I've stayed at this room twice during last-minute visits to the area and found it ultra-convenient: the apartment is just three and a half blocks from the Market Street exit of Newark Penn Station and there's a door-code check in so you can come and go easily. Tucked in a quiet back street off of Ferry, the vibrant commercial main drag of the Ironbound, there's a 24-hour Walgreen's around the corner, and lots of restaurants and Brazilian bakeries nearby.

The house itself it a bare bones hostel set-up with a microwave, sink, and coffee maker in a small common kitchen area. Nothing fancy, but clean private room and close to the train.