I recommend the Gershwin Hotel/Hostel

Oops. I was going to split those up...

The above link is the hostel, this is the hotel.

White House Hostel on Bowery

Gershwin can be expensive if you want to do REALLY cheap the Chelsea International Hotel -- 4 to a room works out to be $28 a night each.

that should be Hostel (naturally)

It can be, true, but I was there right before GroundSwell closed and it was only $10 more a night than the Chelsea (and more conveniently located for my romp around the city).

Though the $10 sounds much more appealing to me now than it did then...

Go to the YMCAs. good location (at least the one close to columbus circle) and cheap. pretty clean too.

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Thanks for your responces...
I have been looking at the "WooGo Broadway - Herald Towers formerly YourStay" located at 50 West 34th Street. It seems like a pretty nice place. For a room that houses 4 people it is like $170 a night. I was just wondering if anyone has stayed at this place or knows anyone who has... i am interested because I would like to try to fit more than 4 people in the room to lower the price. Does anyone think it can be done? do you have to pass by the front desk everytime you enter the building.

If anyone has been there or even looked inside could they please drop a line..

Thanks

i stayed at the pickwick arms the last time i was in NY. cheap. great location. there were swarms of drunk jewish kids from england running around. you could probably pull more people to a room than paid for there.

I stayed here when I visited. I can vouch, and you can fit maybe 4-6 to a room if bed-sharing/bed-hopping is permissable.