Clarion Collection The Gem Hotel-SoHo
Hotel Address
135 E. Houston St. (at Forsyth Street)
New York, United States
Room Rates
| Single | $199 - $350 |
| Double | $199 - $350 |
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The Clarion Collection The Gem Hotel-SoHo, formerly the Howard Johnson Express Inn, is clean, comfortable, and reliable. However, the location—on the border of the cool East Village and hipster Lower East Side—makes this hotel something special.
The hotel's 45 rooms are comfortable, if a little run-down. A continental breakfast is included in the room price, and some rooms have efficient kitchens with mini-fridges, microwaves, and coffeemakers. So if you're looking to concoct a few at-home meals, request ahead.
Note: This hotel was visited by a EuroCheapo editor and is recommended based on cleanliness, location, price and overall quality. EuroCheapo did not charge this hotel to be listed.
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Hotel Address
135 E. Houston St. (at Forsyth Street)
East Village, New York, United States
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Amenities
Hotel
- Breakfast Included
- Concierge/Booking Services
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Elevator
- Fax Machine
- Free Newspapers
- Laundry Service
- Luggage Storage
- Non-Smoking Hotel
- Non-Smoking Rooms
- Parking
- Reception: 24-Hour
- Shoe polishing service
- Tourist information
- Wi-Fi Connection
Room
- Air conditioning
- Alarm Clock
- Bathroom: Private
- Bathtubs Available
- Cable TV
- Coffee/Tea Maker
- Hair Dryer
- Handicap accessible roome
- Heat
- Internet Access
- Iron
- Safe
- Soundproofed Windows
- Telephone
- Toiletries
- TV – flat screen
- Writing desk
About the Clarion Collection The Gem Hotel-SoHo neighborhood
The down and dirty East Village really isn't so down and dirty anymore. It used to be New York City's troubled teen—a hub for bad-boy rock-and-rollers and other rabble-rousers. But things took a turn in the late '80s and '90s: the homeless squatters were ousted from Tompkins Square Park, and the drug dealers were cleared from (most of) the street corners of Alphabet City—the area between avenues A and D.
Now it's all about NYU students, quirky shops, cheap food, raucous pubs, and sleek little bars. There's still a little edge left to the East Village. St. Marks Place, for example, has its share of freaks. Traces of the neighborhood's Ukrainian community remain, there's a cluster of back-to-back Indian restaurants, and quite a few eateries catering to Japanese expats.
History buffs should check out McSorley's, New York's oldest pub, and Cooper Union, the design college where Abraham Lincoln delivered an important anti-slavery speech in 1860.
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Landmarks near Clarion Collection The Gem Hotel-SoHo
| Little Italy | 0.64 km |
|---|---|
| East Village | 0.73 km |
| Lower East Side | 0.88 km |
| New York University | 0.9 km |
| Washington Square Park | 1.04 km |
| Chinatown | 1.08 km |
| Greenwich Village | 1.24 km |
| City Hall | 1.4 km |
| Union Square | 1.4 km |
| Gramercy Park | 1.7 km |
| West Village | 1.78 km |
| Brooklyn Bridge | 1.95 km |
| Flatiron Building | 2.03 km |
| Ground Zero (World Trade Center) | 2.32 km |
| Meatpacking District | 2.4 km |
| Wall Street | 2.61 km |
| Empire State Building | 2.82 km |
| Penn Station | 2.94 km |
| Herald Square | 2.99 km |
| Battery Park | 3.14 km |
| Grand Central Station | 3.35 km |
| Times Square | 3.63 km |
| United Nations New York | 3.64 km |
| Broadway Theaters | 3.88 km |
| Rockefeller Center | 4.06 km |
| St Patrick's Cathedral | 4.07 km |
| Midtown | 4.14 km |
| Fifth Avenue Dept Stores | 4.3 km |
| Museum of Modern Art | 4.36 km |
| Whitney Museum of American Art | 5.98 km |
| American Museum of Natural History | 6.56 km |
| Upper East Side | 6.59 km |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | 6.64 km |
| Central Park | 6.95 km |
| Guggenheim Museum New York | 7.15 km |
| Upper West Side | 7.2 km |
| Columbia University | 9.75 km |
| Cloisters Museum | 16.58 km |
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