A love song to "classic New York," the Mayfair Hotel shows its age, but the simple three-star hotel is a good value for the unfussy traveler looking for a clean, central place to sleep.

The Chelsea Star is an interesting beast, with hostel dormitories, cheap artist-shaped rooms with shared-facilities, and deluxe rooms with massive amounts of space.

The 150-room Gershwin is a well-executed hotel thriving on the crazy energy of 1970s New York.

Perched on the edge of Hell's Kitchen, at 47th Street and 8th Avenue, the Econo Lodge Times Square certainly offers convenience.

The Hotel @ Times Square pairs two things Cheapos cherish: a prime location and reasonable rates.

The Wellington Hotel is something of an aging beauty, but it's clean, comfortable and an excellent value for this chichi and coveted location just south of Central Park.

The 38 rooms at the Off SoHo Suites Hotel offer convenient, spacious and well located accommodations with modern furnishings and full kitchens.

The Hotel East Houston, located as one might expect on very busy Houston Street, is a smart boutique hotel.

From the outside, the Skyline Hotel bears resemblance to a highway-side motor lodge. Inside, the atmosphere is unmistakably that of a big city hotel.

Located in the hear of Times Square, the Milford offers 1,331 recently renovated and reasonably priced rooms. (Note: The hotel is still undergoing renovations.)

The small and simple Hotel St. James offers basic accommdations and some of the best rates in the area around Times Square.