This is an older (and cheaper) hotel. The room was small but refurbished and fine - bed a bit soft. No hot water facilities but we asked for and received a kettle to make tea. AC was right next to the bed but was quiet enough (and powerful enough!) so didn't bother us. Only big negative was the mouse. Yes the MOUSE! There was a bloody mouse, possibly more than one living behind our cupboard. Second night I lost a whole night's sleep playing catch-me-if-you-can with the inquisitive rodent. Light on, runs into his hole. Light off - out he comes again. And he was noisy - patter patter and then trying to go through our bags. And sometimes squeaking. Not sure how common an issue this is in older NY hotels - this one was fairly close to Central Park, where I have also seen rodents. The other newer hotel I stayed in did not have mice. I could probably have asked for a change of room, but I was tired and it was the middle of the night. So be warned when choosing older and cheaper hotels - this might just go with the territory. Apart from the mouse, this hotel was mostly fine. LOTS of restaurants nearby. Oh the TV service was so poor as to be unusable, so don't expect to watch CNN here. If you are not terrified by mice and are mostly going to be outside anyway and on a budget, you could do worse.