Inexpensive accomodation in NYC; Jan. 15-Feb. 15?

[Johan]

I'm interested to hear if any forum members are able to suggest (relatively) inexpensive accomodation for one (female, 50 yo) person in NYC during approx. Jan. 15-Feb. 15? Something, like a shared flat or a room for rent with kitchen and bath (either own or access to), would be of interest; preferably either directly Manhattan or in the close urban area (e.g. Brooklyn), with relatively easy/fast access to New York New School (on central Manhattan). A quiet environment - if possible (and with a desk to work at etc.) - would be perfect, while great luxury is not a must, and bed-bugs are also not!

Any suggestions about where to find such not-too-expensive accomodation would be very much appreciated - thanks very much in advance!

Johan

[GomJabbar]

My daughter and husband booked a room for the four of us including her young brother in law a couple of years ago at the Affinia Shelburne in Manhattan. It was pretty nice, it was convenient, and she got good rates at the time.

http://www.affinia.com/New-York-City-Ho ... l&page=map

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review ... _York.html

Edit: corrected omission.

[pianowizard]

Finding an apartment room would be the least expensive. I had to live in NYC for a month in Oct 2007, to do some experiments at Columbia University. Through Craigslist, I found a guy who was subletting one of his rooms for a month for $1,000, including utilities. That apartment was just 5-minute walk from Columbia.

Alternatively, you may get a decent hotel deal through priceline.com, where you can name your own price. Johan, remember that we got together for lunch back in May 2009? I was in NYC for 6 nights to see some concerts and used Priceline to find a two-star hotel room on 39th Street for $117.90 per night including all taxes and fees.

[j-dawg]

As far as hotels, I have had good luck directing people towards Hotel 17. Located on 17th Street and 2nd Avenue, a nice quiet street but right in the thick of it. It's a very quiet hotel that usually attracts young tourists from Europe. Bathrooms are shared but clean and I've never seen anyone in them. No food, but you're in downtown New York - you can find food.

That said, it won't be cheap for a month. Finding a sublet would be best.

[Johan]

@ GomJabbar: Thanks for the link, but a one-month stay in a hotel is unfortunately going to be (quite!) a tad on the high end (the cost will be more than $ 4.500!), compared to what I was/am looking for...

@ pianowizard: Thanks for the pointer as well, Kwoon, and of course I recall when we met in New York. I agree with you that finding an apartment (shared or not) is probably going to be cheapest - for a one month stay - but browsing the internet gives a huge number of hits, so I had hoped that someone perhaps had some specific suggestion(s).

@ j-dawg: Thanks to you too, for the suggestion - but again, a hotel is very expensive to stay in for a whole month. I'm Googl'ing for sublets; never heard of it before, but the first hit that comes up --> Sublet.com is absolutely interesting; I'm surely going to look into that!

Johan