Stayed here last week for a few days. Room was okay, was given a corner room with a view of the Empire State Building. Smelled a bit when we first walked in from the bathroom and the bathroom seemed to keep smells and transfer it to parts of the room. WIFI was free but somewhat slow and there was free printing through PrintMe. Re: WIFI, could get a better speeds via my iPhone.

Now my gripes: While it's close to two subway stops, its location leaves much to be desired. There's a bagel shop nearby as noted above and a Chipotle and pizzaeria, but not much else in terms of eating out at night since these things sans the bagel shop closes around 9. Soho is a few blocks away. Bottom line: location is pretty sparse in terms of offerings.

Also, we were denied a 4PM elite check-out even after I pointed out to the fronk desk agent and the manager the T&Cs and that the hotel was not a resort or conference hotel. Both were insistent that despite what was noted in the T&Cs, the hotel was a "smaller hotel" and therefore could only give 4PM check out based on availablity. I've written in to Starwood about this one. Also, there's construction going on at a nearby building that started up about 3 a.m. Finally, testing the fire alarm at 9:30 a.m. was definitely not appreciated.