Freehand Hotel

About Freehand Hotel

Freehand Hotel sits in Manhattan’s Flatiron District, a short walk from Madison Square Park. The building opened as the George Washington Hotel in 1928 and later reopened under the Freehand name in 2016, keeping its early-20th-century bones while shifting its use toward hospitality and nightlife. For cultural calendars, it registers through its in-house bar and lounge programming, which leans toward DJ nights, small listening sessions, and art-forward gatherings tied to New York’s club and gallery circuits. It reads less like a formal venue than a crossroads where tourists, locals, and late-night regulars briefly share the same room.