Free breakfast and wine near metropolitan museum of art upper east side the franklin hotel is located in manhattans upper east side neighborhood 3 blocks from central park and neue galerie new york a cab can take you to hunter college in 6 minutes and a 12 minute ride will place you at rockefeller center in midtown museum mile madison ave the museum mile 3 blocks away is home to the iconic metropolitan museum of art and solomon r guggenheim museum and there youll find pedestrian paths