Accommodations
Hotel accommodations can be prohibitively expensive. We realize that many people coming to NWAV may be interested in sharing hotel rooms with others in order to defray some of the costs. In order to try and facilitate this process, we have set up a Yahoo! Group called "NWAV 34 Accommodations".
Those interested can join this group. Once there, you will need to click on the Join This Group tab, and sign up for email announcements of group messages. As a group member, you can post and receive messages seeking accommodations sharing for NWAV 34.
We hope that this email group may facilitate people's ability to get in touch with one another to find affordable solutions to accommodation for NWAV 34.
THE NEW YORKER HOTEL
NWAV 34 has reserved a block of rooms at the New Yorker Hotel.
The New Yorker is located at 481 8th Avenue, at the corner of 8th Avenue and 34th Street.
Website
Phone: (212) 971-0101
When reserving a room, cite NWAV 34.
Reservations must be made by September 20, 2005.
There are rooms with a queen-sized bed and rooms with two double beds. The rates are the same for each: $169 for one or two people, $189 for three, and $209 for four.
If you want a rollaway bed in your room, it is necessary to let the hotel know this by September 30. There is a charge of $25 per night for the rollaway.
Right in front of the hotel is an entrance to the 34th Street subway station on the A, C, E, lines, all of which go downtown to W. 4th St., the station for NYU. From the hotel to the NWAV venue is twenty minutes.
OTHER HOTELS
There are hundreds upon hundreds of hotels in New York. Below we list a small number of them, all of which we have visited. Many of the hotels that we list have indicated to us that the way to get cheap rooms for hotels for NWAV weekend is by using search engines such as Expedia.com and Travelocity.com or by booking online directly with the hotel.
Of these hotels, the Washington Square Hotel is adjacent to NYU, the Union Square Inn and Hotel 17 are fifteen-minute walks away. The other hotels are accessible by subway or bus and are within a twenty (by subway) to thirty (by bus) minute commute or a within a thirty minute walk.
Budget/extreme-economy
The three hotels that we list in this group are very inexpensive by New York standards.
Union Square Inn
209 East 14th Street, New York, NY 10003
Website
Phone: 1-212-614-0500
Closest Subway Stop: R/W/6 Trains at Union Square (but it.s easiest to walk)
Walk? Definitely. 15 minutes or less
Neighborhood: Union Square
Hotel 17
225 E. 17th Street, New York, NY 10003
The hotel's website quotes Entertainment Weekly as designating it 'the inn for Hollywood types and transient chic'. We're not so sure about that, but it is clean and it is convenient. Most of the rooms have shared baths rather than private ones.
Website
Phone: 1-212-475-2845
Closest Subway Stop: R/W/6 Trains at Union Square (but it.s easiest to walk)
Walk? Definitely. 15 minutes
Neighborhood: Union Square
Hotel 31
120 East 31st Street, New York, NY 10016
Run by the same people as Hotel 17 but the rates are slightly cheaper.
Website
Phone 1-212-685-3060
Closest Subway Stop: 6 Train at 33rd Street
Walk? Yes, 25 minutes
Neighborhood: Murray Hill
Second-highest group (expect the crossover effect)
Cosmopolitan Hotel, Tribeca
95 West Broadway, New York, NY 10007
The hotel's website promises 'New York City's hottest neighborhood . . . at an affordable price'.
Website
Phone: 1-888-895-9400
Closest Subway Stop: A/C Trains, one block east on Church St.
Walk Yes, 25-30 minutes
Neighborhood: Tribeca
Pickwick Arms Inn
230 East 51st Street, New York, NY 10022
If you are going for one of the rooms with bunk beds, try to get one of the newly renovated ones.
Website Phone: 1-212-355-0300
Closest Subway Stop: 6 Train at 51st Street
Walk? Yes, but it's 2 1/2 miles
Neighborhood: Midtown East
Ramada Inn Eastside
161 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10016
Website
Phone: 1-800-625-5980 (toll free), 1-212-545-1800
Closest Subway Stop: 6 Train at 28th or 33rd Street
Walk? Yes, 25 minutes
Neighborhood: Murray Hill
Moderate
Thirty Thirty New York City
30 East 30th Street, New York NY 10016
Website
Phone 1-800-497-6028, 1-212-689-1900
Closest Subway Stop: 6 Train at 28th Street
Walk? Yes, 20-25 minutes
Neighborhood: Murray Hill
Washington Square Hotel
103 Waverly Place, New York, New York 10011
For those who want to be very close to the conference venues, the Washington Square Hotel is the best option. It is somewhat more expensive than the other options that will be available, but it is maximally convenient. Because NWAV 34 overlaps with NYU Parents Weekend, all of these rooms will be reserved soon.
Website
Phone: 1-800-222-0418, 1-212-777-9515
Closest Subway Stop: A/B/C/D/E/F/B/V at West 4th Street
Walk? Yes, less than 5 minutes
Neighborhood: Greenwich Village
Holiday Inn Downtown/SoHo
138 Lafayette Street, New York, New York 10013
Website
Phone: 1-212-966-8898
Closest Subway Stop: R/W/Q/6 at Canal Street
Walk? Yes, about 20 minutes.
Neighborhood: Chinatown
Helpful Links:
Manhattan street map
NYC subway map
Manhattan bus map
NYU campus map (interactive)
NYU campus map (PDF)
