<p>So…D and I are going to NYC to look at schools over the weekend of 10/15. I have for years been lucky enough to have a place to stay in Manhattan…but alas, no more. Does anyone have suggestions of less expensive hotels? (We’re mainly looking at Fordham, Lincoln Center so it would be nice to be nearby but not at all essential.)</p>
<p>Sorry I don’t have any tips on where to stay, but this might make you feel better while you’re looking:</p>
<p>[Ella</a> & Louis - Autumn in New York (HD) - YouTube](<a href=“Ella & Louis - Autumn in New York (HD) - YouTube”>Ella & Louis - Autumn in New York (HD) - YouTube)</p>
<p>DS and I recently returned from a trip to the East Coast with 4 days in NYC. I looked extensively at lower-priced hotels in the Upper West Side. Two that I found were the Belnord and the Milburn. I didn’t stay in either one, but they looked decent and are close to the area you will be visiting.</p>
<p>When I asked for information on this site someone had also mentioned the Beacon in the same area, but that seems to be perennially booked. Another person suggested the Washington Square Hotel in Greenwich Village, which is in a great neighborhood, and it would be quick and easy to take the subway to Columbus Circle or Lincoln Center. I wish I would have stayed there, as the neighborhood is so fun and lively. </p>
<p>We did stay at the Westside YMCA (63rd and Central Park), which is 1 block from Lincoln Center and Fordham, 2 blocks from Columbus Circle, and across the street from Central Park. This is the place if you really want to save money and don’t mind sharing bathroom facilities with young backpacker types. You can get a tiny bunkbed room for $125/night, and each floor has about 10 private bathroom/showers. (Make sure you get the superior room, not the cheaper one) The room was very clean, the bathrooms were clean or not, depending on what time of day you used it. We were gone from 9:00am-11:00pm, so didn’t really mind the place, though I would stop short of recommending it to the general tourist; only if you know what you are getting into. If you have ever done any traveling in hostels, that is what it is similar to, but unfortunately they don’t have a common room, the very best part of hostels. It did save us lots of money to do other things, though, and the location is great.</p>
<p>Another thing to try is Hotwire or Priceline; you may be able to get a good deal if you don’t mind sharing a bed. I couldn’t use it for this reason, but it is nice because you can pick a general area and hotel star rating. </p>
<p>You may know about this already, but if you plan on going to any type of shows or museums, check out hifive.org or studentrush.org for tickets. Just make sure your D brings her student ID. Someone on this site was nice enough to share this information with me, and we saw some great shows for amazing prices.</p>
<p>Have fun!</p>
<p>If you don’t want to stay in hostels, you can try for a more formal hotel in the boroughs, in spots close to subway lines that offer you connections to go to the upper west side. For example, there are many hotels that are much more affordable in Flushing, which is popular for overnight layover guests from La Guardia, and you can take the 7 straight into Times Square not to mention go out for a dinner at night at any number of authentic ethnic restaurants. After a a long day in touristville Manhattan, it may be nice to retreat at night to more local restaurants next to the hotel.</p>
<p>If you are willing to share a bath, check out Hotel 17, which has availability on those dates as of right now. I haven’t stayed there, but my kid has and thought it was okay. It’s a good neighborhood, though not that convenient for you.</p>
<p>i often stay over in jersey city–a hyatt, i think. reasonable, clean and just a 1.75 ride on the path to wtc.</p>
<p>great suggestions, everyone-- thank you so much! I will research all and find something good, I’m sure!</p>
<p>I recently went to NYC, and stayed in a surprisingly great and surprisingly affordable hotel at around Broadway and 77th, called On the Ave. My kid liked it too.</p>
<p>I plan on staying there whenever I visit NYC.</p>
<p>If you want further details, contact me.</p>
<p>When my daughter was stranded in NYC once, we discovered that there are surprisingly cheap motels near La Guardia Airport. But unfortunately, it’s a pain to get from La Guardia to Manhattan.</p>
<p>If you can get in to the Beacon that would be my number one choice. Large rooms with small cooking area, next to a great market. Good location. As mentioned it can be tough to get in, it is perenially booked.</p>
<p>You guys have me wanting to go to New York. Can you believe I’ve been to Paris 8 times, but I have never been to New York City? </p>
<p>I would really like to remedy this. :)</p>
<p>Huh?? </p>
<p>I understand Fordham has a campus in Manhattan, but the main campus is in Rose Hill, Bronx. Don’t you want to visit there? Most UG activities are at Rose Hill campus.</p>
<p>If you really want to go cheap, you can go to the NJ side along the Hudson River. Fort Lee, WNY, Wheehaken… There are lots of trucker type of motels. Obviously, Manhattan is where all the activities are. Don’t know much about hotels, as I always have a place to stay, but LIC should be just one subway stop from Manhattan and you can save a bundle going there.</p>
<p>If you want to stay in New Jersey - be sure to research transportation options into where you want to go. To ride the subway within the boro’s costs $2.25 per entry with a Metrocard, with unlimited transfers. If you want to live outside the boro’s, be it in New Jersey, or above the Bronx, or on Long Island, you may find yourself having to pay for a local bus to the train station, then paying $10 or more for a train ride into Port Authority or Grand Central, then paying yet again for an MTA subway ticket. Your transportation costs may easily balloon up by over 10x, so you may just want to stay inside the NYC boro’s.</p>
<p>artloversplus, Fordham’s Lincoln Center campus is a wonderful place, and a thriving community of undergrads. All of my daughter’s classes are at LC, she will never have to go to Rose Hill unless she wants to (like her choir rehearsals are at RH).</p>
<p>Before Fordham pushed back move in day, we thought we were going to have to drive up in the heavy rain of hurricane Irene, so we decided we would drive up ahead of the storm and stay in a hotel in NJ. It was only, I think, about $90 for the night. I wish I could remember what it was called. maybe it was a Fairfield? DD found it by just doing a search around Secaucus NJ. We ended up canceling when they pushed move in day back a day.
But there was a bus into the city that you could pick up right across the street from the hotel.</p>
<p>Yes, D is applying to Fordham LC… Interesting ideas about staying outside the city-- we’re coming from the east so I might look for something there. And thank you for the Ella and Louis vid!!! We really only need to stay one night but I’m sooo tempted to make it a weekend! (I’d like a weekend in …1948?)</p>
<p>I understand you only applied to LC, but be sure to peek at Rose Hill as well, becasue one day she might want/have to be on that campus, if, for example change in Major. You want to be satisfied with both the “main” campus and the settelite of a school. When I was in college, I went to a Westchester campus for two years before decided NYC is where I can get a part time job and start going to the NY campus classes, what a shock when I got there and the campus vibe was totally different. Although I did not like the schooling in NYC, I still manage to graduate from that college.</p>
<p>My suggestion is to stay in something like a Hampton Inn or Hilton Garden Inn–they won’t be super-cheap, but they’re standard and you can get Hilton points. If you prefer Marriott, same strategy. Otherwise, we’ve liked the Fitzpatrick Grand Central (near Grand Central Station).</p>
<p>Look up the Chelsea Savoy hotel on 23rd street (not the same as the famous Chelsea Hotel down the street)…it was a european style hotel, and the last time I stayed there about 5 years ago it was relatively cheap, and was a nice place, and the subway is right there, you can get to Lincoln Center in about 15 minutes or so…plus it is in Chelsea, which is a great area, and also is convenient to the village and so forth. </p>
<p>As others have pointed out, you could stay outside the city. There is a motel 8 in Union City right on the 495 approach to the Lincoln tunnel, and I believe a bus gets you into the city from there, and there are hotels further west along route 46 in Fairfield that you can take a lakeland bus into the city, bout a 35-40 minute ride if traffic isn’t bad.</p>
<p>also check out the Radio City Music Hall apartments. They are actually hotel rooms although some in the building might be apartments. Great rates… right in Times Square ( I believe your DD is a MT major, right?). DS and I have stayed there a few times… large bedroom, living room , galley kitchen and bathroom. Super clean! I think I paid under $175 a night for a room with 2 double beds, but of course the rates depend on the dates you need. </p>
<p>Also try Hampton Inn as has been suggested before… the one in lower Manhattan (Pearl Street) is a block from Pace and there are 2 in Times Square and 1 in Herald Square. I have found great rates at all of these too.</p>
<p>There are lots of new, small hotels (Hampton, Hilton Garden, etc) in the mid-30s between 5th & 6th Avenue. Not sure how much they are a night, but it’s a safe, boring area. (Boring, because it’s not in a vibrant nightlife area, but safe walking distance to Times Square and Macys).</p>
<p>I would advise AGAINST staying in New Jersey - it’s a haul into New York. Please stay away from the trucker hotels in Fort Lee and Weehawken…they offer hourly rates, so that’s their target clientele! There is a Hilton at Newark Penn Station that’s convenient to the train station (15 minutes, $3 into NYC Penn), however it’s in a terrible neighborhood that I would not walk around at night unless there’s something happening at the Prudential Center arena. The hotels at Newark Airport would not be convenient unless you just want a place to sleep one night en route.</p>