Sleep Inn

It's a clean, affordable hotel, and the small rooms still have the amenities I needed. Breakfast was a good free continental spread, and public transportation is convenient from here. There’s really no parking for customers, so a taxi or public transit makes more sense. I’ll definitely stay again on my next trip to NYC.

I wouldn’t pay for this hotel myself or recommend it to most friends. The rooms are cleaned daily, which is nice, and there’s a mini-fridge, but the WiFi is bad, the location didn’t work for me, and there’s no gym. The free breakfast had no fruit and the coffee was terrible. I stayed two separate weeks when my company paid, and both times check-in became a hassle because I didn’t have the credit card used for the booking. The reservation was in my name, but it was a corporate card my company wasn’t giving me. I don’t understand why that was such a problem, especially after traveling all the way to this far-away location. It feels more like a 2.5-star place.

We had no problems during our two-night stay, and I’d come back. The neighborhood is quaint, with plenty of grocery stores and restaurants nearby. Staff were pretty friendly, and breakfast was good enough, with hard-boiled eggs, toaster waffles, bagels, and cereal. They even played a movie in the little breakfast area.

This Hotel, the Sleep Inn, has become a men’s homeless shelter, and some of the men seem to need more support and supervision. I’ve seen people who appeared to be drug users walking around, nodding off, or falling to the ground. Some are creepy and very scary. The other day an ambulance took someone who had passed out in the middle of the street, and police have arrested a few people. The hotel is on 49th street between 2nd and 3rd Avenue Brooklyn NY. It’s getting about 3500 a month for each person, and they’re gradually filling the place. Removing people and sending them across town to run the streets in another neighborhood just brings the problem to ours. Now they sit in the parks with children, near the bathrooms. SMH. Be very careful renting here or walking in the hallways.