Perfect location for Manhattan sites and sights!
The Affinia Manhattan Hotel is located diagonally across the street from Madison Square Garden/Penn Station at 7th Avenue and 37th Street. If traveling by train, i's a perfect location to wheel your bags from the train (Penn) station. When my family and I were there (Columbus Day weekend, October 6 & 7, 2012), work was being done around the lobby area. It's an old hotel that has been updated. Nothing glamourous, but clean and the staff are friendly. Unfortunately, most of the elevators were not working, causing a bit of a problem for guests. I stayed in the hotel several years ago when it was called the Southgate. The hotel is showing its age, even with (maybe because of?) the recent updates. It remains, however, a perfect location because it is centrally located, and within walking distance, to so many sites including Macy's and the many shops on Fifth Avenue. It's also walkable to Times Square, Rockefeller Center, Radio City Music Hall, Empire State Building, and St. Patrick's Cathedral. Several subway stops are nearby to visit Wall Street, Twin Towers Memorial, and the South Street Sea Port. Our room was especially small (see photos) and the bath had no little to no space to place toiletries. The room had one small window with the lower half taken with a heater/air conditioner; this limited the view, but we were rarely in the room so it was not a problem for us. Some may find the cost a bit on the high side (we paid $648.74 for the two weekend nights), but a better location in the heart of Manhattan will be hard to find. I would stay here again and hope that renovations and elevator repairs will have been completed by then.