It's a really, really old hotel. And it's huge. T...

It's a really, really old hotel. And it's huge. The Pennsylvania has a long and rich history in this city which you would never think of just be looking at it today. No today it just begs the question, "is there a 24 hour emergency clinic nearby?" The first time I went to 'The Penn' was over 25 years ago to attend HOT97 FM's "Summer Jam 1994". I just got my drivers licence. Even back then the hotel was rundown. Today it's in desperate need of renovations. The rooms are non-discript. Moderately clean because there is nothing in them besides some cheap furniture bought in the early 70's. It's not the worst on the city, but defiantly in the bottom 10% of hotels if you count the number of crack dens and shooting galleries that take reservations. I personally would look at the deals of other hotels online before even considering renting a room here, even at the chain hotels. Which I don't really care for. The Hotel Pennsylvania is the kind of place you get a room at if you have... let's say a nefarious itinerary for the evening. Like if you're looking for a place to take a 20$/night prostitute that defiantly has an room available and no risk of running into anyone you work with. (and if you should run into someone you know there, chances are pretty high they won't even acknowledge the coincidence lest they have to admit they were there themselves) It's popular with the low cost porn production companies the drug/sex party crowd, or so I've heard. Not as bad as the Senton or the LaSamana on 25th by far. But the chances of finding empty bags of crack or the vague remnants of a chalk outline on the floor are way higher then 98% of hotels in NYC. DEFINATLY NOT SOMEPLACE TO GET A ROOM IF YOU'RE WITH YOUNG CHILDREN! Unless of course you want to spend your vacation explaining the in's and out's of sex to them along with a number of it's many perversions. How the group of people in the next room aren't being mean to one another, that sometimes, some people, say things that sound bad to one another for "pleasure". And even though it sounds like it, the lady they hear screaming four different names is not being slapped around or choked. There's a reason there's no artwork on the walls in the rooms and it's not because of theft. Any mirror or painting hung up would just fall off from all the banging. The incessant, loud, intermittently rhythmic banging. Accompanied by every imaginable sound a person can and will make when naked and high in a hotel room that doesn't require a security deposit. Book with caution. If you do, bring your own towels and sheets (and plastic), an extra large bottle of Purell, and be prepared to burn everything after checkout or you may bedbugs on the list of things you picked up in the city along with your I NY tee-shirts and mini Statue of Libertys.