Hi,

I'm coming to New York for 1 week on 29th March. Looking at hotels in Manhattan, I thought I'd split my stay across 2 hotels in 2 areas.

First of all I booked the Verve Hotel in Queens. It was $700 dollars for 4 nights for a room with a jacuzzi in it, breakfast and wifi so about $175/night inc all taxes. A bit more than I was hoping to spend but I couldn't see anything else I liked in the same price range in Manhattan.

For the last 3 nights I booked Club Quarters World Trade Centre for £181 for 3 nights inc all taxes and breakfast.

It's a bit strange that the Verve is a 2.5* and Club Quarters is 4* yet 3 times cheaper but there you go, that's what I found. I'm not too bothered if the hotel has breakfast or not but I'd like the price to reflect that I'd have to buy something elsewhere if the hotel I book doesn't include it.

I have two questions:
1) Is the Queens hotel in a good location to get around to see the central Manhattan sites & does it seem an ok price?
2) Our flight arrives at JFK at 11.10pm on a Monday night. Is the subway safe to get with our suitcases from JFK to Queensborough Plaza around 1am?