The hotel was what it needed to be, a place to crash for the night. It was cheaper than other hotels in the city, and only a short walk and train ride to Manhattan. The area around the hotel was very depressed. Lots of loitering “locals” that made us not want to go out after sunset. Dirty streets, suspicious people, lots of project housing and bodegas; not a lot of tourist appeal.
The hotel itself was okay. We checked in after 4PM and were told that there were no rooms available that matched our booking reservation. We had booked 2 queen rooms for one night. They offered to “upgrade” us to two double rooms, but we didn’t want two smaller beds instead of one queen. Eventually they put us in the two queen rooms we had originally reserved.
The hotel was clearly a new build or renovation; the rooms were modern and clean. Some unfinished areas around the lobby, but overall not a big deal. We liked the tables and chairs that were set up. It gave us a place to eat our Uber Eats (we didn’t want to risk walking around at night to find dinner).