extended new york holiday
We've just returned from the Christmas atmosphere of New York and our stay at the Distrikt. All previous reviews seem to rate the hotel but not the immediate environment. We loved both. We asked for a room more to the top of the hotel and got the 32nd top floor. Perfect. The room was adequate for our needs and we stayed for 8 nights and didn't feel uncomfortable at all. A large bed, a 37" tv, very good heating and enough storage for our clothing and kept very clean everyday. All desk staff were helpful, courteous and friendly and in the lobby there was a free coffee machine in the mornings and mulled cider in the afternoon. 
The hotel lies between 7th and 8th Avenues. On the opposite side of the street is the blank wall of the Port Authority Bus Station and just down the road is the parole office. A queue forms there in the mornings but it is not threatening. You're within easy walking distance of Times Square, the Rockafella Center etc but I also liked heading in the opposite direction to 9th Avenue where you are in perhaps more of the real New York and where there's a whole range of restaurants.