ARL wrote:
We are mature couple from San Francisco.
We are taking our vacation in New York City on October 26 to Nov 1.
Please recommend 3 star hotel that is near the subway stations in Queens
or Brooklyn or NJ that is reasonably priced?

We are considering to stay at the Sheraton Lincoln Harbor Hotel in
Weehawken, NJ on the Hudson.
But there is no MTA subway to that area, correct?
Everyday, we have to take the Waterway Ferry from the Lincoln Harbor
terminal to West 39th Street Midtown at $7.75 per person? How can we get
from this 39th Street Ferry Terminal to the MTA subway?

Thank you for your help.

Very bad idea what you're trying to do. Between the cost of the transit,
and the amount of time it takes, you won't save much, if any, money.
Also, when visiting Manhattan, it's often the case that you want to go
back to the hotel in the middle of the day, take a rest, then go back
out at night. If you have to travel back to Queens or NJ, you won't do that.

Check out "http://www.quikbook.com/special_market.asp?city=10009" and
"http://www.venere.com/new-york/new-york/".

Also check out where we stayed last time (April 2009), Best Western
Seaport Inn, which is in Manhattan, near the Brooklyn Bridge, the old
Seaport, Chinatown, and Battery Park,
"http://www.seaportinn.com/rates.php". For your dates it's 209.00 x 3
Nights + $ 319.00 x 2 Nights + $ 229.00 x 1 Night. For some reason their
own site has space, but through the Best Western site, and Quikbook,
there is no space for those dates.

It's gone up a bit (it was $199/night in April, through Quikbook) but
you're going at a peak time. Very large rooms for NYC, including a
refrigerator, breakfast included, free wireless access, and free fresh
cookies in the afternoon if you're around. About a seven minute walk to
two different subway stations. I am not easily impressed, and I was
impressed. The hotel is in part of an old industrial building, but once
you're inside you don't realize it. I also was happy that a few steps
from the hotel was _Jack's Stir Brew_ coffee, which had about the best
coffee I've ever had, and I'm a real coffee snob. If you're going to the
S.O.L. you can walk to Battery Park from the hotel. A quick walk to
Chinatown for good cheap food. Keep walking and go to other interesting
neighborhoods in the Lower East Side, on to Katz's deli, the Village,
and Union Square (there is a restroom inside Walgreen's, but none in
Trader Joe's).

Don't stay outside Manhattan if your trip is primarily to visit
Manhattan. It's not a good use of time or money.