Hi

My mom, son (16) and I are traveling to New York in September. Our first stop is in Boston for a Red Sox/Yankee game than on the New York to see a Yankee game.

While in the city we want to see Ground Zero, Times Square, etc...

I need a recommendation on what part of the city to stay in my price range would like to be 150.00 per night.

Kayak.com is a terrific resource for shopping hotel rates. When your results come up, sort by price.

That is an extremely low budget for NYC for that time of year - esp for a room that will hold 3 people (I assume you can do with 2 double beds). (As an example - for random dates in early Sept both the applecore group of budget hotels and the Hotel Newton - a clean but very basic hotel on the UWS - are showing rates of $290 plus tax for a double double room.)

I would encourage you to look and book NOW (prices will only go up as you get closer to Sept) using Kayak - as mentioned above - and also all of the other discount search engines (venere.com, hotwire, etc).

But honestly - I don;t think you'll find anything in that price range.

I recently did some sluthing for someone else on the board and found the St. Mark's Hotel which will be in your price range. www.stmarkshotel.net
The hotel is located in the East Village and close to transportation and TONS of restaurants. Also close to NYU and Copper Union (colleges).

Get your tickets to both games ASAP as both venues sell out especially for Red Sox/Yankee games, and the tickets will be expensive.

One place you might want to consider is Jersey City. This is on the Hudson River just across from lower Manhattan, and most of the hotels over there are within walking distance of the New Jersey Path trains, which will take you into Manhattan for about $1.50 or $2.00. There are several hotels, including a very nice Hyatt, a Courtyard, and a Doubletree Suites, all of which are near a path station. The Doubletree Suites would acommodate three quite comfortably, and is several blocks from a station. The Hyatt and Couryard are non-suite hotels, but both are virtually on top of a station, making access really easy. The Path trains run all night. The hotels are cheaper than in Manhattan, and parking is usually cheaper too. Remember - in Manhattan at most hotels you have to usually add $30 to $40 per night to park your car.

Sorry - but September is the start of high season in NYC. The Hyatt in Jersey City is showing rates of $225 to over $350 per night, plus tax, for random dates in September. Doubletree rates are also all over $250.

I would double check that St Mark's place - and perhaps look for an apartment on craigslist - if you'll be here enough nights.

Thank you for all your replies. We already have our tickets to both games were now searching for hotel rooms. If we stayed across the river in Jersy City is it a long ways to Times Square or Yankee Stadium? Is this the safest thing to do with my mom (75 and 16 year old son)? I now realize I will most likly have to pay a lot more than I originally anticipated any hotel recommendation that is centrally located not knowing the area at all?

Thanks

If you stay in Jersey City you can get a ferry back and forth - but don;t forget to include the cost of the ferry in considering if it makes sense to stay outside the city.

Once you're across the river into Manhattan the trip to Times Square is fairly short (I believe the ferry has a shuttle bus to take you from the docks to central midtown).

However, Yankee Stadium is in the Bronx - another borough (county) in New York city. to get there from Manhattan you will need to take the subway - which train depends on where you're starting from. If you go to the Yankee Stadium web site it will show all the options - and they run extra trains on game nights - but they'll still be mobbed - since almost every game is a sell out. The train stops immediately outside the Stadium. (Just be sure you don;t wear any Red Sox gear on the subway - since after the game - and too many drinks - some fans may take exception.)

I haven't taken the Path train in several years, but I remember it being really easy to manage, and having very convenient stops in Manhattan.

http://www.panynj.gov/CommutingTravel/path/html/

The day or night of the Yankee game you'll have a bit of a trek to the Bronx and back, but it should just entail sitting on the subway a little longer.

Does your mother have trouble with mobility? Some subways stations require a lot of walking to transfer between trains (the Times Square station for instance).

I believe the Path is really convenient to Ground Zero, but would require a transfer to the subway to go to Times Square.

http://www.mta.info/

One more point. I've never stayed at the St. Mark's Hotel, but as a graduate of NYU, and a former resident of that area, I can tell you that the neighborhood is pretty noisy. Your son might really enjoy it, but it might be a little loud for your mother. The plus side is that it's right near Astor Place subway station, where you can take the 6 train uptown to Union Square (or really you can just walk to Union Square) for an easy transfer across the platform to the 4 train, which I believe goes express up Manhattan to Yankee stadium.

Have fun!

www.broadwayfocus.com/nj_nyc/
for visitors to NYC who stay in NJ

Try and find a hotel IN Manhattan, because you will be spending so much extra time in traveling to NJ when you really don't need to.

I would suggest bidding on Priceline, and try all the discount sites, hotels.com, hotwire.com, and expedia.com for hotels.

Also I just walked by an Econo Lodge on W. 47th St and they are advertising rooms at $129nt, don't know any details, but it is worth checking out.

Also I believe the Path trains to NJ stop running not sure what time of the night, so you could get stuck in Manhattan and either have to take a cab (really expensive) or a bus (also more bothersome).

Good luck and have a fun time where (oh and GO SOX)