Conference location and accommodation
New York University is located in Greenwich Village, just north of SoHo, in an area full of restaurants, galleries, and stores. CUNY is located in Midtown, catercorner from the Empire State Building, in the very heart of Manhattan. Both are very accessible from all of Manhattan by subway, and relatively near to each other.
Hotels in NYC are expensive, but there are affordable options. We have compiled a list of links and suggestions. Many of the hotels have rooms with two beds; inquire about them specifically. You can cut the cost by arranging to share a room with a friend. We recommend that you make reservations early.
NOTE: some of these rates will be limited to a small selection of a hotels’ rooms, or a given hotel may be quite small, so please check with the hotel for the availability of these "economy" rooms. Rates quoted are simply price ranges as available on 10/15/00, and are for singles and doubles. Prices do not include New York’s 13.25% hotel tax, nor the city’s $2 a night occupancy tax.
Bottom-line
The cheapest rooms in the city are available at Youth Hostels. A listing of Youth Hostels in the New York City area can be found at the following link. Please remember that not all Hostels will accept reservations from non-Hostel members, or may quote substantially higher rates to non-members.
Our own friends have had pleasant experiences with Jazz on the Park, just a block away from Central Park, a 15-min subway ride from CUNY (20 minutes from NYU).
Bed & Breakfast
An alternative to hotel accomodations, New York City has a good number of bed & breakfasts. While by no means an exhaustive list of B&Bs in Manhattan, the following link (which includes a list of some B&Bs) came highly recommended to the conference organizers. New York University is nearest to those locations in the "downtown" section of the list.
New York University Guest Accomodations
For your convenience hotel reservations are available through NYU Guest Accommodations for attendees of the North East Linguistics Society 32nd Annual Meeting.
Reservations are limited to participants in University sponsored conferences and educational programs, alumni, current and prospective students and their immediate families, employees, faculty, lecturers, and visiting scholars and sports teams with NYU sponsors.
Other Featured Hotels
Please keep in mind that some of the hotels listed below are "Economy" no-frills establishments, and while they are quite clean, safe, and charming, you may be sharing a bath, might have to leave your room to find a telephone, and so forth. Please direct inquiries to the hotel about their specific accomodations.
For a more complete listing of New York City hotels, link to Rooms Plus.
Hotels near NYU
These hotels are all convenient to NYU campus, at most a brisk ten-minute walk (or less by subway). The Washington Square is a bit pricier than the other hotels listed here, but it is literally on the edge of NYU’s campus, catercorner from Washington Square Park, and each room has a private bathroom. The Larchmont Hotel is also recommended for its convenience and atmosphere, while the Chelsea Star takes the cake for flavor and imagination.
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Chelsea Star Hotel ($70-95), 300 West 30th Street
- Larchmont Hotel ($90-125), 27 West 11th Street
- Washington Square Hotel ($110-139), 103 Waverly Place off 6th Avenue
Hotels near CUNY
These hotels are in close proximity to CUNY campus, within easy walking distance. The Stanford and Comfort Inn are especially convenient. Please notice that several of these hotels have had blocks of rooms reserved for conference participants.
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Comfort Inn Manhattan($185), 42 West 35th Street (between 5th & 6th Ave.)
A block of 10 rooms has been set aside for the conference, at a rate of $185 + tax (1 queen-size bed, private bathroom; continental breakfast included). - Howard Johnson Park Avenue ($189), 429 Park Avenue South (between 29th & 30th St.)
- The Murray Hill Inn ($75-95), 143 East 30th Street between 3rd and Lexington
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Stanford Hotel ($140+tax), 43 West 32nd Street (between 5th Ave & Broadway)
A block of 10 rooms has been set aside for the conference, at a rate of $140 + tax (2 beds, private bathroom; continental breakfast included). To be eligible for the special rate, one must book at least 2 weeks in advance.
Economy Hotels, Still in the City (Manhattan)
Although not within walking distance, these hotels are still a short subway ride from the two universities, all feature bargain rates and have other features nearby to recommend them. The Amsterdam and Belleclaire, for example, are both situated near Central Park and its Museums and the Lincoln Center, while the Aladdin and Portland Square are just blocks from Times Square and the theater district.
- Aladdin Hotel ($75-85), 317 West 45th Street
- The Amsterdam Inn ($75-125), 340 Amsterdam Avenue at West 76th Street
- Belleclaire Hotel ($79-95), 250 West 77th Street
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Cosmopolitan Hotel ($119-149), 95 West Broadway (corner Chambers Street)
A block of 10 rooms has been set aside for the conference, at a rate of $119 + tax (1 bed) or $149 + tax (2 beds); all rooms with private bathroom; breakfast NOT included. To be eligible for the special rate, one must book at least 2 weeks in advance. - Habitat Hotel ($85-125), 130 East 57th Street
- Portland Square ($65-125), 132 West 47th Street
- West Side Inn ($90-109), 237 West 107th Street
Apple Core Hotels (taken from Budget Travel magazine, Sept/Oct 2000)
4 locations in Manhattan
- Quality Hotel & Suites Midtown (59 West 46th Street)
- Quality Hotel East Side (161 Lexington at 30th Street)
- Comfort Inn Midtown (129 West 46th Street)
- Best Western Manhattan (17 West 32nd Street)
(Rates start at $89 weekdays, $99-109 weekends including private bath; Continental breakfast included. "Family suites" for folks with kids sleep up to six for $139-189, and the Best Western offers Ninendo and on-demand children’s movies).
With four locations in Manhattan and its "name-brand" and associated level of services, Apple Core Hotels can potentially offer some of the best deals around. Although rates vary and management is cagey about listing a set price range, the chain is still worth a call. If quoted a higher rate by phone, inquire about 10 percent AAA and AARP discounts as well as the availability of smaller, more affordable rooms, especially at the Quality Hotel East Side. Try a "pointed inquiry" about whether rates can be found within the range listed above.
Last Modified: September 5, 2001