York hotel opened in 1911; it was the first Ritz-Carlton Hotel in the U.S.Louis Diat ran the kitchens and is believed to have invented the modern vichyssoise there.

In 1911, the Ritz-Carlton Company announced its intention to expand the hotel, adding 100 rooms, a 300-seat banquet hall, ballroom, and private dining rooms, all on the 46th street side.

The New York hotel was demolished in 1951, leaving only the Boston location.

In 1982, Blakely licensed the Ritz-Carlton name to hotelier John B. Coleman for two hotels he was renovating, The Fairfax in Washington, D.C. and the Navarro in New York City. Coleman renamed them the Ritz-Carlton Washington D.C. and the Ritz-Carlton New York in April 1982. The two hotels eventually joined the modern chain that would be founded a few years later.

In 1999 Ritz-Carlton acquired the former Hotel St. Moritz in New York City, reestablishing a presence in New York for the first time since the 1951 demolition of their previous building. It was planned to be renovated to become the Ritz-Carlton's flagship hotel.

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