Let us see...Good grief, almost all good ( a couple VERY good) --but some real sour apples too. Ran a whole bunch of reviews, hope the one complaining about bed bugs is in here too..
Hotel Newton
2528 Broadway Ave
(between 93rd St & 94th St)
New York, NY 10025
(212) 678-6500
(between 93rd St & 94th St)
New York, NY 10025
(212) 678-6500
- Nearest Transit Station:
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103 St. (1)Cathedral Pkwy (1)103 St. (A, B, C)
- Price Range:
- $$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Wi-Fi:
- Paid
23 reviews for Hotel Newton
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"It's in a great location, about 5 blocks from Central park." In 3 reviews -
"walking distance to Whole Foods." In 3 reviews -
"comfortable bed." In 6 reviews
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22 reviews in English
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Review from Kent F.
Manhattan, NYWe recently got married and needed to secure about 8 rooms for guests from Colorado and United Kingdom. We actually live in NYC, about 3 blocks from the hotel. I contacted the staff and they gave me a tour of several different styles of rooms.
I CAN SAY WITH ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY THAT YOU WILL NOT FIND A BETTER PRICED, CLEAN, SAFE HOTEL IN NEW YORK CITY THAN THE NEWTON. Period.
Clean, Well maintained, comfortable, and wonderfully friendly staff. GREAT!
The hotel is in a great location - right across from the local and express subway (1,2,3). You can get to Times Square in about 8 minutes via subway. The neighborhood is extremely diverse and a great cross section of New Yorkers - young, old, hip, ethnic, professional, you name it. Highly desirable, SAFE neighborhood.
There are lots of great restaurants, stores, delis, drug stores, cleaners, banks in the immediate area.
The staff is AWESOME! We had a glitch in one of our guests flights, and the front desk staff was professional, personable, and extrmely helpful in making it all work out. Excellent customer service.
We will always send our guests here in the future.
Highly recommend. -
Review from Mark O.
Park Slope, Brooklyn, NYI recently got married in the area, and my wife and I referred our out-of-town wedding guests to Hotel Newton. We wanted a place that was nice, yet affordable. Hotel Newton proved to be the ideal choice. Our family members (all of whom are from the Midwest) raved about the quality of the rooms and the quality of the customer service. We couldn't have been happier with our decision. -
Review from Jerry Z.
Malvern, PAThis is a relatively inexpensive hotel right at 96th street, close to the 1,2, 3 subway express stop. It is clean, which is our first criterion. Rooms are tiny but adequate. Air conditioner old and noisy. Single elevator excruciatingly slow. We paid $200 for a double bed and private bathroom. The lower rate has a clean single bath at the end of the corridor ($175). We got this because it is close to the NYC Triathlon starting point. Plenty of places to eat, especially a terrific diner next door for breakfast. -
Review from Kenny N.
Garden Grove, CAPros:
- Very close to the subway.
- It's in a quiet neighborhood.
- Close by to an organic food store that's open 24 hours. Similar to whole foods market. Also, next to a 24 hour drug store.
- Front desk is knowledgable with the subway system. Explained it once and I had it down.
- Room has a fridge and microwave.
Cons:
- The room is tiny. I'm assuming since it's New York I should expect a smaller room but I didn't expect it to be this small. I'm 5'7 and it was cramped for me.
- Be warned. If you're in room 914 the shower floor will sketch you out and make you want to do a double take before showering. The shower FLOOR heats up before the water heats up. I kid you not. Towards the back of the shower the floor is elevated. You'll see steam coming out of it. You won't be able to stand there for long. It will burn your feet. Don't believe me? Ask for room 914 and try it out.
- At night you have to wait for hot water? Turn on the water for about 3-5 minutes before it goes from cold, to lukewarm, then to scorching hot.
- $5 a day for some wifi that can't load anything? 56k status. My phones Internet is faster and more reliable. iPhone 4 on 3G Internet. -
Review from Vivek V.
San Ramon, CAclean room, reasonably priced internet, close to subway, near coffee and cocktails...priced right for NYC -
Review from Robin K.
Hayward, CAThe hotel is in a great location. Quiet neighborhood, great diner next door. Close to the subway, walking distance to decent restaurants, banks, etc. This is where the good stuff stops.
The elevator is super scary. It made wierd noises everytime we used it. The staff is somewhat helpful, but a little creepy. Weird looks and awkward stares.
The worst part was the size of our room. When we walked into the room, I opened up the door, and I literally a couldn't walk one step without bumping into the bed. I remember my wife telling me to get in, and i had to tell her, "I can't even move, because the bed's in the way. The room is not small, it's tiny. I had to rearrange the room so that we could have enough space for our luggage. The bathroom was also just as small. We didn't have nearly enough space to put all our toiletries. I would not recommend Hotel Newton to anyone.
For the price we paid, we should have just subleted an apartment for a week. -
Review from Benji J.
San Francisco, CAGood location right by the 96th st subway station. Relatively cheap rates for NYC (I paid $170, which was pretty reasonable)
Bed was adequate.
Issues with the place: only 1 elevator, which can get bogged down.
Shared bathroom. I highly suggest you shower and get your business done at night before the morning rush.
There's a coin locker for luggage storage, but it's just a lock once system for $5
The AC wasn't working super great when I was there
Overall, for a budget hotel in NYC, this got the job done. It's easy to hop on the subway and get to most places quickly. -
Review from Brien M.
Ballston Spa, NY3 stars not because it's bad but because it's not a luxury or near luxury hotel. I would give a more expensive, more luxurious hotel 4 or 5, but I was looking for affordable. For NYC in a good area this hotel is reasonable.
We stayed there the end of Feb. 2008 so I don't know the air conditioning situation. Our room was "well" heated, however. We keep our home cool so the room was too warm. I finally turned off the valve on the radiator and the room was better the last night. No heat thermostat. We had no air conditioner. Don't know if it was removed for the winter or what. We had a control but no unit.
This was the least expensive, fair quality hotel I could find. It turned out to be in a good part of the upper West Side and about a block from a subway stop. Although not ritzy, our room was furnished very nicely and it was very clean. Room was small but not too small like some of the horror stories I've heard about NYC hotels. Had a small fridge, a microwave, and HD flat panel TV (no movie channels). Bathroom was small but very nice, updated with new fixtures and tile, and absolutely spotless. Second room for my daughter's family had two beds (2 kids and 2 adults) and that made their room too tight. We had a single queen bed.
Didn't use it but I think Internet in room is $5 from noon to noon. Two Internet computers in lobby were frequently in use - they take a credit card for per minute charges.
No gym or restaurant or other special facilities.
Customer service on the phone and at the desk were polite and helpful.
They seem to do a lot of international business. Hotel was full of Germans the days we were there.
Key West cafe next door was wonderful for breakfast. Loved a Tapas and wine bar that was about 2 blocks away. Nice wine store almost across the street (Gotham).
Our stay was fine. Would go back but only to a room with one bed. -
Review from Stephen S.
Brisbane, CAI booked through the hotel website directly. The value was one of the best that I could find for the location. The room was small but it served it's purpose in providing a CLEAN place to sleep and freshen up. (room with private bathroom) I am not saying this is a 4 star hotel but you get the best value for your money. If I planned to come to NY just to stay in a hotel all day then I would have invested more $ in another.
Although check-in was at 3 pm, we had a room at 12 pm upon arrival.
TV, air-conditioning and a refrigerator was also provided. If the microwave is unplugged, do not plug it in and use it. (or it will blow out the fuse). The hotel staff was able to quickly restored power to our room.
Convenient location: right next to Duane Reed convenience store, subway station and many bakeries.
There is only 1 small elevator (but I don't expect much since most of the NY buildings are old)
Service was quick, efficient and helpful.-
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Review from Cindy S.
San Jose, CAConsider this more of a 2 and a half star rating (I'll give them a little bit more since we had a bathroom and it was more affordable than other NY accomodations). My hubby and I went to NY around January 2008 for vacation. We actually got a good rate on the hotel when I went online. But this also got me nervous since I've never been to NY, and I've never seen this place. It was close to everything, even to a subway station, and is located on the Upper West Side. They had a good breakfast place next to it, and a good Thai restaurant nearby.
As soon as we entered the hotel, it had that hostel vibe and was an old building (but we ignored it since most buildings in the city are old anyway). The lobby seemed nice from a distance, but when you look closely, the furniture is mis-matched and dirty! The staff was courteous to my hubby so that was a plus. We rode the elevator and it was those really old-school lifts! Scary if you ask me, then again, I enjoy those in old SF buildings too. I just don't want to get stuck. So far that didn't happen. Whew!
We went to our room and as soon as we opened the door, it stunk! Smelled like pee and it was very, very small. I've seen hotel/motel rooms with bigger sizes for the same price. And this hotel is not even on Times Square! I kept telling my husband to upgrade or request for another room, but he just sprayed the room all the time and it was bearable, hahaha! We had a fridge, microwave, dresser, an lcd tv, a small closet, and a bathroom, so it wasn't too bad. Am not sure about air conditioning since it was cold in NY when we were there, sometimes snowing.
I was also able to use the internet via wifi, but you have to pay $5 a day for it. We were there a week, but I only used the internet for 3 days. One time, the connection was so bad that I got a refund of the $5 bucks. On other days, it was pretty good. Overall, it was a good bargain but you definitely get what you pay for. Maybe I'll spend a couple more bucks for better accomodations next time I'm in town. But if I'm in a hostel budget, I'll probably go back here.-
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Review from Chantelle H.
Milwaukee, WIThis is becoming my go-to hotel when I travel to NYC.
It is a very good value for your money. The location is convenient and the neighborhood offers many conveniences.
I have stayed here twice in the last year and have another upcoming visit next month. The rooms, and more importantly the bathrooms, are very clean. While the bedspread fabric/design may be somewhat outdated, I'm not really too concerned about that.
Only cons are that during my June visit the window air conditioner, "just barely" kept the humidity out of the room. And the internet charge of $5/day is a nuisance, but not enough to keep me from coming back. -
Review from Pourina R.
Charlotte, NCTook a last minute trip and didn't have many resources to find a hotel.
iphone was acting up so I called priceline. They said this place had decent reviews and the price was good at $150 ($175 after taxes) a night. So we blindly booked it.
One important necessity was having our own bathroom. After asking, it seemed many hotels in upper Manhattan cheaper than $150 all had shared bathrooms and we didn't want to pay 200 + a night.
Nothing fancy, not too shabby and gets the job done. It's in a great location, about 5 blocks from Central park. The subway is also right across the street. They offer parking in the Hertz parking lot for $27 a night.
Since we spent very very limited time in our room, this was perfect. If you only need a place to nap and freshen up, you can't go wrong here. If I had more time though, I would have done more research. Hotel kinda smelled like curry too. Must have been the restaurants next door. -
Review from John V.
San Jose, CAI will definitely return to this hotel when I visit New York City.
We were on our NYC-Provincetown-Boston trip and my friends were trying to plan out a place to stay at that wasn't outrageously expensive. We chose Hotel Newton because the rate was reasonable and was just a half-a-block from the 96th Street Station (Lines 1, 2, 3). It was extremely convenient getting to Times Square and all the parts of Manhattan. The room was very clean with a decent-size LCD television. Overall, I enjoyed it.
The biggest downside to Hotel Newton is that it doesn't have complimentary internet and the elevator is so slow. -
Review from Ya Ya C.
Glendale, CAVisited NYC for 10 days to work on an art exhibition. This hotel is in good value comparing to other hotels in NYC.
No bed bugs, room is nice!
Upper west side location is very convenient, close to many wonderful restaurants, whole foods market, subway/bus station right outside the door.
Rooms are clean and good price for NYC hotel rooms with bathroom.
We went to NJ to visit a friend for 2 nights, they allowed us to leave 3 suitcase in their storage room.
Front desk has been helpful.
Only drag is that wifi costs $5 a day. But I will come back and stay here again during my next visit!
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