Variable value is not changing with array

I am still fairly new to Java and I am having trouble finding a problem with this code.

public class Rooms {
	

	public static int myY = 2;
	public static int myX = 1;
	
	public static int x;
	public static int y;
	
	public static int place;
	
	public static String roomTitle = "";
	public static String roomDescription = "";

	
	public static void direction( String d ){ 
		
		// Converts input to coords

		if (d.equals("NORTH")){
			myY += 1;
		}
		if (d.equals("SOUTH")){
			myY -= 1;
		}
		if (d.equals("EAST")){
			myX += 1;
		}
		if (d.equals("WEST")){
			myX -= 1;
		}
		if (d.equals("SPAWN")){
			myX = 1;
			myY = 2;
		}

    	x = myX; 
		y = myY;
	}


		int room[][]={{0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,  6},
				      {7, 8, 9, 10,11,12,13},
				      {14,15,16,17,18,19,20},
				      {21,22,23,24,25,26,27},
				      {28,29,30,31,32,33,34}};
		
		{ //what is this for?? Eclipse gives me an error without it?
	
		
		place = room[y][x];
}

I want myY and myX to set y and x, respectively.
Then I want to use x and y as to go to the correct location in the array room[][].
Once that is found, I want the variable place to be set as whatever the value in the [y][x] location is, namely 15.
I do not see why it is not doing what I want it to do. Any help is appreciated.