Where to stay in New York?

I'm in the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, 128 West 29th Street, when I go at the end of June. I think I may have mentioned it on another thread that I'm off to see U2 at Madison Square Garden .... only 104 days
Shame that. Don’t let the U2 thing spoil your holiday though marra. It’s the greatest city in the world and I’m sure you’ll find plenty of stuff to do that’ll help you put it to the back of your mind.
 


My advice would be to look for somewhere close to Grand Central or Penn for ease of getting in on airport transfer. Plus you ideally want to be close to a subway station as you'll be doing a fuck load of walking.

Stayed at the Affinia Shelburne a couple of times near Grand Central. Avoid the financial district as it's dead at night and takes a while to get anywhere.
 
I'm in the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, 128 West 29th Street, when I go at the end of June. I think I may have mentioned it on another thread that I'm off to see U2 at Madison Square Garden .... only 104 days

I stayed here in October, nice hotel, Stella on draft about $8, better than the local gassy shite.

Having lived in New York and been as a tourist subsequently, this is bad advice. The further you stay the more you'll spend all your time dicking around on the subway to the stuff you want to see. You want to walk it to enjoy it not have a two hours schlep to get to anything you want to see. I would say stay in Midtown between something like 10th to Lexington Avenues, between 23rd and 57th Streets.

To save money Virgin Holidays and BA Holidays offer combined hotel and flight deals, so I got 4 nights in a Doubletree Lexington Ave with flights for two for about £1100. Tons of daily flight options, tons of quality hotel options. Think of it as being either the hotel is practically free, or the flights are practically free. Better than scrubbing around AirBnB for a shitty bedsit in Queens, spending a fortune on hour long subway rides, and paying full price for the flights.

This was the hotel we stayed st the last time, Lexington Avenue, canny hotel.

First time we stayed at the holiday inn in the financial area, paid quite a bit more but was on 48th floor, had amazing views, one window looked straight onto the trade centre and the other looked straight over the river to New Jersey, the Colgate clock etc.

Think the Lexington Avenue one was better situated
 
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But why not? Been a few times and love it, will go back again.

Nee point going on holiday to take photos. I know people who got engaged in New York having flown their specifically for engagement photos - why?
You're going off on another tangent now
You do what you want but don't be surprised by millions who want to di the obvious in the biggest tourist traps in the world
 
I rented an Airbnb in Nolita and it was class. 3 subways within 5 -8minutes walk, supermarket on the doorstep with cracking beers, loads of bars and restaurants nearby, and a canny few with $3 a pint happy hours too.

paid £1,363 for a 2 bedroom apartment for a week, 3 BA flights from NCL- LHR-JFK for £996.
 
we stayed there last summer for 12 days. it was awesome and in no way did the subway ride into manhattan bother us. it was class, took different routes each time, saw loads of stuff.


we stayed on Union Av in brooklyn and the journey across to manhattan was anything but a 'dick around'. was 5 minute walk and 10 minute on the train right into the heart of the city. got a 7 day unlimited use subway pass for $30 and we absolutely abused it. so easy to get around. not sure where you would have to stay to have a '2 hour schlep' to get into the city
Don't get me wrong, that part of New York is a brilliant experience and is totally different to the other boroughs or to midtown. Most people will want their first experience to be the main sights and will only have a long weekend rather than 12 days. 12 days in midtown would be very expensive and the pace probably a bit too much and Brooklyn is a great choice for that sort of holiday.

Union Ave to Times Sq (as an example) is half an hour on the subway though, including a change and is not walkable, hardly ten minutes to the heart of the city. Ten minutes to the lower east side perhaps. Anyway it's a drag I wouldn't want to take on holiday. It's like visiting Newcastle but staying in Sunderland and getting the Metro in. Not that Brooklyn is like Sunderland obviously although SR6 is very sophisticated.

Like I say though a 12 day break is more conducive to a more relaxed break than a more typical crammed in long weekend where time is limited, so fair enough.
 
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I rented an Airbnb in Nolita and it was class. 3 subways within 5 -8minutes walk, supermarket on the doorstep with cracking beers, loads of bars and restaurants nearby, and a canny few with $3 a pint happy hours too.

paid £1,363 for a 2 bedroom apartment for a week, 3 BA flights from NCL- LHR-JFK for £996.
Plenty of cheap happy hours in Manhattan too tbf, supermarkets too iirc.
 
Brooklyn is good and cheaper. Holiday inn express times sq usually had deals on. just go on a price comparison site
 
Vistited nyc few year back fir few days on way ti miami ti watch england me and 2 mates stayed opposite maddison sq gardens big hotel ex hilton i think wasnt bad price and was good location i thought...best thing we bought therw was a ticket to use the sightseeing bus hop on hop off..
 
First time over I'd be stopping in Midtown, good calls for The ROW and The Belvedere or The POD, cheap/good enough and central to most of your needs. Your hotel is only going to be a simple place to sleep and freshen up so forgo spending a lot of cash on that.

If you don't mind a ride in to see the sights, Brooklyn Heights, Williamsburg, Long Island City or Hoboken NJ should do you, not point going further tbh.

Though living here, was in Brooklyn Heights now Bay Ridge, why dick around getting to the main bits on a shit transit system when if you stay in Midtown you can walk to just about everything.

So much to choose from, depends on your budget and what you want to do when you are here.

Enjoy your time here its class and fecking hot in the summer!
 
Did you have any issues with the 'security deposit' - quoted as $50 a night on the website ?

No, there was an easy use safe in the room, free to use

Think I’d stay at Brooklyn next time we go, hog a nice feeling to it and it’s a great walk over the bridge into the city, especially when it’s getting dark.
Some great bars/ eating places on the road upto the subway station too
 
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