The pros of staying in this hostel: they keep your bags after checkout and it’s in a good location- surrounded by cheap eats (hard thing to find in NYC) and the metro is less than a 5 minute walk away.
The cons: stinks of smoke, there’s no toilet paper in the bathroom, no heating and we were woken up every morning by people shouting in the reception area. Once there was a man screaming that he was going to stay no matter what and that they couldn’t make him leave. Fair to say you don’t exactly feel safe.
Overall, if you’re just looking for a place to sleep and you’re not a solo female traveler this is a good option given how cheap it is for NYC. Otherwise, I don’t recommend this at all