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Essence Hotel Park Slope

2.0 star property
Hotel near Brooklyn Cruise Terminal in Brooklyn

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Single Room, 1 Queen Bed, Non Smoking
Free daily on-the-go breakfast
Single Room, 1 King Bed, Roll-in Shower, Non Smoking

Reviews

6.6 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Breakfast included
  • Housekeeping
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Air conditioning
  • Free WiFi

Explore the area

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687 3rd Ave, Brooklyn, NY, 11232
  • Prospect Park
    ‪3 min drive‬
  • Barclays Center Brooklyn
    ‪4 min drive‬
  • Brooklyn Cruise Terminal
    ‪5 min drive‬
  • New York, NY (JFK-John F. Kennedy Intl.)
    ‪56 min drive‬

Room options

Single Room, 1 King Bed, Non Smoking

  • 16.7 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Single Room, 1 Queen Bed, Non Smoking

Single Room, 1 Queen Bed, Non Smoking

  • 14.9 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

Single Room, 1 Queen Bed, Roll-in Shower, Non Smoking

  • 14.9 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Single Room, 1 King Bed, Roll-in Shower, Non Smoking

Single Room, 1 King Bed, Roll-in Shower, Non Smoking

  • 16.5 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Single Room, 1 Double Bed, Roll-in Shower, Non Smoking

Single Room, 1 Double Bed, Roll-in Shower, Non Smoking

  • 13.7 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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About the area

Brooklyn

In Brooklyn .You'll find Brooklyn Cruise Terminal and Barclays Center Brooklyn within 3 miles (5 km) of this Brooklyn hotel. Prospect Park and Sunset Park are also within 2 miles (3 km).

What's nearby

  • Prospect Park - 3 min drive - 2.2 km
  • Sunset Park - 3 min drive - 2.6 km
  • Barclays Center Brooklyn - 4 min drive - 3.3 km
  • Brooklyn Cruise Terminal - 5 min drive - 3.5 km
  • Wall Street - 8 min drive - 6.7 km

Getting around

  • Brooklyn Flatbush Avenue Station - 4 min drive
  • 25 St. Station - 6 min walk
  • Newark Liberty Intl. Airport (EWR) - 42 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Tin Cup Cafe - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪Yardsale Cafe - ‬9 min walk
  • ‪South Slope Ramen - ‬8 min walk
  • ‪Mama Tried - ‬5 min walk
  • ‪Luigi's Pizza - ‬6 min walk

About this property

Essence Hotel Park Slope

Hotel near Brooklyn Cruise Terminal in Brooklyn
Free breakfast is served daily. WiFi is free in public spaces.
  • 53 guestrooms or units
  • To-go breakfast (free)
  • Front desk (24 hours)
  • Elevator
Essence Hotel Park Slope offers 53 accommodations with complimentary newspapers and hair dryers. This Brooklyn hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access, with a speed of 25+ Mbps.

Bathrooms include showers. Business-friendly amenities include desks and printers. Additionally, rooms include irons/ironing boards and blackout drapes/curtains. Change of towels and change of bedsheets can be requested. Housekeeping is provided daily.

Languages

English, Spanish

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Property amenities

Family friendly

  • Mini-fridge

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • In-room WiFi speed: 25+ Mbps
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • No onsite parking available

Food and drink

  • Free on-the-go breakfast available daily 7:00 AM to 9:30 AM

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Braille/raised signage
  • Elevator (68 inch wide door)
  • Stair-free path to entrance
  • Visual alarms in hallways
  • Well-lit path to entrance
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible path to elevator
  • Wheelchair-accessible public washroom

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Blackout drapes

Bathroom

  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shampoo
  • Shower
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels provided

Food and drink

  • Mini-fridge

More

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Desk
  • Free daily newspapers
  • Heating (climate-controlled)
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Printer

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: midnight
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 21

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

  • No pets allowed

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.

Property payment types

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, and cash
Charges for extra guests may apply and vary according to property policy.
A cash deposit, credit card, or debit card for incidental charges and government-issued photo identification may be required upon check-in.
Special requests are subject to availability at the time of check-in. Special requests can't be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.
    This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business, or profession. No onsite parking is available. This property accepts Mastercard, American Express, debit cards, and cash.

Property is also known as

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Essence Hotel Park Slope Reviews

Reviews

6.6
Rating 10 - Excellent. 20 out of 67 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 14 out of 67 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 10 out of 67 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 11 out of 67 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 12 out of 67 reviews

6.6/10

Cleanliness

7.4/10

Staff & service

6.0/10

Amenities

6.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Yolanda

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

2/10 Terrible

George

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Worst hotel ever. Within 24 hours I needed 4 new key cards to enter my room having to go up and down the stairs in frustration since the elevator is the slowest in the city. NO hot water, no TV (the few channels I did have dissapeared for good the 2nd day) Trash pickups at 11pm. I'll stop here by saying I left a day early w/out asking for a refund just to get out.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2024

6/10 Okay

Marwan

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The staff are very nice and helpful; however, the property is located next to a very busy and noisy highway. Also the cleanliness is questionable there was hair left in the shower from a previous guest and the shower floor has crud on it. The water pressure is quite low on the 4th floor.
Stayed 6 nights in Dec 2024

6/10 Okay

Savannah

Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2024

2/10 Terrible

Sakibur

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Anusree

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
It was good
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Winfield

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Leslie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very clean room and friendly staff
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Adrian, Brooklyn

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
The entire experience was just as frhscribed
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

6/10 Okay

Djimy

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Good stay
Clean little hotel but the proximity with the highway makes the noise unberrable. Bring Ear plugs to be able to sleep. The hotel has no parking. Security is tight though. New sheets are needed.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Rachel Afi

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

6/10 Okay

Jose

Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2024

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We were shocked when we walked into the lobby. The web pictures are very different than reality. Our room was wicked small, very noisy from traffic outside. We took the desk chair and put it upside down over the nightstand to give us more room to get around bed to go to the bathroom. The bed frame stuck out beyond the mattress and we were afraid we were going to cut our leg.the bathroom was small, the shower smelled like mold and there was no hot water. The black & white tile in the hallway was not pleasing, soothing or attractive. Breakfast was lame. Tea bags would have been nice. Maybe when the renovation is complete some of this will improve. We were in 204.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
In my opinion, this hotel is not ready to be open yet. I stayed only one night and was supposed to stay for four. My door had children’s stickers on the outside, which isn’t bad, just weird. When I first entered my room, it was freezing, I thought the window was open. It wasnt, but the windows are paper thin, and the air conditioner was on in Dec. The room was also missing a hairdryer and the phone wasn’t working, so I had to go down and ask for one. My room also had no chair. The biggest concern was that there were some very weird stains in the carpet and the curtains. I don’t think housekeeping does a thorough job. The bed looked clean, so it was fine for one night, but I checked out the next day. Did not want to even look at another room because I saw recent reviews mentioning roaches. Finally, there were no safes to store valuables, and no signs indicating whether you wanted housekeeping for Do Not Disturb, so if I was staying multiple days and wasn’t in the room, housekeeping would have come in whether I wanted it or not! The only reason I’m not rating this hotel as poor is that the staff was nice and accommodating (aside from calling to ask when I was checking in, which was a Bit weird) and refunded my remaining three nights without trouble. I hope this hotel can get its act together.
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2024

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
Not at repeat stay
No hot water in shower Heat turns up to 83 but still feels cold Vent directly over bed and cold air feels like it comes through vent Rooms a very very small as well as the bathrooms Walls are very thin can hear people outside in hallway even though your room is in the corner can hear cars on highways Left after 6 am way before check out
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

SHAH, Richmond

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

4/10 Poor

Marianne

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Find somewhere, anywhere else to stay!
Very disappointing. The hotel was so hot I drank over 24 ounces of water and got up 3 times to run cold water over my wrists to get through the night. Thermostat in the room was a joke. Instead of the breakfast promised they gave a brown bag with a granola bar, potato chips, 2 cookies, peanut butter crackers, and a bottle of apple juice that had been opened! The desk clerk could not answer my question about whether parking across the street from the entrance was legal. I had to track down a staff person to find a chair for the desk. Cleaning supplies and boxes cluttered hallways. Take this one off your list!
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

4/10 Poor

Teraya

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
There was dried paint all around the room including the counters, floor, and curtains. Some of the sink paint was gone by the end, just from washing our hands. The counter had sharpie on it. There were dead bugs in the light fixtures, but thankfully no bugs on the floor, bed, etc! That was the only reason we stayed. The staff are polite, but we had an odd first night where the guy took us up to our room to "make sure nobody was in there"???? What does that mean? It was 9pm... It was less than 10 mins walk to the train and there's lots to see around the hotel. Fine to stay if you're on a budget, but if you can afford it then definitely choose somewhere else in Brooklyn!
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2024

2/10 Terrible

Vernon

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The place has a lot of roaches!!!
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

2/10 Terrible

carolyn

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Check in delayed due to computer issues. Found silverfish in sink and shower. No chair in room. Can only sit on bed. No clothes hanging capability and no dresser. Water in evening only Luke warm. Ok in morning. Coffee maker missing coffee holder part. 10 lanes of traffic outside my window and not good sound insulation. Cold in front of window. Would never stay there again!!!

2/10 Terrible

Lynn

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This hotel is in a sketchy noisy area, literally screaming and banging in the middle of the night. But worse for me was how dirty the thotel on was. It looked like it hadn’t been vacuumed in ages. Stains on the walls, shower flower was filthy, bathroom was dirty, bugs in the room. No thanks.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Trimmel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Elissa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I stayed here for over 3 days and the entire staff have been really wonderful and catered carefully to my concerns. The on the go breakfast is such a great touch ! This area is also filled with both walking and driving distance of less than 10 min restaurants, cafes and bars. I personally met the manager Sam who is very patient and hands on at this hotel. The area also has public transportation within walking distance which is also very helpful. I truly appreciate my stay and definitely recommend this hotel to anyone.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2024

4/10 Poor

Kayla

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Loud and inconvenient
This hotel is such an obvious money grab, it's hilarious. From the bathroom "barn door" that doesn't close, to the big gaudy TV with no on switch or remote. I don't think I slept more than an hour because I could hear every door slam as well as a loud chirp in the hallway. Normally I would drown out any hotel noises with some TV, but again- no remote or on switch for the TV. The bathroom was gross and there was electrical tape on the light in the shower which didn't feel safe. Thank god I traveled alone, because if I tried using the bathroom with a partner in the bedroom- our relationship would have reached a new level of intimacy as you could hear everything going on in the bathroom since the door isn't actually a door (imagine a piece of cardboard on wheels in front of the bathroom door)
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

4/10 Poor

Clau

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Nil
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024