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Central Park West Hostel

2.0 star property

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Property amenity
Shared Dormitory (1 Bunk Bed in 4 Bed Shared Dorm) | Desk, blackout drapes, iron/ironing board, free WiFi
Lobby
Meeting facility

Reviews

5.2 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Kitchen
  • Laundry
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Housekeeping
  • Air conditioning
  • Free WiFi

Explore the area

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201 W 87th Street, New York, NY, 10024
  • Place, Children's Museum of Manhattan
    ‪5 min walk‬
  • Place, Central Park
    ‪8 min walk‬
  • Place, American Museum of Natural History
    ‪11 min walk‬
  • Airport, New York, NY (LGA-LaGuardia)
    ‪18 min drive‬

Room options

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Shared Dormitory (1 Bunk Bed in 2 Bed Shared Dorm) | Desk, blackout drapes, iron/ironing board, free WiFi

Shared Dormitory (1 Bunk Bed in 2 Bed Shared Dorm)

  • 200 sq ft
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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Shared Dormitory (1 Bunk Bed in 2 Bed Shared Dorm), Private Bathroom | Desk, blackout drapes, iron/ironing board, free WiFi

Shared Dormitory (1 Bunk Bed in 2 Bed Shared Dorm), Private Bathroom

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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Standard Room, 1 King Bed, Private Bathroom | Desk, blackout drapes, iron/ironing board, free WiFi

Standard Room, 1 King Bed, Private Bathroom

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Kama Central Park Hostel
  • Free WiFi
  • Air conditioning
  • Housekeeping
  • 24/7 front desk
4.2 out of 5, Very Good, 386 reviews
$162 nightly
The price is $189
Jan 4 - Jan 5, 2026
Total with taxes and fees
Kama Central Park Hostel

About the neighborhood

New York

With a stay at Central Park West Hostel in New York (Manhattan), you'll be within a 5-minute drive of Central Park and Broadway. .This hostel is 2.2 mi (3.5 km) from 5th Avenue and 2.4 mi (3.9 km) from Times Square.
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What's nearby

  • Children's Museum of Manhattan - 5 min walk - 0.3 miles
  • Riverside Park - 6 min walk - 0.4 miles
  • Central Park - 8 min walk - 0.5 miles
  • American Museum of Natural History - 11 min walk - 0.6 miles
  • Beacon Theater - 14 min walk - 0.8 miles

Getting around

  • 86 St. Station (Broadway) - 2 min walk
  • New York Harlem 125th St. Station - 5 min drive
  • LaGuardia Airport (LGA) - 27 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Crossbar - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Barney Greengrass - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪Tiki Chick - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Yasouvlaki - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪Dunkin' - ‬2 min walk

About this property

Central Park West Hostel

Hostel with a 24-hour front desk, 8-minute walk to Central Park
Central Park West Hostel offers 4 shared accommodations with air conditioning, irons/ironing boards, and complimentary toiletries. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Guests can make use of the shared/communal kitchen. Housekeeping is provided daily.
Make yourself at home in one of the 4 air-conditioned guestrooms. Prepare your meals in the shared/communal kitchen. Complimentary wireless internet access is available to keep you connected. Conveniences include desks and irons/ironing boards, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Make use of convenient amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access, an arcade/game room, and tour/ticket assistance.
Featured amenities include dry cleaning/laundry services, a 24-hour front desk, and luggage storage. A roundtrip airport shuttle is available for a surcharge.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • No onsite parking available
  • Roundtrip airport shuttle (surcharge)

Food and drink

  • Coffee and tea in common areas

Things to do

  • Arcade/game room

Family friendly

  • Arcade/game room
  • Laundry facilities

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Vending machine

Guest services

  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Tour and ticket assistance

More

  • 5 floors

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Blackout drapes

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Towels provided

Food and drink

  • Shared kitchen access

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Desk
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Shared accommodations

Policies

Check-in

Check-in time starts at 3:00 PM
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Property payment types

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards
Only bookings from non-local guests are accepted; guests whose residence is within 50 mi (80 km) of the property will not be allowed to check in

Property is also known as

Central Park West Hostel New York
Central Park West Hostel
Central Park West Hostel York
Central Park West Hostel New York
Central Park West Hostel Hostel/Backpacker accommodation

Reviews

Central Park West Hostel Reviews

5.2

5.2/10

Cleanliness

6.0/10

Staff & service

4.6/10

Amenities

4.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

4.8/10

Eco-friendliness
Rating 10 - Excellent. 61 out of 446 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 74 out of 446 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 88 out of 446 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 70 out of 446 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 153 out of 446 reviews

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

John

Business traveler
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The rooms are incredibly basic, run-down, dirty. The bed is an iron structure which creaks with the slightest movement. Main lights in the room did not work nor did most of the sockets. I was not provided with a towel, despite asking, and had just one sheet as a bed cover - I slept fully clothed. Toilets are disgusting, broken and half work. Showers needed a good scrub. First night I was supposed to have a "private" bathroom but this was not available so I used a communal bathroom. I was moved for the second night, and there was a bathroom, which was very bad. The location is good, right off Broadway and a block to Central Park. Staff were polite but didn't follow up on the few requests I made. Bottom line - don't stay here, this will probably be the worst place you've ever spent a night.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

8/10 Good

Damla

Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2025

2/10 Terrible

Cameron

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The room looked nothing like the pictures displayed on the website. The room was horrific. The entrance was not welcoming at all.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jacob

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 9 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

mohsen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It is a beautiful and wonderful place surrounded by all services, but it is better for those who want to go to keep their car at home.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

2/10 Terrible

tanais

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

6/10 Okay

Edison

Disliked: Cleanliness
They should do a deep clean in the water dispenser, small insects in it... and some cockroaches were in the bathroom. The rest is ok 👍
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

gae

Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2025

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Disliked: Staff & service
Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2025

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

Victor

Traveled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
the furniture is old, dirty and ripped, no lightbulbs, the space in between the toilet and the wall is super reduced, the sink is full of mold. And the smell of weed inside the building is horrendous.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

Danny

Stayed 10 nights in Jul 2025

6/10 Okay

Nestor

Disliked: Staff & service
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

Paula

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We went to the property and nobody answered. We could not do a check in, and now they don’t want to refund us
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

6/10 Okay

Sean

Liked: Cleanliness
Good location.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

Pâmela

Disliked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

Briana

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I booked this room because as it was advertised on Expedia, it appeared clean and nice for the price; what i got proved it false advertisement. What pictures you see are specifically curated. Very likely the first floor. Which is the only floor to have wifi by the way, in the lounge. The free wifi advertisment is a lie. I also was not informed that I, a woman, would be sharing a room- much less with a random man that walked in while I was half naked and sleeping. The front desk treated me as if I was unreasonable for being deeply disturbed and traumatised by this, and I immediately left that night.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2025

4/10 Poor

Léia

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
There is not hot water, everything very dirty, restrooms, rooms.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Avoid this hostel.

Very bare. No lockers in the dorms, room is poorly lit and not well-ventilated, the lounge area with the adjacent mess hall are unkempt, and the communal shower rooms are grimy and do not have toilet rolls. The hostel's only positive attribute is its very close proximity to Central Park, convenience stores, and the subway.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2025

2/10 Terrible

Joseph

Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Daejah

Stayed 1 night in May 2025

2/10 Terrible

Mohamed

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 5 nights in May 2025

2/10 Terrible

Edon

Disliked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

2/10 Terrible

Edon

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It seems that there are local homeless people living in the propriety (not that is a problem, but they need to add extra steps to keep the place clean), and there are so many cockroaches everywhere. They must not have done proper pest control for several months.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

8/10 Good

Sheila

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Great option with great location and price.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025