What is the name of the hotel where Holden stays in New York?

Holden stays at the Edmont Hotel when he arrives in New York. The hotel is portrayed as a shabby, unsettling place where Holden observes strangers behaving in ways he finds disturbing, including guests in rooms across from his window.

The Edmont becomes the setting for several important episodes in the novel. Holden spends time in its nightclub, dances with Bernice Krebs, and later returns to his room after visiting Ernie’s jazz club. The hotel’s atmosphere mirrors his emotional state: he is physically surrounded by people but increasingly lonely, confused, and disconnected.

The Edmont is also where Holden encounters Maurice, the elevator operator who works as a pimp, and Sunny, the prostitute Maurice sends to Holden’s room. That encounter ends in a confrontation and robbery after Holden refuses to pay Sunny’s additional demand. Readers sometimes confuse the Edmont with famous New York hotels such as the Plaza or Waldorf Astoria, but those are not the hotel Holden rents in Salinger’s story.