Accommodations
Hotels near NYU School of Medicine
While hotel accommodations are plentiful in New York, there are many factors that determine availability and price. For university-affiliated travelers NYU also offers the NYU Campus Travel site, which has useful travel information. The following is a selection of distinctive and reliable hotels in all service categories that are located in the area around the NYU School of Medicine and the NYU Langone Medical Center (listed with approximate room rates for late 2008):
Ramada Inn Eastside
161 Lexington Avenue (at 30th Street)
New York, NY 10016
Tel: (212) 545 1800
Fax: (212) 768 3477
The Ramada Inn Eastside provides single or double rooms on 12 floors, along with thoughtful amenities such as free wireless internet access, complimentary Continental breakfast, and reduced parking, with room rates ranging from $160 to approximately $500 (plus taxes and fees).
La Quinta Manhattan
17 West 32nd Street
New York, NY 10001
Tel: (212) 736 1600
Fax: (212) 563 4007
A reliable budget hotel near Herald Square and the Empire State Building, with rates starting at $235 (plus taxes and fees).
W New York - The Tuscany
120 East 39th Street (between Lexington and Park Avenue)
New York, NY 10016
Tel: (212) 686 1600
Fax: (212) 779 7822
The Tuscany in the residential Murray Hill section is one of five W hotels in Manhattan. It offers 113 guest rooms and seven suites. Reguar rates for rooms begin at approximately $380 with remarkable special bargain rates starting at $230 (plus taxes and fees).
Thirty Thirty Hotel
30 East 30th Street (between Madison and Park Avenue)
New York, NY 10016
Tel: (212) 689 1900
Affordable European-style hotel, popular with savvy travelers. Was once one of the locations for famed New York 80s club Danceteria. Rates start at $269 (plus taxes and fees).
The Marcel
201 East 24th Street (at 3rd Avenue)
New York, NY 10011
Tel: (212) 696 3800
Tel: (888) 664 6835
Sleekly designed boutique hotel with very compact rooms that is popular with European tourists. Features the upscale restaurant Bar Milano. Rates start at approximately $260 (plus taxes and fees).
The New York Helmsley
212 East 42nd Street
New York, NY 10017
Tel: (212) 405 4300
Fabled midtown hotel with the pedigree of an illustrious hotelier’s chain; now offers cut-rate affordable luxury lodging with rates from $290 (plus taxes and fees).
Eastgate Tower Hotel
222 East 39th Street (between 2nd and 3rd Avenue)
New York, NY 10016
Tel: (212) 687 8000
Fax: (212) 490 2364
The Eastgate Tower Hotel is located in the Murray Hill neighborhood in proximity to Midtown Manhattan and offers a selection of suite rooms, ranging from studios to two-bedroom suites in size. Room rates start at approximately $290 (plus taxes and fees).
Affinia Dumont
150 East 34th Street (between Lexington and 3rd Avenue)
New York, NY 10016
Tel: (212) 481 7600
Fax: (212) 889 8856
The Affinia Dumont is a "fitness suite" hotel, with a full-service spa and fitness center, and a number of suite rooms in various configurations. Room rates start at approximately $320 (plus taxes and fees).
Shelburne Murray Hill
303 Lexington Avenue (at 37th Street)
New York, NY 10016
Tel: (212) 689 5200
Fax: (212) 779 7068
The Shelburne Murray Hill, a hotel amid the 19th-century brownstones of Murray Hill, offers business suites for up to four people and a roof top garden. Rates for rooms begin at approximately $340 (plus taxes and fees).
