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.
― Yerac, Wednesday, 13 March 2019 21:16 (five years ago) link
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.
― There's more Italy than necessary. (in orbit), Wednesday, 13 March 2019 21:20 (five years ago) link
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?
― There's more Italy than necessary. (in orbit), Wednesday, 13 March 2019 21:21 (five years ago) link
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.
― Yerac, Wednesday, 13 March 2019 21:21 (five years ago) link
xpost YES, I remember hanging out in a kitchen downstairs.
― Yerac, Wednesday, 13 March 2019 21:22 (five years ago) link
Love staying at the Jane, with one exception itβs the only place Iβve stayed when taking myself to New York. Thinking about hotels today for no evident reason. Maybe Iβll travel again someday! What a concept.
― Canon in Deez (silby), Saturday, 13 February 2021 19:17 (three years ago) link
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
― na (NA), Wednesday, 7 February 2024 18:04 (one month ago) link
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.
― na (NA), Wednesday, 7 February 2024 18:05 (one month ago) link
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.
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Wednesday, 7 February 2024 18:16 (one month ago) link
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.
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Wednesday, 7 February 2024 18:19 (one month ago) link
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.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 7 February 2024 18:20 (one month ago) link
Hampton inn (as a chain) will also guarantee connecting rooms if you request those at booking, which is why we often end up there.
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Wednesday, 7 February 2024 18:22 (one month ago) link
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 itβs ur kidsβ first time in the city. Concrete bunghole and whatnot
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 7 February 2024 18:33 (one month ago) link
thanks all! i was also looking at the hotel indigo in brooklyn as it's right next to the L line
― na (NA), Wednesday, 7 February 2024 18:37 (one month ago) link
If i may w-bug is not that great a visit these days in terms of⦠hipness? Idk williamsburg is a drag
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 7 February 2024 18:46 (one month ago) link
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.
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 7 February 2024 18:47 (one month ago) link
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.
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Wednesday, 7 February 2024 20:04 (one month ago) link
β na (NA), Wednesday, February 7, 2024 1:37 PM
some friends of friends stayed there recently and they did not like it iirc
― (β’Μͺβ) (carne asada), Wednesday, 7 February 2024 20:22 (one month ago) link
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
― Ι₯Ι― οΈ΅ (Β°β‘Β°) (mh), Wednesday, 7 February 2024 20:47 (one month ago) link
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.
― henry s, Wednesday, 7 February 2024 21:32 (one month ago) link
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.
― paisley got boring (Eazy), Wednesday, 7 February 2024 22:02 (one month ago) link
Stayed here this past summer, thought it was good and very um contemporary Brooklyn. Same group owns other Brooklyn hotelshttps://theboxhousehotel.com/"> https://theboxhousehotel.com/
― buzza, Thursday, 8 February 2024 02:35 (one month ago) link