The Jane
In 1912, when the survivors of the Titanic were brought back to New York by the SS Carpathian, many stayed that first night at this hotel. It seems appropriate, therefore, that most of the Jane’s rooms have the look of a ship’s cabin (or perhaps a railway sleeping car)—highly compact with a shelf above the bed ...
In 1912, when the survivors of the Titanic were brought back to New York by the SS Carpathian, many stayed that first night at this hotel. It seems appropriate, therefore, that most of the Jane’s rooms have the look of a ship’s cabin (or perhaps a railway sleeping car)—highly compact with a shelf above the bed for luggage. Let me go a bit further in explaining what I mean by "compact": These may well be the smallest rooms in NYC (which says a lot). When I was standing in one recently, I spread out my arms and came within about 5 inches of touching both walls at once. So this ain’t the place for claustrophobes. Rooms for two have bunk beds, making the space seem even smaller. Back when The Jane first opened in 2008, these dollhouse-size digs had every luxury (fine bedding, Ipod docking stations, flatscreen TV’s) and access to a high end coffee shop and scenester bar in the lobby and on the rooftop.
Alas, in 2025 a private club took over all of the glamorous public areas, and now guests at The Jane enter through a basement lobby. Rooms are clean but no longer have any high end touches—the TV’s are gone, and the mattresses are now squeaky and hard. Still, for those willing to share a bathroom (all the rooms that once had their own are gone), this will be one of the cheapest sleeps in the city, And the Greenwich Village neighborhood the Jane inhabits is a tree lined beaut.
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