If you aren't tired of visitors asking about areas, can we ask about yet another one? Is a Jersey city B and B (Mont Morris - not sure if that's the areas or not) a good place to stay for a short first time visit to your great city. It's located at West 120th Street (between Lenox and Fifth Avenues). We'll be wanting to spend most of our time in Manhattan, so also wondered how accessible this is; ease of travel at night and all of that? Our alternatives are to stay In Chelsea and we're also considering Brooklyn (flatbush?), but that sounds as though it's rather far. thank you New Yorkers!! And thanks for the bargain shopping info in your other posts.

That isn't in Jersey City. That's in Harlem, in Manhattan. Very easily accessible, near a few major subway lines.

Thank you. We obviously had very wrong information.

I just realized I'd posted an incorrect ddress - the B and B is apparently 7/10 of a mile to the Journal Square Path Train stop which they tell us takes us directly into Manhattan within ten minutes. It's on Mercer Street, six blocks to Bergen Ave. But at $36 a night, I'm seriously sceptical.

Sounds pretty fishy to me. Having looked at the location on Mapquest it also seems a pretty long walk to the Path train. I don't know about the area but I can ask a few people I know who live over that way. I used to live not far away at Pavonia Newport and that was safe but there were pockets of bad areas all around there.

I'd actually call Pavonia/Newport WORLDS away from that part of JC. But I don't know enough about that specific neighborhood to say more.

Pavonia Newport is the next Path stop from Journal Square before you get to Manhattan. When I checked Mapquest it showed Mercer Street not far from Newport Mall and I lived just near there for a short time nearly 5 years ago, apart from the mall there is absolutely nothing over there, it was utterly boring.

The address she's giving is on the other side of the Turnpike. Jersey City east of 78 and west of 78 are pretty different neighborhoods, no?

Well in Jersey City few area are not that well connected.
Honestly if you are going to spend most of your time in the City. Its better to be very near. More time to explore.
You could try Vacation rentals website for lodging.

Thanks everyone for your helpful information and comments. With this info and some more research, we'll bite the bullet and stay in Manhattan ... your advice and info has been great ... Thanks for your help.