Great choice for visiting NYC
Really happy with our stay at the Distrikt. It is very clean, modern and comfortable. It’s a small boutique hotel, with only 5 rooms per floor, generally quiet. We booked a view room and ended up on the top floor, with a great view of the west side, Hudson river and lights near Times Square a few blocks away.
The room itself is adequately sized, not spacious but not cramped, with an extremely comfortable bed and good lighting. Amenities include an iron and board, Keurig coffee maker with two coffee and two tea pods complimentary per day, and free wifi. The bathroom was nicely appointed and a decent size, with lots of counter space for your stuff, great water pressure in the shower and a good hairdryer. On arrival we found two (packaged) brownies as a welcome, and each evening the turndown service includes a couple chocolate squares and a card indicating the next day’s weather, a nice touch. 
The property doesn’t have a lot of facilities, other than a bar/restaurant on the main floor. We only had one breakfast there, it was good and not overpriced for a city hotel – you can get the continental for $10 which includes fruit, cereal, yogurt, pastries, and hard boiled eggs, or they also have other items to order off the menu. They offer free coffee in the lobby in the morning, and two flavors of iced tea in the afternoons. There are also three computers available along the front of the lobby.
Service was friendly and helpful; we got a great dinner recommendation one night. We didn’t ask a lot but they were great about helping with the questions we did have. And they regularly offer some extra fun surprises for their guests, such as having a food truck out front giving out free food at “happy hour” – the day we arrived, they were doing made-to-order ice cream sandwiches from 4 to 6. Yum! On the other hand, they lack a few of the basics one generally can count on in larger hotels – no postage stamps for sale at the front desk, and it was hit or miss whether we could get change for a $20 bill. 
The midtown location is very convenient for tourist activities. A few blocks from Times Square and the theater district, and very near the starting point for the hop-on, hop-off busses. Being right across the street from the Port Authority bus terminal, it’s very easy to use the subway. That also means you have all the crowds of people going in & out, but they’re around the corner, not on the side facing the hotel. And yes, there is a parole office on this block, which sometimes had a line of people outside, but it never felt uncomfortable or unsafe walking back to our hotel at any time of day or night. There are three other hotels immediately adjacent to the Distrikt, all tall skinny properties lined up in a row. And just up 9th Avenue begins the Hells Kitchen restaurant row, several blocks with a variety of good restaurants.
All in all, I highly recommend the Distrikt – it’s a great base for exploring the city, appropriately priced and very comfortable, with a fun and welcoming atmosphere.