Kidfly182 (CC BY-SA 4.0) via Wikimedia CommonsOn the edge of Chinatown and the Lower East Side, the Wyndham Garden offers affordable, boutique-style rooms with a rooftop bar and easy walks to SoHo and Little Italy. It’s a practical first-timer base: central enough to reach the big sights on foot, with downtown’s best eating on the doorstep and value rates that leave room in the budget.
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