Nesva Hotel

Visitors like this hotel for its affordability and location in the cluster of hotels by the 39th Street subway stop on the N or W lines. Inside the striking blue and orange exterior of the building, the 32 small rooms have more of a chain hotel look—white linens, patterned rugs, orange walls and economic black furniture—than a design-forward boutique feel, but they’re efficient and a good value for your money. We’d spring for the rooms with private balconies on the west side of the building, which have either king or twin beds for around $200 a night or less.