Hotels in NYC?

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I had an email with a hotel deal and was considering booking a few days in early April, with the idea that if my workplace comes through and pays for me to go to a conference I'd get my stay reimbursed. if not, I just use it for my own vacation

but the prices went up to the point where I'm not going to do that. crossing my fingers for the conference!

the *conference rate* for the recommended hotel is $329/night lol

In Orbit - yes i'm baffled/amazed at the number of Euro tourists too! It's like there was a really popular German TV show set in Bed Stuy and they're making a pilgrimage or something.
But I would recommend it Tracer!

heeey I'm going to that conference! going to probably get one of the day-of deals on fri/say after it (and will be back here looking for ideas), but will be staying at the conference hotel the rest of the week

now to seek out our most recent nyc area meetup thread...

In Orbit - yes i'm baffled/amazed at the number of Euro tourists too! It's like there was a really popular German TV show set in Bed Stuy and they're making a pilgrimage or something.
But I would recommend it Tracer!

― Priory, Tuesday, February 12, 2019 7:45 PM (one month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I'm traveling to a few other cities soon and I've been agonizing over where to stay, what neighborhood, hotel v Air bnb, etc, and now when I walk through the streets of New York I'm like, you know, I don't blame people for wanting to stay in Bed-Stuy for the same reasons that I love living there--it's quiet, it's scenic, it's on a good train line. And these days there are plenty of coffee shops and restaurants and boutiques and local businesses to enjoy.

mh, give me your dates and I'll see what I can free up! I go out of town a lot now but let's see.

I'm in town April 1 - 7, with activities on the 2nd through 5th. I'm guessing I'll be free evenings on the 3rd/4th/5th and just bumming around town until my flight leaves the evening of the 7th

oh yeah, the relevant detail: I'll be staying in Chelsea. Probably the opposite side of the world for most people around the area, but.. when work's footing the bill..

in orbit, you are still in the same house that you have been in for like over 5-6 years? ground floor? I think I have been there once. It is very pleasant.

Second floor but otherwise yes! Eight and a half years now iirc. You could come over again, I'll be home this weekend and I think next weekend too.

Oh but when I used to throw myself birthday parties my downstairs neighbor would let me use her apartment because it has access to the patio. Maybe that's what you're thinking of?

ha, i won't be back in town until June. But maybe I can actually motivate to see a bunch of people when the weather is nice and shit.

xpost YES, I remember hanging out in a kitchen downstairs.

Love staying at the Jane, with one exception it’s the only place I’ve stayed when taking myself to New York. Thinking about hotels today for no evident reason. Maybe I’ll travel again someday! What a concept.

any good new options or suggestions? looking at coming up with the 13-year-old, so need two beds. going to be doing a bunch of tourist shit but staying right in downtown manhattan seems potentially overwhelming. should i be looking in the village? chelsea? brooklyn? i realize these are annoying questions but i am dumb about nyc, sorry

the jane looks really cool but the rooms are so small and it looks like all their public spaces are under renovation. also wonder if the teen could deal with communal bathrooms lol.

if you can find a generic business hotel in the financial district in your budget then that is what I usually recommend, good transit links and if you're coming at the weekend then it's relatively quiet and cheap. hotels further north in Manhattan tend to cost more, and midtown is a bit intense.

the Hampton inn downtown Brooklyn is reliable and fine with kids if you just need somewhere to sleep and eat breakfast and get on the subway. otherwise the downtown Brooklyn hotels are on the expensive side. bizarrely more expensive than the equivalent hotel in Manhattan.

I've stayed at the Evelyn (was the Gershwin) in nomad. not an especially pretty neighborhood, but fine and may be more conveniently located than the financial district. a bit more expensive than the jane.

also the app hotel tonight is good, although they don't make it easy to find double rooms.

We stayed at the Hampton Inn in Chelsea last year when we took our 12 year-old to NYC. Picked that one because it was halfway between Financial District (where my wife had to work a couple days) and all the touristy shit we wanted to do. Worked perfectly for a place to sleep and grab a quick breakfast in the morning before heading out for the day.

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

― na (NA), Wednesday, February 7, 2024 1:37 PM

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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