MLS · October–December 2026
Home of the New York City FC · New York, NY
For mls cup playoffs dates (October–December 2026), book a free-cancellation rate before the matchup is even official.
Live rates and availability plotted around the stadium.
Top 3 rooms · our picks, never paid placements
Premium
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Nothing premium exists at 161st and River, so take the best-rated hotel on the ride in: 4.5 on Tripadvisor, a block from Grand Central. The 4 runs express up Lexington to 161st Street, no transfer, and Metro-North reaches Yankees-E 153rd Street in 15 minutes on game days. Kimpton Eventi grades higher, 4.6 from 4,847 reviews, and we passed on it: no Metro-North.
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Fan pick
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The Harlem play, which cuts the ride and the rate at once. The 125th Street station is at the corner and the D runs to 161st Street-Yankee Stadium with no transfer, about half the ride from Midtown. Tripadvisor ranks it 273rd of 526 citywide. Rooms are compact and the complaints are noise: lobby music to midnight, thin walls. Ask for a high floor off the street.
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Budget
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Cheapest bed we would book near the park, and it matches the Midtown pick and beats Harlem: 4.5 on Tripadvisor, third of thirty hotels in the Bronx, in a 1913 vaudeville house on East 149th. 3 Av-149 St is two minutes away, and from 149 St-Grand Concourse the 4 goes one stop north to 161st. Reviews split on the neighborhood and parking is limited.
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Getting there by train
The 4 train runs from Midtown East hotels to the stadium's corner in about 25 minutes, and Metro-North game trains serve Yankees-E 153rd St from Grand Central.
Every stadium you can reach by train, ranked by walk to the gate
Station data: our venue transit feed · stops derived from OpenStreetMap (ODbL). Transit schedules change. Confirm times with the operator before game day.
The money play
The first demand spike hits when a home game becomes possible: a series lead, a clinch scenario. Lock a free-cancellation room in Midtown Manhattan before certainty, while prices are still normal.
The second, much bigger spike lands the moment the date is official, usually days before the game. Rooms near Yankee Stadium go first, then demand ripples outward through New York.
If your team doesn't get the game, cancel before the cutoff. It costs nothing. If they do, you're holding a room everyone else is fighting over at double the price.
LaGuardia Airport (LGA) is the main airport, roughly 25 minutes from the venue by car in normal traffic. Expect longer on game days.
Most visiting fans stay in Midtown Manhattan, Harlem, Upper West Side or Concourse. Stay in Midtown and take the 4, B or D train straight to 161st Street-Yankee Stadium, but double-check your ticket's venue since NYCFC plays select home matches at Citi Field in Queens until Etihad Park opens in 2027.
Book a refundable rate the moment a home game becomes possible, even before the matchup is official. Playoff-round dates firm up only days in advance and prices jump immediately, so a free-cancellation booking made early beats waiting every time.
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