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  • Jumel Terrace Books, Bed and Breakfast, and Ride. 426 West 160th Street, Sugar Hill, Harlem/Washington Heights, New York. Townhouse and Town Car, at your disposal.

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  • Inn Details

    Elegant, erudite, anachronistic, comfortable and convenient Uptown Manhattan style in a historic townhouse directly across the street from the Morris-Jumel Mansion, George Washington’s headquarters for 1776’s Battle of Harlem Heights. At the time Duke Ellington dubbed the house “The Crown of Sugar Hill,” jazz’s aristocracy lived on the elegant blocks surrounding the Mansion’s park. The B&B shares townhouse with Jumel Terrace Books, an antiquarian bookshop specializing Harlem Heights local history from the Revolution through Harlem’s Renaissance to its world renown as the Black Capital of the World.

    Innkeeper Information

    Innkeepers Description:

    Mr and Mrs Thometz have been described as "promiscuously well read." He has been a dealer in books for 36 years, the proprietor of the bookshop on the premises, and the author of Life Turns Man Up and Down: Highlife, Useful Advice & Mad English (Pantheon Books, 2001). She is a bibliophile, couturier, historic gardener, and general purveyor of Southern-style hospitality.

    The innkeepers speak:

    • English


    Number of Cats: 2

    Features

    Type:

    • Private Home Bed and Breakfast

    Property Noted For:

    • Historic District

    • Jazz clubs

    • Literary pleasures

    • Night life

    • al fresco dining

    • Antiques/decor

    • Business travel

    • Economical rates

    • Gay / Lesbian Travel

    • Group events

    • Honeymoons

    • Luxury

    • Nature

    • Peaceful getaway

    • Romantic escape

    • Weddings

    Amenities

    Guest Room:

    • Alarm clock

    • Amenities Basket

    • Bath robes

    • Board games

    • Coffee/Tea facilities

    • Desk

    • Fridge

    • Internet Service

    • Ironing Board

    • Library

    • Microwave

    • Private entrance

    • Satellite/Cable TV

    • TV

    • Wi-Fi

    On Site:

    • BBQ grill

    • CD player

    • Computer

    • Conference Rooms

    • Piano

    • Secretarial services

    • Telephone

    • Washer/dryer

    • Wedding Facilities

    Other Amenities:

    • Library conference room.

    • Private parties catered.

    • Large private garden.

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  • Guest Room

    Suite maximum capacity: 2

    • Beds

      1 Queen

    • Bathroom

      Private Bath

      Bathtub

      Shower

    • Nightly Rate

      (high/low season) $175/$200

    Garden Apartment

    Suite maximum capacity: 3

    • Beds

      1 Double

      1 Twin

    • Bathroom

      Private Bath

      Bathtub

      Shower

    • Nightly Rate

      (high/low season) $250/$300

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    Policy

    Reservation Policy

    • Check in: 11 a.m.    Check out: 11 a.m.

    • Minimum stay: three day weekends

    • Deposit amount required: A 50% Deposit amount required to reserve, the remaining 50% balance is due upon arrival.

    • Cancellations: If cancellation is one week before reservation, 30% of your deposit is refundable. Please be aware that cancellations made with less than 7 days to reservation commencement date are nonrefundable.

    • Open all year round: Y

    General Policies

    • Smoking allowed: Yes

    • Guest pets allowed: Limited

    • Drinking allowed: Yes

    • Drinks available: N

    • Suitable for children: Yes

    • Childcare provided: No

    Discount type

    • Artists, writers, academics.
      Percent off: 10% Days required: 3

  • Breakfast

    • Type: Continental

    • Time Served: your stocked kitchen.

    • Serving location: Library, Breakfast/dining area

    Complimentary Perks

    • Fruit

    • Non-alcoholic Beverages

    Special meal options

    • Catered parties.

    Additional food services

    • Catered dinner parties.

    • Catered lunches.

    • Cocktail parties.

    • Musicians for hire.

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  • Location Type

    • Harlem

    • Jumel Terrace Historic District

    • Manhattan

    • New York City

    • Sugar Hill

    • Washington Heights

    City

    • Directions to property:
      Half an hour ride from mid-town Manhattan over the following routes: By Car - Up St. Nicholas Avenue to 160th Street, turn right one block or down Broadway to 160th, turn left to between St. Nicholas and Edgecombe Avenues. By Madison Ave. Bus - M2 to 160nd St & Edgecombe Avenue, M3 to 160th & St. Nicholas Avenue. By Subway - IND 8th Ave - A train to Harlem, Local, C train to 163rd St. Station, use south exit at 161st St. and walk one block south and one half block east. By I.R.T. Subway - Broadway 7th Ave. line (1) to 155th St. Station. Walk north to 160th St., then 2 blocks east.

    Airport

    • New York, NY (LGA-LaGuardia) 9 miles

    • Directions to property:
      Grand Central Parkway to Triborough Bridge, exit to 125th Street. Cross Harlem. Turn Right on St. Nicholas Avenue. Right on 160th Street.

    Area Attractions

    • Art Galleries

    • Concert venue

    • Gourmet/Fine Dining

    • Historical interests

    • Live Music

    • Museum

    • Schomburg Center for Black Culture

    • Yankee Stadium

    • Morris-Jumel Mansion

    • Columbia Presbyterian Hospital

    • City College of New York

    • Columbia University

    • Performing Theater

    • River

    • Baseball

    • Night clubbing

    • Jazz

    • Museums

    • Shopping

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    Amazing historical place to stay

    About the reviewer

    • Between 26-35 years old

    • Stays at B&Bs once a year

    • Typically stays in moderate lodging

    • Was travelling for an event

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    This is a place that offers lots of historical information about the neighborhood or "washington height" if it is right word to call it. The innkeeper is very knowledgeable about the history and art. The place is more like visiting a friend other than staying at hotels. If this is what you would like to experience in upper Manhattan, definitely stay here!

    Rest for the Weary

    About the reviewer

    • 55+ years old

    • Almost never stays at B&Bs

    • Typically stays in moderate lodging

    • Was travelling on business

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    My wife and I stayed at Jumel Terrace for three nights after returning from an extended tour of Germany, France and England. Jumel Terrace offered us a most welcome respite from the hurly-burly of our travels. The rooms are incredibly cool and restful. The garden provided a most delightful quiet and calming space. At the same time Kurt Thometz offered a bonus beyond compare. In addition to providing a wealth of information about the history and culture of the region, Kurt offered wonderful suggestions for local restaurants and cultural experiences that would have been unavailable without his direction. I highly and unequivocally recommend Jumel Terrace for anyone looking for unique New York City experience.

    Fully Enjoyed My Visit to Jumel Terrace B&B

    About the reviewer

    • Between 26-35 years old

    • Stays at B&Bs twice a year

    • Typically stays in luxury lodging

    • Was travelling on business

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    I stayed with Kurt and Camilla for a week in May, and I was pleasantly surprised when Kurt offered me the apartment instead of the room I had booked. It was private, clean, well-stocked... it even had a lovely view to the Thometz' garden! It was indeed more than I could have asked for! I quite enjoyed the time I spent chatting with Kurt in his amazing neighborhood book shop, which is adjacent to the apartment. I was also welcomed to browse his many collections of books. If you are looking for a place with character and innkeeps with charisma, Jumel Terrace is definitely an excellent choice. I would recommend it to anyone, especially those who want to know more about Harlem/NYC history. What a charming place, run by absolutely lovely folks. I look forward to my next visit!

    quel charme!

    About the reviewer

    • Between 36-45 years old

    • First time staying at a B&B

    • Typically stays in moderate lodging

    • Was travelling on vacation

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    Après 3 jours avec 3 enfants dans Manhattan quel bonheur de se sentir au calme! we have found here something indescriptible, at first a so charming place and then the feeling to be with friends, sure you can stay here and touch an other face of new-york...

    The Heart of Harlem we will return to

    About the reviewer

    • Between 45-55 years old

    • Stays at B&Bs twice a year

    • Typically stays in moderate lodging

    • Was travelling on vacation

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    Kurt’s Harlem brownstone accommodation is simply spell binding, but for those who value culture and history it comes with a bonus – Kurt himself. From the moment he said “Hi I’m Kurt - well not very” this warm and immensely knowledgeable academic and unlikely travellers’ host made us feel immediately at home. His bookshop home and its environs are very much the heart of Harlem endorsed by the big names who had lived ‘on the block’ “ the Duke (Ellington) Paul Robson, and others, and the mansion across the street - the oldest house in Manhattan”, even stories of the long gone bad old days of Harlem added to the ambience. The lovely self-contained apartment behind the bookshop is decorated with elegant period furniture and looks out over a charming garden. Walking through the bookshop with its exotic objects and handpicked books on art, music, racial history just added character. Our shared interest in music and painting soon got us talking and it turned out that every big name that we’d seen in concert seemed to be either a friend or a client of our host whilst his artist friends read like a Guggenheim catalogue. His immense knowledge and compassionate personality made us feel that we had found a genial, hospitable and highly amusing friend whose accommodation we would return to at the earliest opportunity. But for all our discussions Kurt never imposed himself. We had to seek him out in his upstairs studio/library and then his easy personality would seep through the conversation drawing us into his cultural landscape and we’d listen in awe. Compared to a similar priced hotel where you might be in any city in the world for us Kurt’s apartment was New York. B & E St. Julian-Bown October 2009

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