Beware! Extremely noisy due to construction
Recently stayed here for one night in February 2012, stayed on the 11th floor in a room that faced 77th street (and the construction).The best part of the hotel was the location - absolutely convenient to the subway and other upper west side attractions. Room was a bit dated as far as furniture, rug had huge stain in front of bathroom door (like someone spilled a massive pot of coffee and that stain must have been there for a while). Bed was comfortable, view was great, bathroom was stark with limited amenities. 
The big negative was the construction going on right across the street (77th street) from the hotel. Construction started promptly at 7:00 am. We also heard it when we checked in to the room (around 3 ish in the afternoon). Staff was friendly, however, felt they should have apologized for the noise or offered something for compensation. To be fair, since we were staying for one night, we didn't want to waste time arguing with the hotel about changing our room. When we were checking out, another family tried to change rooms but the hotel just offered them earplugs. Not relaxing if you wanted to take a break from running about the city.
Not sure I would stay here again.