It was a good place to stay. Diesel and Duke is awesome check it out. Close to some cool bars. Although not really 15 mins to manhattan. It’s about to 15 mins to the subway, then another 15 to manhattan, it’s really about a 40 min journey all in all.
The path there is relatively safe, had no problem getting to and from there although it seems like a hot spot for police activity, was hearing someone get pilled over at least 3 or 4 times the two nights I was there.
Overall if you don’t mind the .5 mile walk to the subway, definitely a good stay