FIVE- TO TEN-MINUTE WALK, LESS THAN $100

ADDRESS:

19 W. 31st Street

PHONE:

212-279-4017 / 800-727-1888

CROSS STREET:

5^th Avenue and Broadway

FAX:

212-643-9208

DIRECTIONS:

Walk up 5th Avenue to 34^th Street (5 minute walk).

PRICES:

Shared bathroom single $60. Private bathroom single $85; standard $99; double $120; Triple $130; Quad $140.

DESCRIPTION:

Comparable to the Portland Square Hotel, which has the same management. All rooms have personal safes (no charge) and data ports. The hallways are not carpeted, but rooms are. Lockers are available in a room adjacent to the lobby ($1 per use). AE, D, MC, JCB

ADDRESS:

69 West 38^th Street

PHONE:

212-840-6700/888-468-3558

CROSS STREET:

5^th and 6^th Avenues

FAX:

212-840-1830

DIRECTIONS:

Walk toward 5^th Avenue, then walk three blocks south on 5^th (5 to 10 minute walk).

PRICES:

Two twins or one double bed $60-$80; Three twin beds $80-$90. Rollout bed $10/night.

DESCRIPTION:

Managed by the Empire Hotel Group, which also manages the Travel Inn and the Belvedere. This is the chain’s basic budget hotel, but it is clean and functional. The bathrooms are in the hallway, one for every 4 or 5 rooms. A major construction project is right across the street, and the sign over the door is small---keep your eyes peeled. One of the best bargains within a 3-block radius of the Graduate Center. Internet station 15 cents/minute. 50 rooms. AE, D, DC, MC, V

ADDRESS:

143 East 30^th Street

PHONE:

212-683-6900/888-996-6376

CROSS STREET:

Lexington and 3^rd Avenues

FAX:

212-545-0103

DIRECTIONS:

Walk west on 30^th to 5^th Avenue and turn right. Walk four blocks north to 34^th Street (10 minute walk).

PRICES:

Shared bathroom single $65; Shared bathroom double $80; Private bath single or double $99.

DESCRIPTION:

Feels a bit like a hostel. Some rooms have private bathrooms, others have 6 or 7 rooms to a shared bathroom. Relatively quiet residential street. 40 rooms. AE, V, MC

ADDRESS:

43 West 32^nd Street

PHONE:

212-563-1500/800-365-1114

CROSS STREET:

5^th \ Avenue and Broadway

FAX:

212-629-0043

DIRECTIONS:

Walk east to 5^th Avenue, then north two blocks to the Graduate Center (about a 5 minute walk).

PRICES:

Single $90-$120; Twin $120-$160; Double $120-$160; Suites $160-$230. Rollout bed $15/day.

DESCRIPTION:

Not as updated as the Holiday Inn or Best Western Manhattan next door, but clean and in the heart of Koreatown. A 24-hour café and bakery is adjacent to the hotel lobby, as is a restaurant and bar. Karaoke in upstairs bar. Complimentary breakfast. Most rooms have a personal safe (no charge); rooms that do not can use a safe at the front desk free of charge. 121 rooms. AE, D, DC, MC, V, JCB.