West End Studios & Hostel

Dinining

• Nearby restaurants:
  Seinfeld Diner Known to most New Yorkers as Tom’s Restaurant, this local diner was featured in every episode of the Seinfeld television show.
  Al’s Soup Kitchen International Inspiration for infamous “Soup Nazi” in Seinfeld.
  A FrenchCaribbean fare for studentsize budgets.
  

Property amenities

This hotel offers clean and simple accommodations in a quiet residential neighborhood on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. The hotel is four blocks west of Central Park and one block east of Riverside Park. A huge map of the city hangs in the lobby, along with a collection of black-and-white photos of the metropolis. The lobby has pay phones, a fax machine, and a pay-by-the-minute Internet center. This hotel is non-smoking.

• Concierge services
• Parking (surcharge)
• Parking nearby
• Internet access in public areas - surcharge

• Business services
• Number of rooms: 80
• Safe-deposit box - front desk
• Multilingual staff

• 24-hour front desk
• Tour assistance
• Laundry facilities
• Elevator/lift

• Air-conditioned public areas

Recreation

Central Park, four blocks east of the hotel, offers walking, biking, and running paths; in-line and ice-skating; birding; boating; and a host of other recreational diversions. One block from the hotel, Riverside Park is a popular choice for walkers and runners. The park’s Esplanade offers an unobstructed panorama of the Hudson River and the New Jersey Palisades. Playgrounds, tennis and basketball courts, dog runs, and a bird sanctuary are other park highlights.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.

• Ice skating
• Volleyball

• Running track/path
• Basketball

• Hiking/biking trails
• Horse riding/rental

• Playground

Room amenities

• Shared bathroom
• Cable/satellite TV

• Housekeeping
• Window opens

• Clock radio
• Rollaway beds

• Cribs (infant beds) available

Rooms

This six-story hotel offers 80 guestrooms. Accommodations feature pastel color schemes and black bed frames. Guests share four tiled bathrooms on each floor (bathrooms cleaned twice daily). Most rooms are air conditioned, and all have cable TV and clock radios. Telephones are available in the lobby.

Policies

Extra person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
There are no room charges for children, 18 and younger, who occupy the same room as their parents or guardians.
Rollaways and cribs (infant beds) may be available and should be requested at the time of booking; fees may apply.
Photo identification and credit card or cash deposit is required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in. Special requests made via this Web site cannot be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.

• Pets not allowed
• Check-in time is 3 PM
• Check-out time is 11 AM