I ran across this hotel on Quikbook, and the rate is good enough to pique my interest considerably.

I found the hotel's website -- seems nice enough. But I can't find any reviews on tripadvisor -- or here, for that matter. I keep getting the Hilton Avenue of the Americas when I do a search -

So -- have any Fodorites stayed here? Very interested to hear everyones opnion of the service and accomodations,etc.

thanks!

Try searching under "On the Ave" (the actual name of the hotel) rather than "On the Avenue"
By the way, the entrance is NOT on the avenue (Broadway) but on a side street. I can't tell you how many times I passed by this hotel without realizing that there was a hotel there!
I can certainly vouch for the neighborhood, but not directly for the hotel. A friend of a friend stayed there and said it was the nicest of the Upper West Side hotels he'd looked into, but that's all I know

This is a great neighborhood and the hotel gets almost all positive reviews (the few negatives I saw were from people unfamiliar with NYC prices and thought moderate rates should get them a luxury hotel - one complained about the plug in the sink drain being a little loose).

I wouldn;t hesitate to stay either here or at the Lucerne.

Thanks Janie and NYtraveler! The Lucerne is <gasp!) $400 per night for our travel week, so this hotel is looking very good indeed!

BTW -- would you (or anyone) happen to know how close it is to a subway stop? Very important to us!

thanks again!

Very close to subways. 2 blocks north at 79th street is the number 1 (local) train, and 5 blocks south at 72nd street is a bigger station with both local and express (numbers 2 & 3) trains. It is only 1 express stop to Times Square!

I stayed at this hotel for a week on company travel. No complaints! Great location, close to subway, clean and surprisingly large rooms for NYC.