Where to Stay Near Citi Field

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Citi Field doesn’t have a hotel you can walk to from the gates. The park sits on the edge of Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens, with the team parking lots all around it, so there’s no row of hotels across the street the way some parks have. That sounds like a problem and it isn’t, because the 7 train drops you right at the Rotunda. So decide what kind of trip you want, either a New York trip with the Mets in it or a base a few minutes from the park.

If your trip is as much about the city as the game, stay in Manhattan near a 7-train stop and ride straight to the gates. A hotel near Times Square, Bryant Park, Hudson Yards, or Grand Central puts you on a one-seat or near-one-seat ride to the park. If you’d rather be close to the park and skip the city, the Flushing cluster a few minutes away gets you near the gates: the Parc Hotel with its rooftop bar and skyline views, the Renaissance New York Flushing at Tangram attached to the Tangram mall, or the Hyatt Place Flushing / LaGuardia. And if you’re flying in and out for a game or two, a full-service LaGuardia hotel works, with the Q90 bus running from the airport to Citi Field.

Nightly rates climb fast during the Subway Series and big New York events, so book those dates well ahead. The walking and ride times below are approximate, so check the route and the rate on the hotel’s own site.

Manhattan or near the park

A lot of parks make you choose between a room near the gates and a room near everything else. Citi Field is different, because there’s nothing right at the gates to choose, so pick based on what kind of trip you want. The park is transit-first, the 7 train and the LIRR both stop at Mets-Willets Point steps from the Jackie Robinson Rotunda, and that’s what makes a Manhattan hotel work as well as a hotel near the park.

So there’s no “walkable hotel” tier here the way there is at a downtown park. Instead there are two ways to do it, and the right one depends on the trip. You can find more about the 7 train, the LIRR, rideshare, and parking in our Getting There section.

Manhattan via the 7 train

This is for the fan whose trip is as much about New York as it is about the Mets. Stay near a 7-train stop in Manhattan and you get a one-seat or near-one-seat ride to the park. The 7 runs across Midtown, so the stops worth booking near are Times Square, Fifth Avenue / Bryant Park, Hudson Yards, and Grand Central. Pick a hotel near one of those, and the game is one train ride away, with the whole city at your door for the rest of the trip.

For recognizable names in that corridor, two easy choices are the New York Marriott Marquis in the heart of Times Square, a full-service base a short walk from the 7 at Times Square-42nd Street, and the Westin New York at Times Square a couple of blocks away. Both are reliable, full-service, and put you on the train to the park without a transfer.

You’ll pay Manhattan rates, and the ride is twenty to thirty minutes each way instead of a walk. If you want the city and the game in one trip, though, the ride is part of the fun.

The Flushing cluster

This one is for the fan who wants to be close to the park and skip the city. A few minutes from Citi Field, in Flushing, there’s a small cluster of modern hotels that put you near one of the best food neighborhoods in New York and a short ride from the gates.

The standout is the Parc Hotel, a modern Flushing hotel with a rooftop bar and skyline and stadium views, the closest thing to a destination-feel room near the park. For a full-service base, the Renaissance New York Flushing at Tangram is attached to the Tangram mall, so the dining and shopping are downstairs. And the Hyatt Place Flushing / LaGuardia Airport is the reliable mid-range pick in the cluster, brand-loyalty applicable if you’re on World of Hyatt. All three sit near Flushing’s Main Street food scene, a short ride or a couple of stops on the 7 from the park.

The main reason to stay here is being close. You’re minutes from first pitch, you’re next to a full meal in Flushing instead of hunting for one at the gates, and you skip the Manhattan rates.

The LaGuardia fly-in

For a fly-in-fly-out trip, a LaGuardia airport hotel is the easy choice. A recognizable name in that cluster is the New York LaGuardia Airport Marriott, a dependable full-service hotel.

This is the simplest version of the trip. You land, drop your bag, and ride over to the park, without building the stay around the subway map. For a fan flying in for a quick Mets visit, it’s the no-fuss option.

On the horizon

Down the road, a Hard Rock hotel is part of Metropolitan Park, the big redevelopment going up on the Citi Field parking lots, which would eventually put a hotel right at the park. It’s years out, targeted around 2030, so it’s context for a future trip, not something you can book now.

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