Places to stay in New York - cheap hotels, hostels etc

[temper_tantrum]

Bump!
Want a room, not a dorm. Don't mind shared bathroom. Not picky about area (area recommendations also welcome, I'm clueless). Any suggestions?
(So far I've seen a couple of places that look nice - one in Chelsea, the other in Harlem. Any comments?!)

 

[editor]

Chelsea is a convenient location but it's pretty dull.

 

[temper_tantrum]

Oh also there's a place in the East Village that looks nice - ?!
Edit: should add that I'm going to be on my own so somewhere that feels safe would be good (sorry to sound like a yokel). Also if anyone knows anywhere that does single rooms, TELL ME

 

[editor]

East Village is a great place to stay if you can find a place cheap enough.

 

[septic tank]

Try airbnb.com? Seems to be down at the moment, but I hear it's the way to couch surf these days

 

[temper_tantrum]

Cool, thanks ed

PS. I hope Pogofish appreciates the effort I put in to find this thread rather than start a new one

 

[editor]

Try airbnb.com? Seems to be down at the moment, but I hear it's the way to couch surf these days

Great to see you posting again!

 

[septic tank]

Anyplace in Manhattan is gonna be nice, though Brooklyn is supposedly the world epicenter of cool right now. Crown Heights is where the starving artists are these days. Williamsburg, Park Slope and Gowanus are all plenty twee

 

[editor]

We're hoping to get over to NYC sometime before the year is out, but we've lost the wonders of Chez D so unless we can find somewhere cheapo to stay, we may have to leave it for a while.

 

[temper_tantrum]

Thanks for the comments, both
Contemplating an idiosyncratic old building in the East Village, run by the owner along what seems like very friendly and arty lines. $120 a night single ($130 couples). It could either be deeply irritating or fantastically homely. I like the idea of staying somewhere with character

 

[alsoknownas]

Planning a NYC trip. Anyone stayed anywhere cheap/nice/fun, preferably all three, recently?

 

[SW9]

Yeah http://www.stmarkshotel.net
that place, lower east side. awesome location.