Where to stay in NY?

My folks want to go to NY for the w-e ; I always fly there so not too familiar with where to stay off island. They do not want to drive in Manhattan.

Where would be a good place to stay near Manhattan in a reasonably priced hotel & decent area? Ideally not too far from a subway station or something that gives them quick access to Manhattan.

Thanks for any input! *tu*

M.

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hmm ... you did not really answer the question.

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since i live in NYC, i would say Queens NY its like 10 min from the city.....

i live in Bayside Queens and or Howard Beach Queens... right by JFK air port, but if you flying to la guadia airport then just stay at a hotel in Astoria Queens and youll be even closer to the city.

loved my stay at westin time square

I went this summer and stayed at the Sheraton Meadowlands (new jersey). The main reason for staying there was because I was going to see a show at Giant's Stadium which was on the other side of the interstate. The price was reasonable and even though they messed up on my reservation, they were quick to fix the problem. (it is not far from the island; you just need to cross the same bridge that they did in the godfather part 1 and you're there)

Major advantage: I didn't want to drive on the island and worry about parking/traffic/etc.. so this place had a shuttle that brought you right to the NJ Transit trains. From there you took a short train ride and were dropped off at madison square. In all maybe 25-30 minutes into and out of the city. When we wanted to go back to the hotel, we called the shuttle a bit in advance and requested a pickup at X time from the train. We did this for three days and were never left stranded.

The beauty was that my car didnt move until the time we checked out.

Shuttle -> "Free" with hotel
Train (round trip 2 adults) -> 11.50 X 3
Metro Card (it was nice most of the time so we walked where we needed to go) -> 7.50 (one day "fun-pass" with unlimited usage)

We only needed the metro pass for one day really, so it came out to 50$ in transportation for 2 people over 3 days.
I recommend this approach because we were able to spend more time seeing the sites and shopping and there was virtually no stress. Hope this helped..

I stayed at the hilton in newark penn station.

The Penn station is connected to the hotel. So from the hotel you can get to the train station and go to time square in about 15 min.

millenium hilton hotel. across the street form ground zero. its in the financial district so prices drop on weekends and its not so crowded (for NYC)

i loved it.

Thanks for the info guy! Much appreciated.

Especially looking for hotels in New Jersey since my folks don't want to go into Manhattan with their car (they are driving from Montreal) and in Manhattan hotels seem to be way more expensive plus charge $$$ for parking.

M.