Baba4

My wife and I are planning to spend a few days in NYC in late March/early April. We have stayed in several different areas in Manhattan, but are always looking for new experiences. Please share your favorite area of the city.
Thanks,
Baba4

ac291

i loved the Upper West Side...we stayed there (at The Excelsior) for 4nights during our stay before moving to Midtown for a week.
UWS has beautiful streets to explore, true locals, the park nearby, great restaurants!

i also loved The Village and Union Sq/Gramercy Park area

bp24cali

try the nicer side of the bronx

nyer

Are you looking for a favorite place to live in, a place to stay in, a place to stroll around looking at buildings, a place to eat? These may all be different areas of the city.
You said you've stayed in different areas--which ones? Which did you like or dislike and why? More useful suggestions will come with filling in those pieces of information

Baba4

We're looking for a place to stay in, hopefully with an interesting area around it. We can subway or walk to restaurants, so that's not an issue. We usually stay on the upper west side, but we have also stayed midtown. We're looking for something different this time, possibly Greenwich Village, or ????

sobster

West Village is very nice. Try area around Hudson/ Charles/Bleecker etc.

Aduchamp1

The far West Village as Sobster indicates is a beautiful area of the city. The East 80's reeks of old money and Gramercy Park is the spot in NYC most like London.

alovesa

It changes all the time. If I could stay anywhere, I would probably choose the West Village for its picturesque streets. It also still has pretty good subway connections (which are a bit more lacking in another favorite area: Tribeca). The East Village has my heart for a place to live, but if I were a tourist visiting, I would probably just come over to eat many of my meals, and stay further West. Ditto regarding the Lower East Side.

If you've been here a fair amount and haven't really explored Brooklyn yet, well... maybe now's the time! We posted a link to a great Martha Stewart show on the burough recently: http://www.hitherandthither.net/2009...nter-home.html. She visits my favorite restaurants--Diner and Marlow & Sons.

mclaurie

There aren't a lot of hotel options in the village. Apart from the W Union Square which is pricey, the wshotel.com and the Cooper Square in the east village (somewhat controversial new hotel) there aren't a lot of choices. But there are some nice b & b's if that's a possibility. west-eleventh.com , abingdonguesthouse.com

If you want to be downtown, there are some decent choices in Soho and the Lower East Side. Hotel on Rivington (les) is sometimes well priced on quikbook.com Hampton Inn & Four Points Sheraton both opened in Soho. While the rooms aren't that large, they're the first decent, moderately priced options in the area.

abram

I know it's not for everyone, but when we go, it's for a theater weekend, so we prefer to stay around Times Square so we can walk to theaters, back to the hotel for a break between a matinee and dinner or between going to TKTS and a matinee.

janiekins

I can tell you that my least favorite area is Times Square.

Gwendolynn

If you want to see how the (affluent) locals live check out the Hotel Wales in Carnegie Hill
(92nd and Madison). It's convenient for all the museums on Fifth Avenue and there's good bus transporation down Fifth and up Madison. If you're into a leisurely trip it could be fun.... otherwise it'd be a bummer -

kimamom

We loved our 3 night stay at The Plaza this past Nov. What an awesome hotel and we could walk right across the street to Central Park. ***kim***

sobster

Well, let's see. I dont live on the West Side but I am a true local. My apt is in the E. 80's...I reek but my money is all new. You just ask for it at the bank. Etc.

Daniel_Williams

I go to New York about once a year, and whenever I have free time, I head to West Greenwich Village for the aforesaid picturesque streets and East Greenwich Village for ambience. I was surprised a year ago to discover that I kind of liked the energy around Alphabet City...

Aduchamp1

Sobster

There is money in them thar street and I also forgot the East 70's.

emd3

You might want to check the 2010 dates for the Tribeca ArtWalk (used to be called that but now it is called TOAST- Tribeca Open Artist Studio Tour) as it happens in April. We have gone a few times for that weekend and love it, and are going again this year. Atrists (painters, sculptors, photographers, multi-media) open their studios (which often means their home spaces if they work there) and you walk from one to another on your own and meet the artists, have wine and cheese or whatever they serve, and browse their art. It is a fascinating way to get close to some art and meet the artists.

Generally my favorite area to stay in is Soho as I love the proximity to all parts of the village, the good inexpensive restaurants, the shops, street vendors, galleries, and I always go to the NYC Market in Soho (formerly the Young Designers Market, great weekend event, see link below). But I love staying in Tribeca for TOAST.

http://www.toastartwalk.com/index.pl
http://www.themarketnyc.com/

rhettski

I am planning our first NY visit[old father & son [[16]] for 12 sleeps sept.this year,looking at an apartment lower east side 55th street.Is this a good area ie.safe,near transport and interesting to roam.opinions appreciated...Rhettski.

mclaurie

Private apartment rentals are often scams and not at all advised. 55th st. is NOT the lower east side but rather the east side or midtown east and very very different. NYC is very safe but it's NOT safe to rent an apartment over the internet from people you don't know. There are plenty of apartment/hotels if you need a kitchen. You would be much better to start your own post here with your budget for hotel and the kind of place you'd like.

Aduchamp1

NYC is the safest large city in America. 9Not only that but the 17th precinct is one of the safest in the city.

http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/downloa...s/cs017pct.pdf