Ten Budget Hotels in New York City under 100 Dollars per night

Both business and leisure travelers are looking for more ways to save their money on upcoming travel to New York City and one of the best way to do that is to stay in a budget hotel in New York to cut cost on expensive hotel room prices.

New York City is a very popular tourist and business destination and New York City hotels are known to be expensive. You would usually need to pay 250 - 350 USD per night rate for even mid range New York city hotels but on the other hand you will be spoilt with choice. And don't worry, there are still some nice hotels in below 100 USD range. In this post we have listed 10 of these New York budget hotels with below USD 100 per night room rates (*). These New York budget hotels have also collected the best customer reviews and many are located in or near the city center. With their affordable room rates are a boon to both business and leisure travelers.

Although New York City hotels are known to be expensive, travelers can take relief that there are still cheap hotels to be found in New York.

#1 - Opera House Hotel
436 East 149th Street, Bronx, New York 10455

A converted 1913 opera house is the setting for this boutique hotel in the South Bronx. Opera House Hotel is 2 blocks (100 meters) from the nearest subway station and 1.5 miles from Yankee Stadium. There are plenty of good places to eat close by and it is a short ride to central areas.

#2 - Serenity at Home Guest House
57 Rutland Rd, Brooklyn, New York 11225

Serenity at Home Guest House is an elegant B&B, set on a tree-lined street in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, is a 6-minute walk from the subway, a 7-minute walk from Prospect Park and a 12-minute walk from the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. The house is a late Victorian brick fronted property, not a Brownstone. There is no TV in the hotel but there is free Wi Fi and the neighbourhood feels safe. The location relatively quite. It's easy to get to the subway which has a direct route, Q line, into Manhattan.

#3 - Lefferts Manor Bed and Breakfast
80 Rutland Road, Brooklyn, New York 11225

Lefferts Manor Bed and Breakfast is a a small, owner-operated Bed & Breakfast that has branched out to offer a lovely variety of accommodations in charming Brooklyn, New York. It is a comfortable place to stay in budget.

#4 - La Maison d'Art
259 W 132nd St, New York 10030

La Maison d'Art is a private Brownstone, providing an artistic experience and a feeling of private art gallery all throughout its 3 floors, all carefully curated with hand-selected local art and designs. Comfortable beds, clean rooms and good service.

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#5 - The Local Hostel

1302 44th Ave, Long Island City, New York

In a converted industrial building with views of the Manhattan skyline, ultra-hip The Local Hostel is a 5-minute walk from the MoMA PS1 modern art museum and the MTA Subway's E, G, M and 7 trains, and a 15-minute subway ride from Midtown Manhattan.

#6 - Nesva Hotel
39-12 29th St, Long Island City, New York

Nesva Hotel is a boutique hotel in Long Island City and is 3 blocks from a subway station and 2 stops from Manhattan. Nesva Hotel is also within a mile of both the Museum of the Moving Image and MoMA PS 1 Contemporary Art Center.

#7 - NYC Summer Dorms

1 University Plaza, Brooklyn, New York 11201

NYC Summer Dorms offers clean comfortable dormitory accommodations for international students and interns in downtown New York City campus. The rooms are spacious (4 students in each room). It's located 5 minutes away from downtown Manhattan (Soho, Canal Street, Greenwich Village) and walking distance to the Barclays Center. Every major subway line is one block away.

They also have monthly rates for $700 per month online.

#8 - Verve Hotel Long Island
40-03 29th St, Long Island City, New York

Verve Hotel Long Island is in a chunky 6-story tan stucco building which is in a quiet Queens neighborhood full of automotive shops and single-family homes. An elevated subway station 3 blocks away is 2 stops from Midtown Manhattan, and Astoria's Museum of the Moving Image is a 12-block walk away.

#9 - Hampton Inn Manhattan Downtown Financial District
851 8th Ave, New York 10019

Chic Hampton Inn Manhattan hotel is a 9-minute walk from Times Square and 7 blocks from Central Park. It is not exactly below 100 USD but it is still around there. The location is very central and rooms are large and clean.

#10 - Club Quarters Grand Central
128 E 45th St, New York, NY 10017

Contemporary, unfussy rooms with free Wi-Fi, plus a clubhouse, Club Quarters Grand Central also offers Italian steakhouse & fitness room.

For detailed information on the places to stay in New York, visit our where to stay in New York post.

(*) - New York hotel rooms are usually advertised without taxes added. You would need to pay plus 2 USD + 5.8% hotel tax and 1.5 USD extra. So a New York hotel room advertised as 100 USD per night will cost you around 118 USD per night.

Where to stay in New York?

New York is the most populous and developed city in United States of America (USA) and the most important financial, business, culture, culinary, trade and art center in the world. New York houses the most impressive skyline in the world with the infamous skyscrapers on Manhattan Island.

New York is a very popular tourist destination and New York hotels are expensive. Even hostels in New York charges nightly prices starting from 50 USD and a mid-range hotel in New York would charge 250-350 USD per room per night. And luxury New York hotels like Waldorf Astoria and The Plaza would charge thousands of dollars per suite per night.

Although New York hotels are expensive, you will be spoilt for choices. All the chain hotel groups you know (and probably do not know) have a hotel in New York. Manhattan is the most expensive place to stay in New York and any Manhattan hotel below 200 USD per night would be a tiny cell with a bed, TV and a little more. In New York hotel prices range significantly as well as their quality so check the customer reviews of the hotels online before booking one. Some places like the outer regions of West Side High Way and Queens may offer cheap hotels where main customer group are the customers of the sex workers booking “hourly” for the trade.

New York hotel rooms are usually advertised without taxes added. You would need to pay plus 2 USD + 5.8% hotel tax and 1.5 USD extra. So a New York hotel room advertised as 100 USD per night will cost you around 118 USD per night.

Ok, we may have scared you up to this point but do not worry: It is still possible to find relatively cheap hotels in New York if you follow our tips:

• Use online hotel booking sites for the best and cheapest prices as well as discounts. Online bookings will almost always be cheaper than the reception rack rates and there are also significant price differences for the same type of room in the same hotel among different booking sites. We suggest using a hotel meta-search engine like hotelscombined.com which auto compares almost all online booking site prices and lists them for you.
• The low seasons for New York hotels are January and February especially the days after the New Year; the last 2 weeks of August; 3 days before Thanks Giving and Sunday’s. If the cold and snow does not scare you, hotels in New York are cheapest in January and February.
• Sometimes the airline you use to fly to New York or the travel agent offers “flight + hotel” packages which may provide cheap hotel accommodation in New York.
• Instead of staying in a hotel. you can stay in a B&B or private apartment room advertised on sites like Airbnb starting from 50 USD.

So where to stay in New York? Let’s answer this question with some of the most popular places to stay in New York.

Midtown Manhattan

Housing some of the most iconic places in Manhattan such as Empire State Building, the Chrysler Building, United Nations HQ, Sixth Avenue, Madison Square Garden, Rockefeller Center, Broadway, and Times Square, M'dtown Manhattan is also the most popular and the best place to stay in New York. The area contains the largest number of hotels in New York and although it is expensive to stay here, its central location in Manhattan makes it the best place to stay in New York.

For hotels in Midtown Manhattan as well as useful details such as  room rates and price comparisons, you can check New York City Midtown Manhattan hotels page.

Panaromic view of Midtown Manhattan from the Empire State Building

Central Park and the Upper East Side

Upper East Side is to the north of the Midtown and to the east of the Central Park. It is one of the most affluent neighbourhoods in the city. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fifth Avenue,  Jewish Museum, Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Temple Emanu-El of New York are here. The area hosts some of the most famous museums in the world and the strings of museums along the infamous Fifth Avenue fronting the Central Park is called "Museum Mile" (it was once named Millionaire's Row). Madison Avenue and Second Avenue offers some cool bars while Central Park is a must see in every New Yok itinerary. Also do not miss The American Museum of Natural History on the west side.

For thew hotels in this affluent New York neighbourhood as well as a room price comparison list, you can check New York Central Park hotels ve Upper East Side hotels pages.

New York Central Park

Chelsea and Greenwich Village

With its brown colored stone mansions, green streets and wonderful art galleries, Chelsea is just two blocks to the south of 34th Street. You will love the restaurants, delis and bakeries here. Greenwich Village may be an affluent neighbourhood today but this area below 14th Street has a bohemian past which is still preserved. The Village Vanguard offers fantastic jazz music in the nights while the street musicians on the Washington Square offers a feast of music of its kind. You can find hip clubs and restaurants in Meatpacking District and head to The East Village for a Rock & Roll atmosphere.

For hotels in these central New York Districts, take a look at New York Chelsea hotels and Greenwich Village hotels pages.

SoHo and the Lower East Side

You can find the art and fashion center SoHo just to the south of Greenwich Village. Nice restaurants, boutique fashion shops and shopping experience is waiting for you in Broadway and its side lanes. You will find "Little Italy" in Mulberry and Mott Streets while infamous New York Chinatown is just below these two. Canal Street offers electronics, fresh fruit / vegetable and Chinese craft shopping. The Lower East side is very famous with its boutique New York hotels, trendy restaurants and bars. 

Take a look at New York SoHo hotels and Lower East Side hotels pages for details.