My advice would be don't get the cheapest rooms, unless you are totally prepared for a tiny, extremely dark room - a cell, really. The cold tap in my room didn't work, and they didn't fix it. The batteries on the TV remote ran out, and I eventually replaced them myself. The window was so grimy you couldn't see out properly. The shared bathroom was inexplicably out of action for a whole day and we had to go to a different floor for a shower. I asked if I could pay more and upgrade to a larger room with bath, but the staff were not helpful and apparently no room was available the whole week we stayed. I was told to ask every morning if the situation had changed - I don't think it would have been too much for them to take a note of my request and inform me if a room became available. Each day I went to ask, there was a queue of people with minor complaints and it seemed to me the staff were not that interested in helping - but for the price, I guess that's not too surprising.
On the positive side, the rooms were clean and the hotel was quiet. The price was excellent. Subway access is extremely good. It's an easy walk from Penn Station if you are coming from Newark Airport.
I would say that there are better budget choices to be had. The Garment district is quite dull, compared to other Manhattan areas, and unless you are mad keen on shopping, or want to go up the ESB every day, you can probably find a better location. There were quite a few homelss people sleeping rough on the street (including one couple right outside the hotel who had their own double mattress and bedding!), and although we didn't feel at all unsafe, it was a bit depressing to encounter these poor souls each night and morning.
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