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Union Hotel is an excellent choice for travellers visiting Brooklyn, offering a budget friendly environment alongside many helpful amenities designed to enhance your stay.
Union Hotel is a budget friendly hotel offering a flat screen TV and air conditioning in the rooms, and it is easy to stay connected during your stay as free wifi is offered to guests.
The hotel features 24 hour front desk, express check-in and check-out, and baggage storage. Plus, guests can enjoy breakfast, which has made this a popular choice among travellers visiting Brooklyn.
Nearby landmarks such as Brooklyn Heights (1.3 mi) and Brooklyn Heights Promenade (1.5 mi) make Union Hotel a great place to stay when visiting Brooklyn.
When you’re feeling hungry, be sure to check out Darna Falafel, Miriam, and Mazzat, which are some Mediterranean restaurants that are popular with locals and out-of-towners alike.
If you’re looking for things to do, you can check out Barclays Center (0.5 mi), Brooklyn Tabernacle (0.8 mi), or Brooklyn Museum (1.2 mi), which are popular attractions amongst tourists, and they are all within walking distance.
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HOTEL STYLE
Residential Neighbourhood
Quiet
Languages Spoken
English, Russian, Polish, Ukrainian
Location
611 Degraw St, Brooklyn, NY 11217-3120
Union Hotel
469 reviews
Getting there
Great for walkers
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Great location, two blocks from Union Station and "R" train, which takes you right into Manhattan, or Coney Island, depending on which way you want to head. Lots of Brooklyn landmarks nearby. Make no mistake about the gritty urban atmosphere, but it is also surprisingly young-family-oriented, with tree-lined side streets of Park Slope brownstones. Dining option run the gamut from upscale to a bit seedy. So if you are comfortable in this type of urban environment, the Union Hotel is a terrific value. There is a kitchen in the lower floor with an outdoor courtyard, which guests can use.
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Date of stay: September 2021
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Trip type: Travelled on business
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Recently, I spent three nights in this hotel. I was moved twice as a result of the air conditioner was not operational in the rooms. The original room I was placed in was extremely small. However, I was upgraded to a much nicer room with air. The hotel had a feel of properties I visited while abroad in Europe. The ice machine and refrigerator were located on the basement level of the hotel. I was surprised for a hotel to have a coffee machine as well as an ice machine with no cups, no coffee and no ice containers. When I requested a cup on the first night of my stay a very accommodating African-American staff member gave me one as well as fixed my problem with getting on the internet. However, when I requested cups on the second of my stay I was told there were none. Also, the hotel had no wash clothes and the towels have gone down to a sub standard quality. The room had no sheet on the bed just a comforter. As I have read in other reviews, I need indeed smell cigarettes. I informed the receptionist and she seemed to convey to me that nothing could be done. It is really sad as I have stayed in this property many times and always had a pretty nice stay. Again, I was indeed very disappointed with this property and if rating do not start to improve will never stay here again. My sincere hope is that the hotel management will read these comments and adhere to improving the hotel.
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Date of stay: July 2021
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Room Tip:Rooms away from the street are less noisy.
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Okay, let me preface this review by saying that I am a New Yorker through and through. I grew up in the outer boroughs. I know the city like the back of my hand. I recently moved out of NYC, but I still enjoy coming back every month. One thing I've always known for sure is that the hotels in NYC are either very expensive, or teeny-tiny, or both. Your average 3-4 star hotel in Manhattan can be well over $300/nt during the summer months.
If you don't mind being in another, albeit hip and cool borough (only 2 subway stops from Manhattan, a 15min away from SOHO) and only need the bare necessities (but done up in a modern minimalist way) then stay here and you will save big time bucks! For anywhere between $109 - $125/nt, this is what you will get:
1) A tiny but clean room with simple, minimalist, modern decor 2) A very good and hearty free breakfast @ a nearby diner (3 delish options - eggs, pancakes, or French toast, with a side of home fries, sausage, bacon or ham, toast, and your choice of coffee/tea, AND orange juice) 3) Free Wifi in your room 4) A huge bathroom w/soap, shampoo & a hair dryer (almost same size as the room!) 5) Controllable heat/air conditioning unit 6) A huge locker/armoire w/hangers & shelves for your belongings 7) A flat screen TV on your wall 8) An iPod dock clock/radio 9) Free NY Times every morning (@hotel lobby)
Now I'm gonna manage your expectations. For all those amenities, you would have to live with the following:
1) The size of the room (our front door skimmed the corner of our bed). I've stayed in many hotel rooms in Europe that were the same size tho, so it's not a big deal for me) 2) A twin size comforter on a queen bed (I hope they get proper size comforters soon!) 3) VERY soft pillows & softish mattress (though I did not feel any springs like others reported) 4) Bad acoustics in the hallway. You can hear doors slamming and people talking if they come home late at night. Get a room far away from the elevator on a high floor facing the back if you can. 5) No phone in room (but we all have cell phones so who cares) 6) No bedside lamp, just one overhead ceiling pendant 7) No mini bar (though they have a communal fridge downstairs) 8) No in-room safe (bring a lock if you're concerned) 9) No desk (no room in the queen size bed room), just a folding chair 10) New and pretty, but rough & dry towels 11) No on site restaurant/room service 12) Not so pretty, very industrial surroundings, but it is totally safe.
Honestly, the only thing that bothered me was the hallway noise at night, but it only happened once out of the 3 nights that we were there. It's more a fault of the inconsiderate & noisy guests than anything else. I would have heard people at that decibel level through the door even if I stayed at a 5-star hotel. The doors all slam tho. It's the closing mechanism, so pray for neighboring guests who don't come home too late at night.
I see people complaining that it takes an hour to get to Manhattan. It absolutely does not. Take the R train 1 stop to Atlantic/Pacific St, and walk across the platform to take the D or N express train. It will take you right over the bridge, and in (1) 10 min. stop, you will be in Manhattan's Chinatown, which is close to all the best downtown neighborhoods - Soho, Tribeca, Nolita, Lower East Side, E. Village, Financial District, South St. Seaport, etc. Get a 7-day Metrocard for only $29 and enjoy unlimited bus/subway transportation for your stay!
Plus if you decide to explore Brooklyn (highly recommended) and walk 1 block from 4th to 5th Ave, you will be in the heart of Park Slope, one of the best and safest neighborhoods in Brooklyn, with great restaurants and shops. The location is unbeatable for the price!
No doubt this is a budget type place, but who cares? Did you really come to NYC to stay in your hotel room?
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Date of stay: June 2012
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Trip type: Travelled as a couple
Room Tip:Get a room on a high floor in the back of the property, away from the elevator for the best...
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Worst hotel experience ever. When I walked in, the lobby smelled of weed and the front desk clerk was nowhere to be found for at least 15 min. When we finally got to our room, the door couldn’t open fully because the bed was in the way. Inside the room, the queen bed took up the entire space with one sliver of a walkway from the bed to the bathroom. Be careful while walking from the bed to the bathroom because there is a piece of wood that sticks out off of the bed and I banged my leg on it a couple of times (for some reason that is a part of the bed design). The mattress feels like it’s stacked on top of cardboard boxes that can collapse with any sudden movement.
The bathroom is old, with brown grout and mold in the shower and on the ceiling. The shower looked clean enough until I turned on the water and the urine smell hit me. There was only one towel in the entire room and when we asked for more we were told “sure” but it never showed up.
There is no phone in the room so I’m grateful to be living in the era of cell phones.
I wish I could find one pleasant thing to say about this hotel but I cannot. I truly wonder what this building was before becoming a hotel because the size of the rooms and how the beds fit inside makes no logistical sense.
0/10 do not recommend.
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Date of stay: June 2021Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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I wish I had taken the time to read the reviews but I didn’t. I found a parking space on the street and checked in at 9:30 pm. Walking into the lobby was the first clue. It was dimly lit, not in a chic, cool way but in a creepy way like stepping onto the set of an early David Lynch film. Think “Eraserhead.” The night man appeared from the sidewalk dressed in medium-weight camo you might wear deer hunting. He struggled with the whole process of check-in, about 15 minutes of inputting my credit card, partly because the lighting was so poor he couldn’t read it, finally resorting to using the flashlight on his phone and typing my info in with one finger into the cheap PC the hotel provides him. The room—402. I guess a bare light bulb hanging by two wires out of the wall might have been intended to embody a minimalist aesthetic but it seemed more like just what it was. I knew the room was small from the photo on the website, so I wasn’t concerned so much about that. 12 inches between the bed and the wall is enough to maneuver around the end of the bed to the HVAC unit. The unit would only blow hot air when set to cool. As others have noted the duvet cover on the queen bed had noticeable stains and the bed looked unmade. How is a guest to trust the sheet has been changed? The bathroom was okay. Yes, the shower curtain was a dingy orange at the bottom and there were no towels in the room. Fortunately, I had my own towel. Lying on the bed, I could feel each and every metal spring in the mattress and found the middle completely compressed. The side was a bit more comfortable but every hotel I’ve stayed in over the last few years has upgraded their mattresses which have been very comfortable. There is a dance club open to the sidewalk across the street and patrons congregate outside enjoying their night. I don’t have a problem sleeping through music and people talking loudly and laughing, but smoke alarms always wake me up. When it went off the first time, I had to consider there could be a fire. Then the ganja wafted under my door. Someone shut the alarm off with a loud bang and it didn’t go off again until about 40 minutes later. This time I was less concerned about fire and went back to sleep after it was shut off again. It wasn’t until the first light of day that I discovered, fortunately without injury, a pull knob on the drawer under the bed had been reattached with a drywall screw from inside the drawer so that a half-inch of sharp screw stuck out of the knob just waiting for someone’s unsuspecting calf. I checked out at 7 am.
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Date of stay: April 2023
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Trip type: Travelled solo
Room Tip:Don't stay here for any price
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Beware of this hotel I booked a night January 13 and when I checked out later that night because I wasn’t satisfied with the stay. I ask about my security deposit of $100 and the gentleman at the front desk told me it will take 2-8 days depending on the bank you have. I have yet to receive it back when I call to ask about it no one picks up the phone.
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Date of stay: January 2021Trip type: Travelled solo
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Worst hotel and should be shut down. We were give 2 bath towels for our 4 day stay, no wash cloths or hand towels provided. No glasses in bathroom, bathroom shelf broken, TP roll on back of toilet not holder, cigarette burns on sheets and duvet. Sheets stained and when we asked for clean ones they laid 2 twin sheets over the dirty on. One pillow and 2 dirty shams on king bed. No hangers or drawers. Wreaks like cigarettes in rooms and hallways. In morning when leaving for the day there are people sleeping in the chairs in small lobby. We checked- out on a Sunday and no one was at the registration desk! They also charged our credit card BEFORE we even arrived! No one was responsive to our requests. Do NOT stay here!
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Date of stay: May 2022Trip type: Travelled with family
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Stay away: Utterly disgusting with horrible service (except for Jordan).
The place is advertised as smoke-free but from the moment you walk in, you realize it's a lie. We went through 4 rooms looking for a smoke-free room ( my partner has asthma and neither of us would've been able to sleep with that strong smoking smell). The room doesn't have sheets. You sleep under stained comforters.
We brought all this to the attention of the owner/manager. She refused to give us a refund.
We lost our money but left anyway. That's how horrible this place is.
Stay away. Stay away! Did I say stay away???
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Date of stay: April 2021
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Made a reservation online. Arrived at the hotel to check in and the front desk agent Mohammed said that he was unable to take the security deposit from my card. Odd!30 minutes before, reservations.com was able to take the deposit for the room on the same card. Interesting. I called my financial institution and put the call on speaker so that the front desk agent Muhammad could be privy to the call. It is only after Muhammad heard the bank representative say that their is no block on the card and that it must be a problem with the hotels terminal that he attempted to take the deposit again and miraculously this time it went through. Hummm? The elevator was out of order. Strike one. The room was the size of a small closet. Strike two.The floor as well as inside the room smelled like cigarette smoke. strike three. I went back to the front desk and asked to cancel my reservation and demanded a refund. As of this post I am still waiting on reservations.com to apply the refund to my account. Don't come to this dump of a hotel!
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Date of stay: January 2021Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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Under no circumstances should you stay at this hotel…the room we were given had a moldy shower, broken bedside lamp hanging from the wall, shredded pillow stuffing, thin and stained towels that looked dirty, fire alarm ripped from the wall, hole in wall…my husband and I refer to it as a Soviet penal colony. The beds have to be entered by climbing over the footboard, as they are wedged in between wall and window. We could have stayed in the comfortable downtown Sheraton for the same price but were looking to be closer to Park Slope. Never again!
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Date of stay: April 2023
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Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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I think one has to be an adult to book a room. Though during booking hotels don't ask for age, but at check in, they ask for driver's license or legal identification such as passport. Learner Permit for driving is not acceptable. I think this is standard for all hotel. When in doubt call Union Hotel to verify.
There are more places to choose from in the Brooklyn area.
LOCATION
United StatesNew YorkBrooklynGowanus
NUMBER OF ROOMS
29
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