Burned, But Not Charred
First, the location is great - 1/2 a block from Times Square! The front desk people were friendly and service oriented in our experience, as were the concierge and doormen. Just blocks from great food, many theaters, and more Irish pubs than Dublin. But....
For $450+ /night, you can see the reflection of the Times Square's signs on the side of a glass building down the street, but not actually anything of Times Square itself. Rooftops of theaters mainly.
If your reflexes are not quick or you have children, beware the showers! The Edison is a classic old hotel, and so is the plumbing. The water temperature during showers varied greatly between luke warm and scalding. We had two younger grandchildren with us, and it was a great concern. They took bathes instead. There was also a scalding hot, bare hot water pipe that ran down the wall of the bathroom which was also a danger to young hands. The heat of that pipe heated up that LITTLE bathroom by a good 10 degrees over the temperature of the rest of the hotel room.
Although we enjoyed ourselves, we would likely look elsewhere for our next stay.