This is the kind of hotel that you get what you pay for. If you have any issues with stairs (there is no elevator in the hotel) ask to have a room on the first floor, you'll still have to climb 2 sets of stairs to get to the first floor, but I think the hotel has 4 or 5 floors, so you get the picture. It was basic accomodation, clean, and in a great area in the lower east side with plenty of restaurants, groceries, open late, even a 24 hour pizzeria and snack shop attached to the hotel. I would definitely stay there again, but be aware of the stairs/lack of elevator situation.