12 Great Hotels in a Good Location in New York

New York City is the realization of the American dream and the most fun place in the world for a trip. The island of Manhattan, the city's main borough, is entirely made up of intense experiences, scents, and flavors. New York is an extremely crowded tourist city. The city has thousands of hotels and other accommodations, all sharing a common trait – their costliness. Staying in New York is not cheap and can even be very expensive, but in America, as in America, where there is demand, there is also supply.

To save you time and money, we dug deep, tried, and tested among thousands of New York hotels and compiled a shortlist of excellent hotels, considering their city center location, hotel quality, and of course, the cost.

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Great Hotels Near Times Square

LUMA Hotel – Times Square

A brand-new four-star hotel in the best location in Manhattan. The hotel is located on 41st Street West, midway between Bryant Park and Times Square. The central location, high level of service, and room quality (although the rooms are small, which is typical for Manhattan) make it especially popular and in high demand among tourists.

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Marriott Vacation Club Pulse, New York City

The Marriott Vacation Club is a four-star hotel from the massive international chain. The hotel is situated in a fantastic location, not far from Bryant Park and a short walk to Times Square. The hotel offers relatively large rooms for the location, renovated facilities, high level of service, and a pleasant, urban atmosphere. The hotel feels a bit generic but is very efficient in terms of what it provides.

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The Scherman is one of the best hotels in the Theater District. The hotel is located on West 46th Street, just a five-minute walk from Times Square. It's a very charming New York boutique hotel with a slightly kitschy modern design, relatively large rooms for Manhattan, and high-level service. The hotel offers a rooftop terrace for guests with a bar and a restaurant boasting a stunning view of Midtown.

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Excellent Hotels in Midtown Manhattan

The Whitby Hotel

The Whitby is one of the most prestigious and best establishments in Midtown Manhattan. This luxury hotel offers five-star plus service for a truly unforgettable (and luxurious) Manhattan experience. The hotel is located in the best parts of Midtown, on West 56th Street, less than a minute's walk from Fifth Avenue. The Whitby is a classic Manhattan hotel, with tastefully designed and spacious rooms, exuding an aura of sophistication.

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Hilton Club The Central at 5th New York

The brand hotel from the international Hilton chain, rated three stars, is located in one of the best spots in Manhattan. The hotel is on 48 East Street, one block west of Madison Avenue, and a minute's walk from the most central part of Fifth Avenue. The hotel boasts the charm of a classic New York boutique hotel, with small yet refurbished rooms, a fun urban atmosphere, and the great advantage of its location.

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The Historic Blue Angel Hotel Lexington Ave, Ascend Hotel Collection

The Blue Angel is a small and impressively efficient urban hotel in a not-too-bad location in Midtown Manhattan. The hotel is situated on East 55th Street between Third Avenue and Lexington, four blocks south of Bloomingdale's. The hotel offers a great Manhattan experience with small but renovated and cozy rooms, a small lobby, and a guest terrace where you can sit to drink and eat, in the shadow of Midtown's towers.

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The urban hotel in the south of Midtown from the international luxury chain, is perhaps the best value place in Manhattan for those who want dazzling luxury but at a slightly less astronomical price. The hotel is located on Broadway and West 28th Street, right in between Madison Square Park and Herald Square. The hotel is simply awesome, with stylish and modern rooms, optimal service level, and stunning views from the higher floors.

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Excellent Hotels in Soho and Downtown Manhattan

Conrad New York Downtown

The Conrad Downtown is a new and dazzling luxury hotel, a short walk from the One World Trade Center. This international chain hotel is considered one of the finest in Downtown Manhattan. The hotel is situated on the Hudson River's edge at the tip of Rockefeller Park, offering stunning views of the downtown Jersey City towers. The hotel boasts large, modern rooms, very high service standards, and relatively fair prices for its level and location.

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Artezen Hotel

A popular and quality four-star hotel on the northern edge of Downtown Manhattan. The hotel is located close to the intersection of John Street and Nassau Street, one block east of Broadway, halfway between Wall Street and City Hall Park. The hotel offers modern amenities, relatively large rooms (still small compared to any other city in the USA), and a high level of service. The hotel provides a Downtown Manhattan experience with the towering skyscrapers around, in an area that is quite active in the evening relative to downtown.

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NobleDEN Hotel

The NobleDEN is a great four-star hotel on Grand Avenue in the heart of Little Italy. The hotel is located halfway between the Broadway of Soho, one of the most fun shopping areas in New York, and the continuation of Grand Avenue in the Lower East Side, where the finest delis in the city can be found. The hotel features large and renovated rooms, high service standards, and a fun and modern atmosphere.

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The Indigo in Downtown Manhattan is a great three-star hotel that offers an almost impossible deal: a good and quality hotel with prices often on the reasonable side of Manhattan. This boutique brand of the giant IHG network (Crowne Plaza, InterContinental, and Holiday Inn) is located next to the Trinity Church, at the western end of Wall Street. The hotel features renovated and clean rooms, a pleasant urban atmosphere, and high service standards.

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Best Western Plus Soho Hotel

The Best Western Soho is one of the most worthwhile hotels in Soho, South Manhattan. The Best Western brand hotel offers an accommodation experience that perfectly balances location, quality, and price. The hotel is branded as Soho, but it's actually almost Chinatown, yet in the best parts of the neighborhood. The hotel is just a minute's walk from the intersection of Canal Street and Broadway, where the vibrant shopping part of the Soho district is located. The hotel rooms are small but well-renovated and well-maintained, with good service levels and all the standard advantages of the large international chain.

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The best neighborhoods to stay in New York and Manhattan

Where is the best place to stay in New York?

Here are 5 neighborhoods that we think are the best to stay in Manhattan:

1. Times Square – Vibrant nightlife and theaters
2. The Garment District – The best location
3. South Midtown between Herald Square and Madison Square Park – A lively area under the shadow of the most famous skyscrapers
4. SoHo and Chinatown – Pleasant evening atmosphere, full of bars and entertainment spots
5. Greenwich Village – The neighborhood feel of New York and pleasant vibes

Map of where to stay in Manhattan

5 tips from Guy for finding the perfect hotel in New York

New York is a highly intense city, with a vast abundance of attractions and points of interest, wide boulevards, world-class museums, elite restaurants, shopping, and nightlife. All that Manhattan has to offer is concentrated on a small, very intense island with endless possibilities and things to do around the clock.

When visiting New York, it's best to find accommodations in Manhattan, despite the high cost. The ideal location is as close as possible to Times Square and Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, where the main nightlife, shopping, and quality hotels are situated.

Guy's Tips

1. Hotel Level – Hotels in New York are generally decent to good, unlike the hotels in other US cities, which are better. There are renovated or new hotels, and of course, many are quite dated. Since accommodation prices in Manhattan are critical, you might need to compromise on the hotel level and look for places that are both good and budget-friendly, or slightly out of the way, or have older but still decent facilities.
2. Location, Location, Location – While your location in Manhattan is important, it's not critical. You can stay in Brooklyn or western Queens and take the subway to central Manhattan each morning, which is about a 10-minute ride. It's still preferable to stay in Manhattan, if not Midtown, then in satellite neighborhoods like Greenwich Village, Soho, or even Chinatown.
3. The Season – New York is a city that's buzzing all year round. Even in winter, there's a peak in tourism around Christmas, and there's still a lot of tourist activity afterward. Despite the cold and snow, the city has a special winter charm. Winter is the most affordable season in terms of accommodation prices, and you might even find a good deal at the really great hotels in Midtown. During peak season, from spring to mid-fall, the city gets pricey, so it's a good idea to book your accommodation well in advance.
4. Public Transportation in Manhattan – Manhattan boasts excellent public transportation, including both the subway lines and the MTA bus lines. The subway and buses are easy and convenient to use and aren't too expensive. They allow you to spread out across Manhattan in search of accommodation (don’t head too far north and definitely not beyond 110th Street).

How to Find Accommodation in New York?

• Manhattan has an insane amount of hotels of all levels and types
• The hotels and lodging places in New York are very diverse, including outrageously expensive luxury hotels, excellent boutique hotels with four-star ratings, good (and sometimes not so good) three-star hotels, AirB&B apartments, and various hostels, some of which can also be quite decent
• Accommodation in New York is divided among the various neighborhoods of Manhattan with the option to leave the island and stay in Brooklyn or Queens at more affordable rates
• Generally speaking, the heart of Manhattan and New York is Times Square, where the city's nightlife is concentrated, along with a large number of hotels.

How to find a family-friendly place to stay in New York?

• New York, especially Manhattan, is a city with challenging and exceptionally expensive real estate, which greatly impacts the nature of its hotels.
• Often, the city's hotels offer rooms that are not large (to say the least), especially compared to almost any hotel or motel across the USA where rooms are generally huge (with two queen or king beds).
• A significant number of the city's hotels offer only double rooms, and if you want to stay with children, you'll need to book two rooms.
• If you plan to come with the kids, it's actually worth booking a spot at the more expensive hotels. These hotels are rated four stars and above, with rooms that can accommodate children (because most rooms are larger than those in three-star hotels). The cost of the room in the expensive hotel is offset, of course, by the price of renting two rooms or the mental expense of staying with kids in a room approximately 20 square meters in size

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Staying in the Outer Boroughs

• A convenient lodging option in New York is finding a place to stay outside of Manhattan, but with a clear orientation towards it
• Manhattan is well-connected to the boroughs beyond the East River, both with Queens and Brooklyn. The subway ride from western Queens to Midtown is just a few minutes, the same time it takes to travel from Downtown Brooklyn to Downtown Manhattan
• Because of this, several great hotel areas have developed across the East River, close to subway stations. These hotels offer easy access to Manhattan (in just a few minutes) but at outer borough prices.

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