We didn't know that Grand Central was smack in the middle of a red light district. It didn't bother us, but it might not be some people's idea of a good location. Others may like this location. We picked the room with a spa in it and it also had a sauna. However, this room, and I assume the other room on the first floor, had no windows. Rooms upstairs have balconies facing the street which could be noisy as the street is alive with noise at night, but just music and barkers, no vehicles. Because our room had a large spa and a sauna in it, the space was a bit cramped for the king bed, armoire with fridge, and desk. The bathroom was small with black walls. Since our room had no windows and we had 4 doors between us and the open restaurant in front and the street, our room was nice and quiet despite the street it was on. There really is no hotel lobby to speak of, just a two-person counter facing the open-air restaurant and the street. To check-in to the hotel, we had to find parking first elsewhere, walk to the hotel, and then go back to the car with a hotel personnel to park in another hotel's spot a couple of blocks away. Fields Avenue is closed to vehicles from sometime in the afternoon until sometime in the early morning, maybe 4 pm to 4 am.