A friend of ours, who is planning on visiting us in Brooklyn this December (but is allegedly getting too old to sleep on our couch), told us that she priced out a room at the Gowanus Holiday Inn — but the best rate they had for Friday, December 1 was a whopping $252. Huh? Of course, we prefer Gowanus to Times Square, and few other NYC hotels grant such easy access to the coffin factories that line Union Street, but $252 is pushing it — even if you’re a big Six Feet Under fan…

Perhaps the onslaught of new Brooklyn Hotels will add some competition and lead to cheaper rates in the future. Sheepshead Bay just got a Best Western; the Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge recently opened a 280-room extension; Downtown Brooklyn, Red Hook, and Sunset Park are all expecting Sheratons; and a 106-room Comfort Inn is being constructed in the less-than-cozy industrial area behind the Gowanus Houses. While we’re on the subject of hotels, has anyone been inside the Brooklyn Motor Inn? It looks like a shady truck stop from the outside, but rates are only $102.76 on week nights and $120.40 on weekends.
Nabes So Far Out are ‘Inn’ [NY Daily News]
Brooklyn Hotel Boom Redux [Gowanus Lounge]
New New York City Hotels [NewYorkology