I'm coming to NYC next week: where to sleep & what to do :)

[Ruben]

Hi, I think there are a lot of Americans here, so I thought why not ask them <see topic>
The 4th of november my flight leaves from Amsterdam (Iceland Air rules! ), and the 11th I'll be back.
I haven't had the time to arrange a place to stay, but I have some phone numbers from cheap hotels I will call
today.
A good friend of mine is following classes @ HB studios, and she's lving here:
105W55th street
New York, NY 10019. I guess NYC is pretty big and I don't want to walk a day to be with her, you know
Do you have any ideas where to stay, maybe budget (youth-)hotels with a website I can visit or mail?
Any other ideas on what I HAVE to do while I'm there are welcome too.
TIA,
Ruben

 

[yakko]

Wow! A forum hiccup. Tis was double posted about 40 minutes after the first. http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=38&amp;threadid=264101

 

[Superwombat]

not quite double posted, the first one had a different, but similar text... I think this was more of a user hiccup pf some kind...

 

[Ruben]

Yeah I forgot to mention the neighbourhood where I wanted to be around...
I clicked on submit and then I rammed the escape button, but too late
No tips though?