Contemporary midtown manhattan hotel with free breakfast near times square ten minutes walk from times square and 1 mile west of grand central terminal distrikt hotel new york city an ascend collection hotel makes a great midtown base central park is a half hour stroll north and the empire state building is 18 minutes on foot museums and shows you can spend several enlightening hours at the american museum of natural history 11 minutes north via subway from 42 st station or at the 911