The location is pretty great and the reception are...

The location is pretty great and the reception area is nice enough, the room is pretty clean but rather small and dark (smaller and darker than other NYC hotels charging the same) and everything seems old and close to falling apart. Some covers on the elevators are tilted/open, some lightbulbs are broken here and there...

A/C controls are ancient, wifi costs $15/day, they hold a deposit of $100 PER DAY (which I haven't seen done in ages) even though my trip was fully paid for in advance, and they apparently charge $250 PER DAY for cleaning if you ever smoke in the room (I don't smoke, but I have a real hard time understanding why this charge needs to be per day and why they call it out specifically when checking in)

Reception staff was standard, not exceptionally friendly/helpful as stated in some other reviews...

Would I stay here again? Unlikely