Wingate Hotels in New York

The location is awesome, as Long Island City is just one subway stop away from Manhattan. The neighbourhood itself is interesting, because one can sense the real America just in this one tiny area: jobless African Americans mixed with hard-working Spanish immigrants and invisible middle class professionals hiding in newly constructed office towers and condominiums. The hotel, however, needs better design to make the clients feel more at ease. One example, the breakfast area has no window and looks worse than a struggling diner. Perhaps it’s designed in such a way so that secure middle class and upper middle class folks won’t choose this brand…

Hotel is located close to metro statin and approximately 15 min to central Manhattan. Location around hotel is simply Bronx. No risky but watch around. On the web page there are only a few pictures from exterior pf the hotel. They know why ;) Our window was directly to the parking lot of waste treatment trucks which started to operate around midnight and were pretty noisy as quality of windows is really poor. Window handel was broken so impossible to get any fresh air. Hotel corridors were not clean enough. Generally this is an option for overpriced Manhattan, but considering negatives mentioned above.

Everything was relatively smooth. The room was on the smaller size, but the price was also cheaper than rooms for nearby hotels. It is suitable for a business trip.