Hotel Edison
Date: 7/16/2019
At Hotel Edison we are committed to providing an excellent online experience for all our guests, including those with mobility, hearing, and vision limitations. To ensure this, Hotel Edison strives to substantially conform with Level AA success criteria of the Website Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1. Our website is designed, developed, and maintained in accordance with these guidelines, including regular testing. If you have any difficulty, questions, or would like to report any issues related to the accessibility of our website, contact us at edisonres@triumphhotels.com or (212) 453-4026. You can learn more about W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) HERE Additionally, the entire site was tested using WAVE Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool, created by WebAIM.org, a third-party authority in web accessibility. The site is tested periodically to ensure any added or edited content conforms with the latest accessibility guidelines, as reported by the WAVE tool. Subsequent reports were run on: 03/01/2021; 02/01/2021; 01/01/2021; 12/01/2020; 11/03/2020; 10/01/2020; 09/03/2020; 09/01/2020; 08/01/2020; 07/20/2020; 07/06/2020; 07/02/2020; 06/02/2020; 05/03/2020; 04/03/2020; 03/01/2020; 02/24/2020; 02/01/2020; 01/03/2020; 01/01/2020; 12/04/2019; 11/22/2019; 11/12/2019; 11/06/2019; 10/01/2019; 09/16/2019; 09/01/2019; 08/01/2019; 07/30/2019; 07/16/2019
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Website Accessibility Features
This website is designed to be fully accessible to all and is designed according to W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 and conforms to most priority checkpoints which entail some of the following elements:Navigation Shortcuts
Our website can be navigated by using the tab key to traverse the elements of each page and by using the enter key to activate a highlighted link.Structured, Semantic Markup
HTML heading tags are used to convey the document structure. Navigation menus are tagged as HTML maps so that the menu title can be read out, and the menu items are presented as a group. Please see our Site Map for easy navigation at: https://www.edisonhotelnyc.com/site-mapImages Visibility
All content images include descriptive ALT attributes and all purely decorative graphics include null ALT attributes.Standards Compliance
The site is designed to conform to Level AA compliance as specified by the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. All pages validate as XHTML 1.0 and use structured semantic markup.Accessibility References
- Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, which explains the reasons behind each guideline.
- Section 508, Information and news about the accessibility standards introduced by Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act.
Accessibility Software and Services
The following tools and services are available for free to assist you with viewing and interacting with our website:- Click Here for HTML Validator, a free service for checking that web pages conform to published HTML standards.
The Edison is pleased to outline our Accessible features and services:
Entrances:
- 47th street hotel entrance is flat from street to main entrance lobby.
- The 47th street main entrance is equipped with accessible wheelchair automatic outward swinging doors controlled by an automatic push button device. Two control push buttons are located at the interior of the main doors. (47th street side).One control push button is located in between both doors leading to the entrances. One control push button device is located at the 47th exterior of the main doors.
- The 46th street hotel entrance is flat from street to main entrance lobby.
- The Edison Hotel 46th street main entrance is equipped with accessible wheelchair motion detector doors.
- The 46th street entrance is equipped with wheelchair accessible incline concrete slope leading to main lobby and elevators.
- Hotel Edison has two restaurants. Both entrances are flat from street to main entrance lobby.
- Friedman's restaurant main entrance is located on the exterior of 47th street. The main entrance is equipped with wheelchair accessible double access doors.
- Bond 45 restaurant is equipped with a wheelchair accessible door entrance. In addition, Bond 45 has an accessible elevator leading to the restaurants lower level, restrooms, main restaurant floor, and hotel lobby and street.
Hotel Lobby:
Front Desk:
- Accessible check-in process
- FDNY List of ADA guest names occupying Accessible rooms intended for emergency evacuation
Lobby bathrooms:
- Outward swinging bathroom door
- Accessible light switches
- Wheelchair accessible bathrooms
- Accessible sink
- Accessible toilet
- Accessible urinal
- Elevated toilet seat
- Grab bars in around toilet
Elevators:
- Accessible elevator for all floors
- Elevator has braille - designating floors
- Hand Railing grab bars
- Accessible emergency pull button
- Accessible intercom
- Accessible alarm button
Guestrooms:
- Outward swinging bathroom door
- Accessible light switches
- Wheelchair accessible bathrooms
- Accessible Shower chairs
- Adjustable shower head and wand
- Accessible sink
- Accessible toilet
- Elevated toilet seat
- Grab bars in shower and around toilet
- Accessible safes
Accessible guest room deluxe kits available that include:
- Telephone direct emergency to call 911
- Portable smoke detector / strobe light
For more information on our accessible rooms please call 1-(212) 840-5000.