Hotel Newton.....upper west side.....small rooms (of course)....recently renovated...close to central park, in walking distance to many great points of interest ....and the last time I stayed there, a couple years ago, was less than $100 per night. Very clean, very nice staff....worth looking into.

www.chelsealodge.com/

great location just above the village.

Bongo hits nail on head again, stayed in Ny many times and yet to find a hotel i would really recommend to a mate.
I would think about Skellys idea last trip out i stayed in Brooklyn and loved it, away from all the tourists, real locals who i found very friendly and helpful

I'd agree with that, I recently stayed the Wellington on 7th Avenue/55th Street, very good location for the usual tourist spots but I think I paid about £80 a night for a little pit of a room. I think that any hotel in NYC just doesn't have the time to be refurbished and as they're busy 365 days a year.

I wouldn't worry too much though as there's so much to see and do you'll spend very little time in your hotel!

I recently stayed at the Union Square Inn.
www.unionsquareinn.com/
It's clean, quiet, small and cheap. This place is primo access to all the subway lines.

While you are in NYC I HIGHLY RECOMMEND taking the L train 1 stop into brooklyn and getting off at the Bedford metro area. This neighborhood is the new grenich village. Fun place to walk around.

cheers for all the help, the union square inn looks great

im used to it, i live in london... would not expect anything less of NY to be honest

W's as mentioned are great(I prefer the Union Square location), my personal favorites are the Gramercy Park or Soho Grand.

If you want to stay REAL cheap and since we're on an art message board, go for the Carlton Arms not too far from the Gramercy area, right off 3rd avenue. Every room was designed by a different artist and the place is insane inside.

Get a room with a private bathroom though... they have ones with shared, which can be a whole different experience.

Haha! Coney Island is as safe as any other neighborhood in NY. Now East New York on the other hand...

In all seriousness...there are tons of places to stay in midtown 34th street to 59th street and most are perfectly fine. I would recommend staying somewhere south of 23rd street. The boutique hotels are fun (Mercer Hotel, 60Thom) and you'll dominate the dollar. I would stay at Hotel Gansevoort, it is on 9th ave and 13th street. You won't be surrounded by American tourists and will be within walking distance of a TON of galleries. The other option would be The Maritime Hotel around the corner from the Gansevoort...both will set you back between $400-$500 a night.

The Thirty Thirty Hotel - right next to the Empire State Building. I sayed there 3 times over the last two years. It's quite near everything. You can walk to most places from there. It's on 30th Street between Madison and 5th.

I like it. It's reasonable.

Or.... The pod hotel on the upper eastside. Looks funky. but too far away from most things.

Have fun - it's a great place. I was going to go back for the Dface exhibition in December, but the credit crunch bites hard.

i stayed at this place a few years back and it is so cheap it is ridiculous ($25 per night)
www.whitehousehotelofny.com/

location on The Bowery in east village opposite CBGB's so it is PRIME location

make sure you get a proper room on the second or third floor - the first floor is like a load of small sheds built into a big space - the doors lock and you have your own space but the walls dont go all the way to the ceiling so sound travels very easily..but for $25 what do you expect in central manhattan?

but if you are on a very tight budget then i doubt it can be beaten for price or location

Wooster Street is a great place to start. I mean sh*t, there's an art collective named after it. Head to Canal & Wooster and walk uptown through SOHO...you'll have to do a little prioritizing, as you could spend all day hunting in that hood. (Take the N or 6 train to Canal St).

The Lower East Side (and Alphabet City, which is near by) are other great areas in NYC for graf. Start at 14th street and head north down any streets on the east side of Manhattan...2nd ave, 1st ave, Ave A, B, C, D...go as far as Houston or Delancey. Again, a big area with a lot of gems, so were back to the prioritizing thing.

Faile provides the locations of some of their street works on their website...don't remember how many are in NYC, but it's surely at least one...probably also in SOHO or the LES.

Space Invader did an NYC Invasion map a while back. if you can get your mitts on it i believe it will be a valuable tool. while i have not seen it myself, it's safe to say he chose some 'respectable' locations in the realm of street art. in turn, you will no doubt find other treasures along the way. he also has a good handful of mosaics (some done within the last few months) in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, which is where Failes studio is located. Take the L train to the first stop in Brooklyn (Bedford Ave) and start walking against traffic (yes, on Bedford). Look to your right on N.5th street for an old warehouse loading dock covered with 6 Hits & Crashes. Back on Bedford, between N.5th and 4th, there's an Invader mosaic on the right side of the street, sandwiched between the coffee shop and the bookstore. Take a right on N.4th and walk 2 blocks. Turn left on Wythe and there's another big garage door covered with art - this door has been in several street art/graffiti publications. In general, Williamsburg is an amazing place for graffiti and street art! Faile, Swoon, Dain, Armsrock, Obey, etc....wheat-pasts all over the place, and huge pieces on factory's left and right. The bigger graf spots are in the north-western sector of Williamsburg - an industrial area till recently - and as a guideline you should start at Berry & N.12 and circle your way around the blocks.

If you have a car head up to the Bronx, which is LEGENDARY for its extreme amounts of some of the best graf in the world! However, as noted above, I would not take the train and walk around, as it's a big area where you will get lost and run into people who enjoy taking advantage of UFOs (out-of-towners).

OK I've spent enough time on this at the moment...you'll do just fine, have a blast, and if you're only spending one day wake your aasssss up early! Oh yeah, I almost forgot, if there's time hit up DUMBO, Brooklyn...quite plentiful over there. Haha if you want, PM me and you can hire me as a tour guide/consultant. Happy trails my friend!

hi all,im going to new york in september and wondered if anyone knows of any exibitions that will be on?
cheers

Josh Keyes at Josh Liner Gallery starting on 6/21