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Post by ypaterson on May 28, 2024 11:10:59 GMT -5
Doctor Vinny Boomnah has a nice place on Queen’s Boulevard, known as the “Boulevard of Death” for the lucky ones, or the “Boulevard of Broken Bones” for the unlucky ones… It’s not as bad as it sounds, mostly because of the traffic accidents… $300 per night, roaches and rats extra if you want the true city “experience.” Brave of you and the family to go there, Chi. Then again, I’m just not a city boy… My dear friend Inger, we are not a lawless city. If NY was a bad place, I and my family would have moved. If NY was a bad place, it wouldn't be so expensive to live here.
If I had $100 M dollars I'd stay near Hudson Yards for a year. If I had $200 M I'd be able to stay longer !!! But it is a great place even for a few days. |
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Post by Max on May 28, 2024 11:15:54 GMT -5
And using those sites can get you deal sometimes. It’s a Colorado story and we needed a room that night, but I once booked a cabin for $119. When we got there the guy at the counter told me that he usually rents that place for $200. It was nice, too. Stream running out front, deer on the property. Extra bedroom loft we didn’t need. A little suite. If you find THAT in NYC, I might go someday… 🤓 The 1st place I look for hotels is hotels.com, which is part of Expedia. I can use a filter for customer ratings, location, cancellation policy, price, etc. to whittle it down to those that fit my criteria. Once I find a few that I like, I'll usually go directly to each hotel's website to see if the pricing, etc. is better going direct to the hotel. Usually it's not, so most of the time I'll make my reservation thru hotels.com since I also get rewards thru it...free nights, discounts etc. The ability of late cancellation at no charge is important to me, since we often change plans the closer we get to the original date. For example, I had tix to the Yanks series in San Diego & Anaheim, and hotel reservations in each place. I had to cancel that trip and sell those tix late last week as it's taken me longer to recuperate from a "procedure" than originally thought. Had I made the reservations directly with the hotel I had chosen in San Diego I would've been charged for at least a portion of the stay. I was able to easily cancel all hotel reservations I had made thru hotels.com at no charge. Feel better soon, my friend. |
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Post by rizzuto on May 28, 2024 11:21:48 GMT -5
Doctor Vinny Boomnah has a nice place on Queen’s Boulevard, known as the “Boulevard of Death” for the lucky ones, or the “Boulevard of Broken Bones” for the unlucky ones… It’s not as bad as it sounds, mostly because of the traffic accidents… $300 per night, roaches and rats extra if you want the true city “experience.” Brave of you and the family to go there, Chi. Then again, I’m just not a city boy… My dear friend Inger, we are not a lawless city. If NY was a bad place, I and my family would have moved. If NY was a bad place, it wouldn't be so expensive to live here.
When I went to NYC, people could not have been nicer. The old trope about NYers being rude was not my experience at all. I could easily see myself living there, and I grew up as far out in the sticks as you please. |
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Post by azbob643 on May 28, 2024 11:25:26 GMT -5
My dear friend Inger, we are not a lawless city. If NY was a bad place, I and my family would have moved. If NY was a bad place, it wouldn't be so expensive to live here.
When I went to NYC, people could not have been nicer. The old trope about NYers being rude was not my experience at all. I could easily see myself living there. Exactly!! My wife, who'd been told and expected the worst, said exactly the same thing the first time I took her there. |
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Post by Max on May 28, 2024 11:32:39 GMT -5
My dear friend Inger, we are not a lawless city. If NY was a bad place, I and my family would have moved. If NY was a bad place, it wouldn't be so expensive to live here.
When I went to NYC, people could not have been nicer. The old trope about NYers being rude was not my experience at all. I could easily see myself living there, and I grew up as far out in the sticks as you please. In a city of almost 9 million people, we have our share of knuckleheads. But the good far outweigh the bad. |
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Post by chiyankee on May 28, 2024 11:33:16 GMT -5
Thanks Kay! I'll check out all of these, or my wife will. From Chicago visiting NY? Your name wouldn't be Kevin McCallister would it? Oh wait, his trip to NY wasn't planned. Would be funny if the hotel you book is the Plaza Hotel. Is that from Home Alone? I ask because I think I saw the original one when it first came out but haven't seen it since and I never saw the sequels. |
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Post by Max on May 28, 2024 11:44:18 GMT -5
From Chicago visiting NY? Your name wouldn't be Kevin McCallister would it? Oh wait, his trip to NY wasn't planned. Would be funny if the hotel you book is the Plaza Hotel. Is that from Home Alone? I ask because I think I saw the original one when it first came out but haven't seen it since and I never saw the sequels. It's from "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York". |
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Post by kaybli on May 28, 2024 12:28:08 GMT -5
So I can't give advice on specific hotels to stay at but I think the go to move is to find a hotel or Airbnb in Mid-Manhattan and then go from there. Its just safer and more convenient. You can take the subway to Yankee Stadium for example.
Edit: I searched on reddit and here are two of the hotels they recommended:
Hyatt Centric Midtown and the Grayson Hotel. Reasonably priced (for NYC). Both are right by Bryant Park, so a quick walk over to Grand Central and the 4 train.
You can also try an Airbnb. My brother is renting an airbnb for June 16 very close to MSG and our family plus his in laws families will be staying there for two days. You might be able to get more bang for your buck with an Airbnb.
 For those that might not know, the 4 train is one of the trains that goes to Yankee Stadium. Good catch.  |
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Post by inger on May 28, 2024 13:20:13 GMT -5
Doctor Vinny Boomnah has a nice place on Queen’s Boulevard, known as the “Boulevard of Death” for the lucky ones, or the “Boulevard of Broken Bones” for the unlucky ones… It’s not as bad as it sounds, mostly because of the traffic accidents… $300 per night, roaches and rats extra if you want the true city “experience.” Brave of you and the family to go there, Chi. Then again, I’m just not a city boy… My dear friend Inger, we are not a lawless city. If NY was a bad place, I and my family would have moved. If NY was a bad place, it wouldn't be so expensive to live here.
I didn’t mean to denigrate the place, Max. I’m more than a little urbanaphobic, of that I’ll confess…No city is a good city to me… |
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Post by chiyankee on May 28, 2024 13:23:41 GMT -5
So I can't give advice on specific hotels to stay at but I think the go to move is to find a hotel or Airbnb in Mid-Manhattan and then go from there. Its just safer and more convenient. You can take the subway to Yankee Stadium for example.
Edit: I searched on reddit and here are two of the hotels they recommended:
Hyatt Centric Midtown and the Grayson Hotel. Reasonably priced (for NYC). Both are right by Bryant Park, so a quick walk over to Grand Central and the 4 train.
You can also try an Airbnb. My brother is renting an airbnb for June 16 very close to MSG and our family plus his in laws families will be staying there for two days. You might be able to get more bang for your buck with an Airbnb.
For those that might not know, the 4 train is one of the trains that goes to Yankee Stadium. Which one do you use for Citi Field? |
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Post by azbob643 on May 28, 2024 13:26:22 GMT -5
For those that might not know, the 4 train is one of the trains that goes to Yankee Stadium. Used to take it to the stadium out of Woodlawn... .15 Cents. |
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Post by Max on May 29, 2024 12:04:39 GMT -5
My dear friend Inger, we are not a lawless city. If NY was a bad place, I and my family would have moved. If NY was a bad place, it wouldn't be so expensive to live here.
I didn’t mean to denigrate the place, Max. I’m more than a little urbanaphobic, of that I’ll confess…No city is a good city to me… I totally understand, my friend. Cities aren't for everyone. I didn't care for the suburbs when I was a young man, but now I appreciate what the suburbs have to offer. |
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Post by inger on May 29, 2024 12:18:41 GMT -5
I didn’t mean to denigrate the place, Max. I’m more than a little urbanaphobic, of that I’ll confess…No city is a good city to me… I totally understand, my friend. Cities aren't for everyone. I didn't care for the suburbs when I was a young man, but now I appreciate what the suburbs have to offer. Suburbs are a compromise for me. I like being more”in the sticks” as we are now. In fact, I’d like deeper sticks to be honest, but as old folks we need to be smart about where we live to an extent… If I could, I live under a mountain, with our doors and windows on the sides of it. The house would be of the same variety of rock as the mountain. We’d have a family of bears next door… |
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Post by Max on May 29, 2024 12:30:12 GMT -5
I totally understand, my friend. Cities aren't for everyone. I didn't care for the suburbs when I was a young man, but now I appreciate what the suburbs have to offer. Suburbs are a compromise for me. I like being more”in the sticks” as we are now. In fact, I’d like deeper sticks to be honest, but as old folks we need to be smart about where we live to an extent… If I could, I live under a mountain, with our doors and windows on the sides of it. The house would be of the same variety of rock as the mountain. We’d have a family of bears next door… I couldn't live there for more than a couple of weeks at a time, but I would enjoy the seclusion and quietness of spending that time in the countryside. |
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Post by azbob643 on May 29, 2024 12:39:03 GMT -5
Suburbs are a compromise for me. I like being more”in the sticks” as we are now. In fact, I’d like deeper sticks to be honest, but as old folks we need to be smart about where we live to an extent… If I could, I live under a mountain, with our doors and windows on the sides of it. The house would be of the same variety of rock as the mountain. We’d have a family of bears next door… I couldn't live there for more than a couple of weeks at a time, but I would enjoy the seclusion and quietness of spending that time in the countryside. I've lived all 3...urban, suburban & rural. Like just about everything else in life, there's upside & downside to each. |
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For those that might not know, the 4 train is one of the trains that goes to Yankee Stadium. 