Hotels in NYC?

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New York City: Hotel Riverview: "The place is a dump - AVOID!"
September 23, 2004: A TripAdvisor Member, Washington, DC

The place is a dump. The rooms are tiny (about the size of a closet), don't have AC, and the TVs rarely get proper reception. The shared showers / toilets are filthy, and the staff is rude. Aside from being a rundown hangout for transvestite prostitutes and drug users, it is also used as an S.R.O. hotel by the city to place homeless people. There is little security, no room service, and a rarely working elevator. Safety and health are questionable. AVOID THIS HOTEL! Just pay an extra 20 bucks a night for a real hotel, it will be worth it.

(I live here)

It's dirty but it's cheap.

http://nymag.com/travel/features/34731/

BTW if you don't want the luxury of the Hyatt, there's a cheaper hotel in Jersey City - I think the Marriott Courtyard, that's spitting distance from the Pavonia PATH train (the one right across the water from NYC)

Actually, it might not be cheaper.

the prices in that article are not accurate.

i can't remember the name of the place i stayed last time i stayed in manhattan, it was fairly cheap, had my own bathroom and was within walking distance of the bowery ballroom.

i still say priceline is best bet cause you choose stars in addition to price. i once got a nice room at hilton for like $100 during a holiday weekend.

i did that with hotwire once and was stuck down in the financial district!

from what i've heard anecdotally, priceline might get you a good deal in some pretty good hotels, but they usually stick you in their least attractive rooms

also, it's not uncommon to find cheap hotel rooms in big cities over summer or winter weekends when locals go out of town

through the hotel itself

yikes! priceline lets you pick neighborhood(s), which can be helpful but you have to pay attn to the boundaries of the neighborhoods you choose (my mom got a hotel by the u.n. once when she picked "midtown east" which i know isn't THAT far a walk from trains, but she does not know the city, gets nervous, etc.).

why would locals affect hotels? they're not staying in them!

they don't, necessarily, but they're indicators of how attractive the destination is at that particular time

comparatively-speaking

yeah my hotel was supposedly in "soho"!! it was down like on wall st! v strange :\

that's totally subjective, though... i think in general ppl want to get away for the weekend, whether that means a city person going to a nice b&b in the country or a suburbanite visiting the 'big city' for their long weekend. i don't think that says anything about how attractive the destination itself is, just who's going to be there. i.e., when the locals get out the tourists come in, but don't they usually call that a peak time and jack UP the price?

that was an xp i did not mean the definition of soho was subjective ;)

hahhahaha i was gonna say...next yr gonna be claiming jersey city as part of soho...

yes and i also live in the e. village lol

my mom got a hotel by the u.n. once when she picked "midtown east"

well that's technically correct unless they want to get down to the "tudor city" level of specificity

yes, it is correct. i didn't say it wasn't, but when someone from out of town thinks 'midtown' they forget the outer avenues because they're not really familiar with the area and are thinking of midtown east as grand central, etc. hence, checking the map first before selecting neighborhood so you realize/remind yourself that you may not be 1 block from 'everything' when you pick midtown.

Hotel 31! Bargain, and where I'm staying again later this summer.

Also, the Chelsea Star near MSG. When I stayed almost a couple of years ago they were undergoing fitting new apartment rooms. They let me stay in one of them at no extra cost, cheap as anything.

kevin, you were maybe at the off soho suites...?

ok ok so i need a double with like an extra sofabed kind of thing (3 grown women). 300 range. for oct 6. how do i make this happen?

Wow, I stayed at the Sohotel on Broome St. in 2003 for about $100/night in 2003, and now it's $200+ a night on average!? Anyway, I kinda liked it.

http://nymag.com/travel/features/34731/

^does someone know where this article went?

was it this one?

http://nymag.com/urban/guides/nyonthecheap/travel/hotels.htm

thanks

My in-laws are coming to NY for a week in late September and RS and I will be joining them for part of that time. Since there will be 5 of us total and for a whole week I was wondering if a week long apt rental might be the most economical option. Does anyone know anything about this type of thing and have any recs?

BUMP

Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

second home on second avenue, maybe. it's a very small b&b kind of place in the east village. they have a couple of suite-type rooms that sleep 2-5 people, and prices are supposed to be very reasonable.

i don't have any specific recs for apartment-letting services, although there are a quite a few of them according to google.

People put apartments to sublet on craigslist all the time!

also, a lot of the agencies put their sublets on craigslist as well as their own sites.

with parents involved, i think i'd feel a bit better going through an agency and having an office to contact in case anything goes wrong. plus you don't have to worry about an illegal sublet.

yeah, or some weirdo dropping in on you

http://www.newyorkology.com/archives/2008/09/ill_take_new_yo.php
http://www.newyorkology.com/archives/2008/09/38anight_hostel.php

ymca in great neck: $57

HOTEL 17!!!!

That was the name of the place I was trying to remember.

my parents are coming and would like to stay in a bed and breakfast, in brooklyn. they don't want to spend mad $$$ but are also not totally poor. anyone know of any good ones? i found a few (one they are most interested in is down the street from dmr!), but i guess you can never tell with these things based on websites.

rip gabbneb

O_o

teh gab gave me some nice seattle tips

does anyone know about union square inn? my parents made a res there and they are not super fancy needy or anything but they also want me to go check it out to make sure it's ok. but i keep forgetting/running out of town. now i don't want to go to manhattan for the rest of the weekend.

i know nothing about new york, but if you want leonard cohen to write a song about the time you sucked him off, it'll have to be the chelsea
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lol

Hampton inn (as a chain) will also guarantee connecting rooms if you request those at booking, which is why we often end up there.

There are buckets of new hotels in bk from the ace at the high end to the Even (???) at the low end; close to the blue green red n orange lines so u can get to whatever side of manhattan u want.

There is something to staying in a midtown hotel if it’s ur kids’ first time in the city. Concrete bunghole and whatnot

thanks all! i was also looking at the hotel indigo in brooklyn as it's right next to the L line

If i may w-bug is not that great a visit these days in terms of… hipness? Idk williamsburg is a drag

Also ur marrying urself to the L train (or g to the e/m) which may not be operating in a reliable way

There's an Air B&B hotel (it's a hotel, but all bookings are handled by Air B&B) in the Lower East Side called "Untitled at 3 Freeman Alley" that's actually very reasonably priced. It's about a two block walk away from the 2nd Ave. station on the F.

everyone who lives here recommends staying in hotels in Brooklyn to save money, which makes sense, but I don't know if they realize that downtown brooklyn/williamsburg hotels are no cheaper and often more expensive than the Manhattan equivalents.

thanks all! i was also looking at the hotel indigo in brooklyn as it's right next to the L line

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some friends of friends stayed there recently and they did not like it iirc

eh, I haven't been since 2019 but unless you're doing something late night/early morning and don't want to limp back to a hotel, staying in Manhattan and bouncing over to Brooklyn for the day wasn't that inconvenient

Not cheap (but not uber-expensive either) is the Maritime Hotel. Good location (Meatpacking District, w. 16th St.), cozy lobby to lounge in plus neat round windows in each room.

The Andaz Bryant Park, across the street from the NY Public Library, may be pricier but would be a good home base and is a really cool hotel.

Archer and The Refinery are also both in the garment district (just south of Times Square), so you have the midtown home base for getting around but on streets that aren't hectic.

Doubletree Financial District was totally fine, reasonably priced.

Stayed here this past summer, thought it was good and very um contemporary Brooklyn. Same group owns other Brooklyn hotels
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