Jazz on Amsterdam

Will not recommend this place. There’s nothing good about it except the proximity to different tourist spots and accessibility to transportation. The toilets are extremely untidy and you do not feel safe as well. Do not go to this place.

Durant une semaine entière, j’ai dormi dans cette auberge de jeunesse. Elle se trouve dans l’Upper West Side de Manhattan entre Riverside Park et Central Park. On y accède en métro avec la ligne 1 qui dépose une rue avant, soit dans la 86eme.
Elle est ouverte en continu avec accès par sonnerie pour les visiteurs et des cartes magnétiques sont remises à chaque personne qui y passent quelques temps. Le personnel parle anglais et espagnol. Toutes taxes comprises, une semaine pleine revient environ à 410 $.
De nombreux dortoirs, le mien étant pour deux avec lit à étage. Deux tableaux dans le style d’Andy Warhol en décoration, de l’espace pour circuler et des casiers pour ranger ses affaires. Penser à amener son propre cadenas pour fermer le tout car ils né sont pas fournit.
La salle de bain est commune au palier ou l’on se trouve, simple, dispose de trois prises pour les appareils électriques, d’un cabinet de toilette, d’un lavabo avec glacé, une seconde glacé au mur opposé et d’une douche avec pommeau mural et réglage de la chaleur avec une petite poignée en forme de roué. L’entretien est fait régulièrement.
Les serviettes sont en libre service à l’accueil chaque jour et à toute heures, deux panières pour distinguer propre et sale. La wifi est gratuite avec accès par mot de passé uniquement dans les parties communes. Un petit réfectoire pour manger avec le nécessaire pour ranger et préparer convenablement son repas.

i stayed here during the NY Comic Con in October 2011. i had to make a quick booking here because the hostel i booked originally was suddenly shut down. reading the hostelworld reviews i was quite nervous for what i expected, however by the time i went there, all my fears were sort of dissapated. first off they were able to give me two bookings to make up for the fact that i couldnt have all the nights in the same room. the mixed dorm i was put in was quite safe, the men in the room were friendly chaps from England and Australia (omg good looking too),
there were other women in the room with me, i felt okay with leaving most of my stuff in a locked bag and i was able to get a locker to put my con swag and purchases (always bring a lock!), i had the top bunk but i rolled with it and the mattresses were sturdy and comfy. the female dorm with ‘ensuite’ (meaning toilet and shower) was a godsend cause after a while i was not in love with waiting to get into the bathrooms down the hall. its worth the extra few bucks, but there is no sink or mirror in the restroom, so you do have to wait to brush your teeth or use a mirror for makeup and hair stuff…
the downstairs kitchen was small but functional, you could bring your own food and store it in the fridge, the basement lounge was quite comfy too, they have a bathroom, tables, couches, big ass tv, washer/​dryers, and a internet station (for pay but cheaper than a typical NYC cybercafe).
the elevator is from the 1930’s! and it takes forever to get in and out and the chamber is SMALL! its the only way up from the basement besides the backdoor onto the street and its a must if you are carrying luggage. they have a lockup closet but its TINY and the staff may not always be available to take it out for you and they do charge a nominal fee after a while. your best bet is to snag a locker in the dorms during your stay.
the people i met during my long weekend were just adorable young British and European people looking to see america and make friends. some of the asians were a bit skittish around me (i’m a black woman who often dresses goth) but on the whole i didnt feel uncomfortable, i spent a lot of time doing my thing and then stumbling back in to my room after a night out and sleeping soundly until i had to get up and do another day of awesome in Gotham
there are keycards you swipe to get in and out of the rooms and the hostel, the staff is there ²⁴⁄₇ but depending on who is on shift your level of customer service may vary.
the area around the hostel is the Upper West Side, you will see nannies pushing strollers, old women reeking of old money waiting for their doormen to call a cab, and kabab carts a plenty (cheap and damn good eats… i lived off them for four days… trust me on this — TRUST) and a subway ready to take you wherever you need to go! there is a small belgian bistro next to a corner minimart next door to the hostel, a CVS on the next block and other small restaurants and diners abound if you want to not go far and chill out before hitting the big bad city.
its quiet (as far as new york city is concerned) at night and its safe to walk back ‘home’ from wherever at two and three in the morning… it is quite nice to stroll down streets of beautiful brownstones and grand old buildings housing the elite since the Gilded Age.
so in short, i say if you want a good cheap bed — please try this place! dont believe all of what you read, as of last Fall any problems this place had was a memory and not part of my experience there… in fact i just booked another stay for a trip this April!

I travel quite a bit and stay in hostels, no problem. But this place had a weird, weird vibe. I’ve never felt as unsafe at a hostel, which is a big no-​no for a woman travelling alone.
I paid extra to be put in a small all-​female dorm, cos that’s how I roll, but first I was put in a small room with one extremely smelly and weird guy and, when I spoke to the front desk, was put in a larger room by myself. This was okay until at 4am I was woken up by a clearly drunk guy coming into my room, because the front desk staff had failed to note in the system that I was in there and had registered this guy in my bunk. The second floor, where I was, was kind of cavernous and I did not once see another woman up there.
Using the public lounge became difficult when one of the other guests, a huge drunk guy, began to get weird and angry that people were using their laptops rather than ‘partying’, and he started terrorising people and insulting myself and another dude. Given that the only place you can get wifi access is in the lounge, this was a huge safety problem too. Neither of us had spoken one word to him, and the lounge is well away from the staff, who didn’t care.
This hostel would be fine — clean, modern and well-​sized rooms and beds, etc — but basically I did not feel safe at all, would NOT recommend for people traveling alone, maybe it would be fine with a friend. When I arrived, another woman was complaining that people had been banging on her door all night and that housekeeping had stolen her pillow. At the time I thought she sounded kind of high-​maintenance — it is a hostel, after all, not a hotel — but after staying there a night I would never go back.