In Brooklyn, New York for New Years..anywhere descent and cheap??

On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 14:13:14 +0000, eoyn2004 <member30831@british_expats.com>
wrote:

>
>Hello,
>
>I am flying to New York on Dec. 27th and would like to stay in Brooklyn.
>I am there till Jan 13th. I have searched the internet high and dry, and
>everything is either , or extremely expensive. I am a budget travel
>and would like to have my own room and bed, plus my girlfriend lives
>there and will be staying with me for most nights. Does anybody know
>anything descent from experience? Im sure that there must be places that
>dont advertise on the net, but do exist. Any help is greatly
>appreciated. Thanks. Ian.

Brooklyn, while an interesting borough of New York City well worth
visiting, is not a travel mecca. Brooklyn simply is not a destination
in and of itself for tourists. Manhattan is where they want to be.
Thus Brooklyn does not have many hotels and other than a luxury hotel
in downtown Brooklyn they are not attractive accomodations. There are
a few interesting B and B's in the Park Slope area of Brooklyn, and they
are quite pricey though charming. You most probably have turned up all
there are in your Internet search.

Rita <rknydelete@myrealbox.com> wrote in message news:<it9un012588c7fdic2muj03sffqthrji20@>. ..
> On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 14:13:14 +0000, eoyn2004 <member30831@british_expats.com>
> wrote:
>
> >
> >Hello,
> >
> >I am flying to New York on Dec. 27th and would like to stay in Brooklyn.
> >I am there till Jan 13th. I have searched the internet high and dry, and
> >everything is either , or extremely expensive. I am a budget travel
> >and would like to have my own room and bed, plus my girlfriend lives
> >there and will be staying with me for most nights. Does anybody know
> >anything descent from experience? Im sure that there must be places that
> >dont advertise on the net, but do exist. Any help is greatly
> >appreciated. Thanks. Ian.
>
> Brooklyn, while an interesting borough of New York City well worth
> visiting, is not a travel mecca. Brooklyn simply is not a destination
> in and of itself for tourists. Manhattan is where they want to be.
> Thus Brooklyn does not have many hotels and other than a luxury hotel
> in downtown Brooklyn they are not attractive accomodations. There are
> a few interesting B and B's in the Park Slope area of Brooklyn, and they
> are quite pricey though charming. You most probably have turned up all
> there are in your Internet search.

Yeah, I don't think there are too many "budget" options in Brooklyn.
The only hotel I can think of is the Marriott (in the "downtown" area
near the Fulton Mall). I don't know what the rates are, but I think
they tend to cater more often to business travelers, so I doubt
they're in a "budgtet" sort of range.

In article <b335154e.0410271009.2aea5c2f@com >,
dpc47852m (Dan Checkman) wrote:

> Rita <rknydelete@myrealbox.com> wrote in message
> news:<it9un012588c7fdic2muj03sffqthrji20@>. ..
> > On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 14:13:14 +0000, eoyn2004
> > <member30831@british_expats.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >Hello,
> > >
> > >I am flying to New York on Dec. 27th and would like to stay in Brooklyn.
> > >I am there till Jan 13th. I have searched the internet high and dry, and
> > >everything is either , or extremely expensive. I am a budget travel
> > >and would like to have my own room and bed, plus my girlfriend lives
> > >there and will be staying with me for most nights. Does anybody know
> > >anything descent from experience? Im sure that there must be places that
> > >dont advertise on the net, but do exist. Any help is greatly
> > >appreciated. Thanks. Ian.
> >
> > Brooklyn, while an interesting borough of New York City well worth
> > visiting, is not a travel mecca. Brooklyn simply is not a destination
> > in and of itself for tourists. Manhattan is where they want to be.
> > Thus Brooklyn does not have many hotels and other than a luxury hotel
> > in downtown Brooklyn they are not attractive accomodations. There are
> > a few interesting B and B's in the Park Slope area of Brooklyn, and they
> > are quite pricey though charming. You most probably have turned up all
> > there are in your Internet search.
>
> Yeah, I don't think there are too many "budget" options in Brooklyn.
> The only hotel I can think of is the Marriott (in the "downtown" area
> near the Fulton Mall). I don't know what the rates are, but I think
> they tend to cater more often to business travelers, so I doubt
> they're in a "budgtet" sort of range.

No to mention that the New Years Eve period is probably the single
most expensive and crowded time to stay anywhere in New York City.