There’s probably been more than one family from Ohio that’s had a collective bowel movement when they set eyes on the “Brooklyn Bridge” Comfort Inn on Butler Street off Third Avenue in Gowanus. Let’s just say it’s the kind of street that makes people want to fart and dash for the shitter if they’re not familiar with the neighborhoood and don’t understand that, relatively speaking, it’s not pretty, but it’s harmless. We thought the tagging and the sign and the furniture outside sort of summed it up nicely. Rooms are running from $169-$199 right now, but wonder what they’ll be, oh, sometime next year. Manhattan hotels have already announced rates under $100 starting in January. We’re going to look into the Crystal Ball and say $69 a night with a complimentary escort to the subway.
3 responses so far ↓
1 pete // Dec 12, 2008 at 10:59 am
of course rates are high now – Thanks to Xmas is busiest time of years for hotels in newyork.
Rates on hotel rooms are like airline tix. Prices all over the place based on supply and demand.
You almost seem angry that someone is producing a more affordable place to stay in nyc.
Folks that stay at a Comfort Inn aren’t there for the glamor – and even if they may be from Ohio hardly means they are not familiar with urban sights, living, conditions. I think your idea of Ohio could be quite skewed (but I’ve never been so don’t know).
2 Brenda from Flatbush // Dec 12, 2008 at 1:13 pm
One of the tags reads ‘omen’; maybe their rack rate should be $66.60…
3 turtle // Dec 13, 2008 at 1:48 pm
harmless? My boyfriend was mugged for a crappy cell phone on this very block a few months back… Despite what real estate industry optimists/liars want you to think, this hood is still rough. And smelly.