Foul-smelling. Dirty. In almost complete disrepair.
If these are some of things that you look for in a hotel, you're in luck here. Our revolting room smelled like a homeless guy's groin, and the shower was a place you'd never be caught barefoot in. The lobby wasn't too bad. It had a sort of shabby 1940s/50s charm to it........but we couldn't sleep in the lobby unfortunately. We did not see any bedbugs or cockroaches, but the various bodily excretions that dotted the walls in the room and the bathroom made up for any lack of insect life. Some native New Yorkers we met on our first day laughed when we told them where we were staying, then told us that this is/was known as a "Welfare Hotel" where the city sometimes parks "problem individuals". That might just explain the squishy carpet in the room. As bad as a non-Third World hotel could ever get.
The location is great, though, and who can afford to spend $400.00/night or more for a place to sleep for 4 or 5 hours?? I personally would not stay here again, but for those on a budget or those with a high tolerance for feculence, it might be worth a gamble. Think of all the money you'll be able to spend eslewhere...........
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