Tony Montana

Review of St. Marks Hotel

Our room (#36 facing St.Marks) might be a very tig...

Our room (#36 facing St.Marks) might be a very tight fit where the queen bed takes up most of the space, but with a little rearrangement the room worked fine. We basically changed the bed's orientation to create a passage all around the bed, giving us both a place to lay our bags on the floor...and hang a couple of things, but there is really no more space than that. The outside NYC noise never bothered us from sleeping...we wear ear plugs.
The hotel itself was very quiet. Probably not the best time to visit NYC but one of the cheapest.
The temperature was extremely cold and damp. Reminding me of a Rolling Stones song "She Was Hot"; "New York City was cold and damp..."
The washroom (no bath) is minuscule.
You could probably brush your teeth while on the toilet while washing your feet in the shower...if you needed to.
The cramp shower might take 5-10 min.to get hot depending on the time of day.
There is nothing to put your stuff (soap, shampoo, etc) in or on, other than the floor.
We never let the staff come in to clean (because I wouldn't trust anyone there)
the Spanish speaking guy showed me pretty fast how useless they are at solving problems (our shower wasn't getting hot at first).
The room had no safe.
One of the 3 lights in the room was flickering.
The TV has HBO !!
But it is 2001 tiny...
So if you are still reading this and not into all the fluff... This place is so well situated!
I was even able to park our car (for free!) on 7th street for 7 days moving it twice.

We almost settled and went to stay at the 17th street inns with shared bath...glad we didn't!
Even though Woody Allen filmed in one of them, he does call it a "flea bag hotel".
St. Marks Hotel might be pricier but it is a better choice, at those prices.