New York City Hostels

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Many hostels are laid out dorm-style, often with large single-sex rooms and bunk beds, although private rooms that sleep anywhere from one to four people are becoming more common. Hostels often offer kitchens and utensils for your use, bike or moped rentals, storage areas, affordable airport transportation, breakfast and other meals, laundry facilities, and Internet access. Guests must sometimes rent or bring their own sheets or “sleepsacks” (two sheets sewn together); sleeping bags are usually not adequate.

There can be drawbacks to hostel living. Some hostels close during certain daytime “lockout” hours, have a curfew, don’t accept reservations, impose a maximum stay, or, less frequently, require that you do chores. In New York City, a dorm bed in a hostel will average around $35 and a private room around $45. Most hostels place caps on maximum stays. The De Hirsch Residence, however, on the Upper East Side, rents rooms by the month . The Flushing YMCA also allows long-term stays with advance notice .

A Hosteler’S Bill Of Rights. There are certain standard features that we do not include in our hostel listings. Unless we state otherwise, you can expect that every hostel has no lockout, no curfew, a kitchen, free hot showers, some system of secure luggage storage, and no key deposit.