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Essence Hotel

2.5 star property
Hotel near Barclays Center Brooklyn in Brooklyn

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Standard Room
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Reviews

7.0 out of 10
Good

Popular amenities

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

Explore the area

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611 Degraw Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11217
  • Place, Barclays Center Brooklyn
    ‪11 min walk‬
  • Place, Prospect Park
    ‪19 min walk‬
  • Place, Brooklyn Cruise Terminal
    ‪5 min drive‬
  • Airport, New York, NY (JFK-John F. Kennedy Intl.)
    ‪25 min drive‬

Room options

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Full ROOM

Full ROOM

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Standard Room

Standard Queen Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Standard Room

Standard King Room

  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Standard Room

Queen Accessible Room

7.0 out of 10
Good
(9 reviews)
  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Standard Room

Twin Bed

  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Twin Bed

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About the area

Brooklyn

Heart of Brooklyn.At this Brooklyn hotel, you'll be within half a mile (1 km) of Barclays Center Brooklyn and 3 miles (5 km) of Brooklyn Cruise Terminal. Brooklyn Bridge and Wall Street are also within 3 miles (5 km).

What's nearby

  • Barclays Center Brooklyn - 11 min walk - 1.0 km
  • Prospect Park - 19 min walk - 1.6 km
  • Brooklyn Cruise Terminal - 5 min drive - 4.2 km
  • Brooklyn Bridge - 5 min drive - 3.9 km
  • Wall Street - 7 min drive - 5.3 km

Getting around

  • Union St. Station - 3 min walk
  • Brooklyn Flatbush Avenue Station - 11 min walk
  • LaGuardia Airport (LGA) - 35 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Union Street Pizza - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Starbucks - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪Threes Brewing - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪Finback Brooklyn - ‬5 min walk
  • ‪Dinosaur Bar-B-Que - ‬4 min walk

About this property

Essence Hotel

Hotel near Barclays Center Brooklyn in Brooklyn
Free breakfast is available daily. Public spaces have free WiFi. A vending machine, multilingual staff, and a television in a common area are also featured at the business-friendly Essence Hotel.

This Brooklyn hotel is smoke free.

  • 42 guestrooms or units
  • 4 levels
  • To-go breakfast (free)
  • Front desk (24 hours)
  • Staff is multilingual
  • Storage area for luggage
  • Television in lobby
  • Elevator
  • No smoking on site
  • Microwave in a common area
Essence Hotel offers 42 accommodations with safes and complimentary newspapers. Each accommodation is individually furnished and decorated. Pillowtop beds feature Egyptian cotton sheets and premium bedding. Flat-screen televisions come with premium satellite channels and pay movies. Bathrooms include showers with rainfall showerheads, designer toiletries, and hair dryers.

Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access (speed: 25+ Mbps). Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones. Housekeeping is offered daily and irons/ironing boards can be requested.

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Property amenities

Family friendly

  • Soundproofed rooms

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 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM

Things to do

  • TV in common areas

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
  • Handrails in hallways
  • Handrails in stairways
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk

Room amenities

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV with premium cable/satellite channels
  • Pay movies

Bedroom

  • Blackout drapes
  • Egyptian cotton sheets
  • Pillowtop mattress

Bathroom

  • Designer toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Rainfall showerhead
  • Shower
  • Towels provided

Food and drink

  • Room service

More

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Desk
  • Free daily newspapers
  • Individual decor
  • Individual furnishings
  • Iron/ironing board on request
  • Phone
  • Safe
  • Soundproofed rooms

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 11:00 PM
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, but service animals are welcome

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Kids stay free! Children 18 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
  • Cribs (infant beds) are not available.

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; cash is not accepted
Safety features at this property include a carbon monoxide detector, a fire extinguisher, a smoke detector, a security system, and window guards
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 Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover, Diners Club, JCB International, and Carte Blanche. Cash is not accepted. For guests' safety, the property includes a carbon monoxide detector, a fire extinguisher, a smoke detector, a security system, and window guards in each accommodation.

We should mention

  • Children 18 years old and younger stay free in the same room as the parent or guardian when using existing bedding.

Property is also known as

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Essence Hotel Hotel
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Reviews

Essence Hotel Reviews

7.0

Good

7.2/10

Cleanliness

7.8/10

Staff & service

6.0/10

Amenities

6.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.8/10

Eco-friendliness
Rating 10 - Excellent. 65 out of 184 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 34 out of 184 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 33 out of 184 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 19 out of 184 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 33 out of 184 reviews

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Hasani

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

Jess

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Erica

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Love everything
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Stephen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
staff was awesome!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Rashawn

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

6/10 Okay

Christine, Stone Ridge

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
We had great street parking. The desk staff were efficient, processed booking and gave me keys. Room was hideously small with very good bed. Coffee maker was misding a vital piece, so no coffee on the morning Loose shower drain needs fixing to the tiles, replace the shower curtain with a glass door
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

Gwendolen

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The room was very small and other guest were loud. Suspicious men roaming around outside. I didn't feel safe.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

4/10 Poor

Chime

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
-
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

8/10 Good

Celestino

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Desmond

Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2025

8/10 Good

Angela

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Trip went well. Easily checked in, room was clean, no issues at all.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

6/10 Okay

Marites

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
The area is clean and staff is friendly but the room is too small..
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Juan

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Tight room, bed super high up. Other than that pretty convenient hotel.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

8/10 Good

Dewey

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2025

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Room comfort
Had to move rooms after the first night because some unattended kids were up yelling until 3am
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2025

4/10 Poor

Alicia

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Just a hole in the wall, super small room. The double bed was thee worst. Entered the room & there was a 1/2 drunk cup of coffee on the desk. Took a shower & there was an opened pack of soap in there. Down the hall a man was screaming all night, never heard anyone go check on him/ tell him to stop. The room was barely big enough for 2 grown people. Breakfast was a lunch bag filled w/an apple, muffin, OJ, danish & yogurt. Def a 1 & done experience for me & my fiancé. I wouldn’t recommend this place in good conscious. It gave halfway house smh.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

4/10 Poor

Colson

The room is small like a broom closet and the price was outrageous, the bathroom ceiling fan doesn't work worst experience ever
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Angela

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

4/10 Poor

Michael

Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Soutric

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Thanks

These are very kind and amazing people
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

4/10 Poor

VALENTINO

Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

4/10 Poor

Chris

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Magdalina

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Desk clerk was very professional.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

8/10 Good

Claudia

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Bed was comfortable. Staff was very nice.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

6/10 Okay

David-Lee

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in May 2025