Sorry Pomah, let me be clearer. We fly into JFK on the 27th of September. We currently have a room held at the LaQuinta in Long Island City. We will stay there 2 nights. The private bathroom request was referring to the hotels that have a shared bathroom with another guest. I want my own bathroom in my room, thanks. We travel very light and will only have a backpack and a carry on each so I don't feel our luggage will be a big hindrance. So I'm mostly trying to figure the easiest and still cheapest way to get from JFK to the LaQuinta on the 27th and then the LaQuinta to the Brooklyn dock on the 29th. Thanks so much to all the posts. We live in an area that doesn't have subways and we're just trying to get everything straight before the trip.

The Confort Inn Brooklyn Cruise Terminal has rate of $135 for a nonsmoking king bed rm for Sept 27 and 28, and if you have AAA or AARP that goes down to $121.

Free shuttle to cruise terminal and also to the Caroll St. F and G subways from 10 am til 11 pm. F line will take you into Manhattan via Lower East Side and right up into midtown, or you can transfer at Jay St./MetroTech and get into downtown Manhattan. Also free wireless.

But hurry, not many rooms left at those rates.

Good subway map here, includes Brooklyn stops:

http://www.mta.info/nyct/maps/subwaymap.pdf

For both of your trips (airport to hotel and hotel to cruise port), a taxi is your only realistic alternative.

You're staying in a hotel that, as I pointed out earlier, is only accessible from one subway line (the 7) that does not connect to the airport unless you take public transit to and then from Manhattan, a total trip time of well over an hour. Or you can do as I told you ... take the Airtrain to the LIRR then take the LIRR to Woodside and then transfer to the 7 train for the rest of the trip (again about an hour). Your choice, but I recommend the taxi. The hotel is not particularly convenient to anything, so I will once again reiterate my position that it's not the best location for your needs, in my opinion. I will not comment further on that subject.

The ONLY way to the cruise terminal from your hotel is by taxi (actually I'd probably recommend a car service like Dial 7, which will pick you up at a specified time and then drive you there).

It's a trade-off between lots of time or money, and it's your choice. I'm happy to give you step by step transit instructions if you really want to do this on your own and not take the taxi. It's by no means impossible to do.

Does staying nearer the Brooklyn Cruise Terminalas emd3 suggested make more sense as far as convenient transportation from the airport and back and forth to Manhattan? Obviously it would be great for leaving on the cruise?

That Comfort Inn is fairly isolated and is located in a light industrial/residential neighborhood and is located near the busiest highway in Brooklyn. Additionally you must take a train and a bus to get there. And there is only one bus that services the area the B61. To make matters worse the nearest subway station called Smith and Ninth is undergoing major renovations and the re-opening has been delayed at least until September.

Now the final issue and is one of I am not sure of. There used to be a hot sheet motel just about where the Comfort Inn is located and I am not sure ths is a new motel or a renamed motel.

Actually, to me it makes almost no sense to stay in this part of Brooklyn, particularly at this location, which is very far from the nearest subway station and almost right next to a busy, loud highway. In order to get anywhere, you'd have to take a rather long bus ride on a bus that runs only every 20 minutes and then jump on the subway that's not really very close to Manhattan either. This is a residential area where even the residents mostly depend on their own private cars to get around.

Proximity to the distant, isolated cruise terminal isn't really an asset here. It might save you one $40 taxi ride, but then you wouldn't have easy access to Manhattan, which is what I'm assuming you are coming to see.

Actually, Doug, they CAN connect to the 7 train without going into Manhattan. It is indeed a very convoluted trip involving a number of changes of levels with stations, lengthy connections.

AirTrain from JFK to Jamaica Station
Walk and elevators to the subway level
E Train from Jamaica Station to Roosevelt Ave/Jackson Hts
Transfer to 7 train platform stop known as 74th St/Broadway (walk from underground level to elevated level)
7 train to 40th St/Lowery St
Walk to the hotel on Queens Blvd

Hopstop.com estimates that this 12-mile trip will take an hour.

Which is why people are suggesting a taxi.

The original post stated:

We want a clean but inexpensive ($150 or less) hotel for 2 nights and don't mind what area we stay in as long as it's safe and clean with private bathroom.

That seems pretty clear to me.

And then there are hotels that have both shared bathrooms and private bathrooms and this person wants a private bathroom.

I really think that is the end of the story.

Agreed. the OP wants a private bath - which is standard in US hotels for the past 80 years at least. There is nothing strange or unusual in this request.

Nor see why this request would allow you to think you should hold them up for derision - or compare them to the uber wealthy - who would probably want a private floor rather than a private bath.

"Agreed. the OP wants a private bath - which is standard in US hotels for the past 80 years at least. There is nothing strange or unusual in this request."

There are still budget hotels here in NYC that offer shared baths. Check the link below for one example.


http://www.thelathamhotel.com/

Of course there are. But in the US you will find well in excess of 90% of hotel rooms have a private bath. (I said hotel - not B&B or pension.)

The other poster behaved as if they had asked for a butler with the room - not something you get at every super budget notel motel at the side of the highway.

There is a place called Hotel 17 (cleverly on 17th Street) and they have shared baths. But by all accounts, (because I have not stayed there) they clean the bathrooms so frequently that they reduce some of the annoyance.

The OP does not know NYC, there seemed to be a bit of trepidation about their stay in NYC and simply wanted an anemity of which 99% of the people over the age of backpacker wants.

It's true that the Hotel 17 bathrooms are spotless - at least they were a couple of years ago when I stayed there.

I certainly would not stay in any hotel/motel/bb where I'd have to share a bathroom/bath with others in other rooms/units.
outrageous for anyone coming to NYC to even suggest it. This aint tenement housing where people either lined up to use the bathrooms, or spilled buckets out the windows.

No one has stated what seems obvious to me. If you can afford flights and a cruise then splurge for the additional $50 (or $75) and get a hotel from Priceline that's in the heart of the city. You have two days and you'll want to experience the amazing city -- not spend your time in Long Island or Brooklyn (not that these places don't have great things, too) or on subways.

From a mid-town location you can experience Times Square, walk to Broadway shows, the Discovery Center, Rockefeller Plaza, 5th Avenue, and stroll Central Park. The other attractions you'd likely want to see (maybe the Met? Statue of Liberty?) would be so much easier to reach with one subway from there.

Not that I need to defend myself, but the flight is free and the cruise is half price. I won't spend over $150 on a hotel. There are some things in life that I just don't value that much and location is one of them. I'll travel 30 minutes by subway versus spending the extra money on a hotel.

I think you were given info on hotels n LIC _ although I'm not sure if they're within the budget for your dates. If so, be sure to get one near a subway - or you could have a 20 minute walk to get TO the subway.

As for hotels, nar the airport, some are in neighborhoods in which you won;t want to be on the street at night. the others are at lest an hour from the city - since you would have to take the hotel shuttle to the airport, then the Air Train and then the subway - making it 1.5 hours or so from the hotel to Manhattan.