Accessibility & ADA Conformance
The Evelyn HotelDate: 11/12/2018
Our goal is to provide a welcoming experience to all who visit our website. This means everyone. Our mission is to make it as easy as possible for all people including those with hearing, vision, or any other disability to learn about The Evelyn Hotel. If you have difficulty learning about us, we invite you to contact us via telephone or email and our friendly staff will gladly assist you. (212) 453-4040
EvelynRes@triumphhotels.com
7 East 27th Street, New York City, New York 10016
We work very hard to provide an easy-to-use online experience for all our visitors. We believe all of our website visitors should be able to easily research online at 7 East 27th Street, New York City, New York 10016 regardless of device type or the need for assistive technology like screen readers, font magnification, translation or voice recognition software. To ensure this, The Evelyn Hotel is committed to compliance with Level AA success criteria of the Website Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 (WCAG 2.1), an international standard measure of accessibility success. Our website and digital marketing have been developed with careful consideration of these guidelines and is continuously being enhanced to make our technology more accessible and user-friendly. We have tested our website to ensure that we meet or exceed Level AA of the WCAG 2.1 Standard. If you have any questions or would like to report any issues related to the accessibility features of our website, please contact us at EvelynRes@triumphhotels.com. 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: 01/01/2021; 12/01/2020; 11/03/2020; 10/01/2020; 09/01/2020; 08/01/2020; 07/02/2020; 06/01/2020; 05/03/2020; 03/01/2020; 02/25/2020; 02/01/2020; 01/03/2020; 01/01/2020; 12/11/2019; 12/04/2019; 11/06/2019; 10/01/2019; 09/13/2019; 09/01/2019; 08/05/2019; 08/01/2019; 07/05/2019; 07/04/2019; 07/02/2019; 06/02/2019; 05/03/2019; 04/04/2019; 03/05/2019; 02/04/2019; 01/02/2019; 12/05/2018; 11/13/2018; 11/12/2018 EvelynRes@triumphhotels.com
7 East 27th Street, New York City, New York 10016
Browser Help
Optimize the way you view your web browser. If you have difficulty in reading the website on your screen, you may be able to change the settings on your browser to help you improve readability and visibility of each webpage: Learn about the Accessibility features of these major Internet Browsers below:- Mozilla Firefox : Click Here for Mozilla Firefox Accessibility Features
- Google Chrome : Click Here for Google Accessibility Features
- Internet Explorer : Click Here for Microsoft Internet Explorer Ease of Access Options
- Apple Safari: Click Here for Apple Accessibility Support
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.theevelyn.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 Evelyn Hotel is pleased to highlight our ADA Amenities and Services:
Entrance
- Flat entrance from street to lobby
Front Desk
- Accessible check-in process
Elevator
- Accessible elevator for all floors
- Elevator has braille - designating floors
Guestrooms
ADA rooms have the following:
- Outward swinging bathroom door
- Accessible light switches
- Wheelchair accessible bathrooms
- Roll-in shower
- Shower bench
- Adjustable shower head and wand
- Accessible sink
- Elevated toilet seat
- Grab bars in shower and around toilet
- Accessible safes
- Adjustable closet rods
ADA compliant guest room deluxe kits available that include:
- TTY phones
- Telephone amplifier
- Bed shaker for alarm clock
- Portable smoke detector
- Doorbell that flashes a light when activated
For more information on our accessible rooms please call 1-(212) 545-8000