Simple, basic, clean, and safe. The hotel offers rooms for single travelers with shared bath facilities for only $70 including tax. They also have larger rooms available.
Hotel Herald Square is just off of 5th Ave and three blocks from the Empire State Bldg. Location was great. The staff was friendly, check-in and -out was complication-free, and they can arrange your transportation to the airport for a small fee ($2). The hotel used to be the old Life Magazine Building and has an interesting history. I stayed in a single room and had to share a bath but had a mirror and sink in my room, as well as A/C, safe, and TV. The room was very small, so it's great if all you're planning to do is sleep there.
The hotel is old but has spruced itself up a bit and now has internet access from the small lounge and provides large lockers to stow your luggage after check out but before going to the airport. That alone was great since my flight left at night and it gave me an extra afternoon to sightsee. There was a nice mix of guests at the hotel, from families to older travelers, students, businessmen and even a few construction workers who were working next door. HHS was voted the best budget hotel in NYC.
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