Budget Hotels

Comfortable rooms with all the traditional amenities make the Clarion Hotel on Park Avenue a reliable choice for travelers lost in the chaotic myriad of New York hotels. Modest rates afford guests the ability to explore the surrounding neighborhood and enjoy visiting Gotham's many attractions, shops and world-class restaurants. This cheap New York hotel in East Midtown is well equipped with a friendly and knowledgeable staff that will be happy to give pointers to those on their first visit to NYC.

With giant, funky art displays extending from the side of the building, the Gershwin Hotel is impossible to miss. This retro, art-centric hotel is on a never-ending mission to preserve art in all of its forms; hence abundant displays of everyone from Warhol to Michael Lin, salvaged shabby chic décor and up-and-coming artist residences on the 13th floor. The Gershwin Hotel is most unique in its ability to offer both luxury (suites) and budget (bunk beds) accommodations in New York.

Offering comfortable and cheap to mid-range accommodations two blocks from Union Square in New York City, the Chelsea Inn is a four story walk-up hotel in the heart of flatiron district. All of the guestrooms feature vaulted ceilings and eclectic shabby chic décor, basic cable, small refrigerators, air conditioning and safes. Each of the bathrooms in the guestrooms is uniquely decorated, painted with murals by art students from Parsons and Yale, giving the hotel a charming, boutique Parisian feel.

Hotel 17 is an affordable, if not entirely enviable address, which is scabby-chic at best. But its reputation as a stylish, hip hotel is not undeserving--it does seem to possess a gritty New York rock vibe in part thanks to its location. And its former incarnation as a welfare hotel makes it a favorite stop for suburbanites slumming for street cred. It's within stumbling distance of East Village restaurants and nightclubs, so you can save cab fare and buy another round.

The Minetta Street Suites is an all-suite hotel in Greenwich Village offering spacious accommodations on a quaint tree-lined street. The comfortable suites boast oak floors and mahogany furnishings, as well as amenities like mini-kitchens, espresso machines, LCD TVs and bathrooms with Jacuzzi tubs and pedestal sinks. The Minetta Street Suites offers 24-hour concierge services and is walking distance from an array of top-notch restaurants and famous clubs.