The Brooks Motel

2.0 star property

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Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, memory-foam beds, desk

Single Room

7.0 out of 10
Good
(6 reviews)
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Double Room

Double Room

8.0 out of 10
Very good
(3 reviews)
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, memory-foam beds, desk

Deluxe Single Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, memory-foam beds, desk

Executive Studio Suite

  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Queen Sofa Bed

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House | Living area

House

  • 5 bedrooms
  • Sleeps 12
  • 6 Queen Beds

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Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, memory-foam beds, desk

Classic Single Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, memory-foam beds, desk

Executive Studio Suite

7.0 out of 10
Good
(2 reviews)
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Queen Sofa Bed

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Signature Single Room

Signature Single Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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About the area

Hillsdale

When you stay at The Brooks Motel in Hillsdale, you'll be near ski lifts, within a 5-minute drive of Catamount Aerial Adventure Park and Catamount Ski Area. .This motel is 2.6 mi (4.2 km) from Taconic State Park and 6.7 mi (10.8 km) from Bash Bish Falls State Park.
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What's nearby

  • Catamount Aerial Adventure Park - 2 min drive - 2.9 km
  • Catamount Ski Area - 3 min drive - 4.0 km
  • Taconic State Park - 4 min drive - 5.7 km
  • Copake Lake - 9 min drive - 14.6 km
  • Ski Butternut - 23 min drive - 24.2 km

Getting around

  • Hudson Station - 26 min drive
  • Hudson, NY (HCC-Columbia County) - 25 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Stewart's Shops - ‬19 min walk
  • ‪Camp Waubeeka Family Campground - ‬11 min drive
  • ‪Hy’s Fried - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪Four Brothers Pizza Inn - ‬5 min walk
  • ‪Mom's Country Cafe - ‬8 min drive

About this property

The Brooks Motel

Motel with free parking, near Catamount Aerial Adventure Park
The Brooks Motel offers 16 air-conditioned accommodations with coffee/tea makers and slippers. Memory foam beds feature Egyptian cotton sheets and premium bedding. 28-inch LED televisions come with digital channels.

Bathrooms include shower/tub combinations, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers. This Hillsdale motel provides complimentary wireless Internet access, with a speed of 250+ Mbps (good for 3–5 people or up to 10 devices). Additionally, rooms include irons/ironing boards and blackout drapes/curtains.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
Make yourself at home in one of the 16 air-conditioned rooms featuring LED televisions. Your memory foam bed comes with Egyptian cotton sheets. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and digital programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms feature shower/tub combinations, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers.
This motel features snowboarding nearby, downhill skiing nearby, and cross-country skiing nearby.
Free self parking is available onsite.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • In-room WiFi speed: 250+ Mbps (good for 3–5 people or up to 10 devices)
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Free uncovered self parking on site
  • Limited on-site parking (max 1 space per unit)

Conveniences

  • Guidebooks
  • Virtual front desk

Accessibility

  • No lift

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Blackout drapes
  • Egyptian cotton sheets
  • Memory foam mattress

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Shampoo
  • Shower/bathtub combination
  • Slippers
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 28-inch LED TV with digital channels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Desk
  • Heating
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Laptop workspace
  • Window screens

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 4:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime
Minimum check-in age: 25

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

There is no front desk at this property
Guests will receive an email within 24 hours before arrival with check-in instructions and an access code; access will be through a private entrance
To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property at least 48 hours before arrival using the information on the booking confirmation
Prior to arrival, you must complete online registration via a secure link
You will be asked to provide the property with a copy of your government-issued photo ID after booking
A virtual front desk provides assistance to guests

Access methods

Access code, private entrance

Pets

Pets stay free
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees
Welcoming dogs only
2 total pets
Pets cannot be left unattended

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome

Payment types

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

  • Breakage deposit: USD 300 per stay

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card 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

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

Property is also known as

Hilldale Motel
The Brooks Motel Motel
The Brooks Motel Hillsdale
The Brooks Motel Motel Hillsdale

Reviews

The Brooks Motel Reviews

7.4

Good

8.2/10

Cleanliness

7.6/10

Staff & service

6.8/10

Amenities

7.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.8/10

Eco-friendliness
Rating 10 - Excellent. 41 out of 115 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 30 out of 115 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 23 out of 115 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 10 out of 115 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 11 out of 115 reviews

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Lawrence

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I will be back
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

6/10 Okay

Liza

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness
The bedsheets had blood stains and a dead fly. The door did not safely lock.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

2/10 Terrible

Eric

Travelled with family, Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Dirty. No one cleaned before we entered. Food from previous guest in the fridge. Trash that I won't describe in the trash bin. Rug sopping wet from a recent rainfall. When I reached out by text (the only way to reach them) they asked me to inform the cleaner in the morning.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

2/10 Terrible

Kayla

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Debi

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Basic, clean and good value for the money.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

6/10 Okay

Brittany

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
There was a hot shower, a bed with clean sheets and cold AC. That’s my bare minimum and it checked all the boxes. Pluses: they let me check in an hour or two early which was helpful. The pillows were fantastic. There was a dehumidifier running. We had to empty it, but I’m glad it was there to keep the space comfortable. Neutral: the floor is entirely concrete. Cold in the summer which is fine, might not be so nice in the winter. No rugs or carpeting. Bed was super firm. Not as comfortable as I was hoping but some folks might like it. A weirdly excessive amount of oriented strand board (basically plywood) for “decor”. Headboard, shelving, etc. Not so great: the ac was open at the bottom, letting whatever moths/little bugs fly in. I shoved a towel in the empty space to keep them out but it’s a short term fix. Parking was a little tricky. You’ll see what I mean if you book and get a corner unit. Nothing was a deal breaker and I’ll stay there again if I need to. It’s not the ritz, it’s a renovated motel in the middle of nowhere. Go in with reasonable expectations and you’ll be fine.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

Kayla

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Plywood central!

To check in, you need to call a number and fill out a text with your information. Digital code for the door, no one there for housekeeping if you need something. Lovely land, but my goodness its awful. Pictures seem way bigger and nocer than what the rooms really are. Water doesn't get hot for showers. Toliet paper, as seen in my pictures, was left like that. Checked in to a messy dirty area. Food from previous stay was left in fridge and smelled so gross. Only good thing is the bed, thats it. Not worth the price. Theyre charging hotel numbers forgetting that they are just a motel. Come morning I had already been told I coupd have late check out, woke up to a house keeper banging on the door over and over. I answered it and she kept saying "no english". It was awful to be honest. Not kid friendly or pet, due to the way the traffic is on the highway on top of the hill. Plywood is literally thrown everywhere as decor, headboard. Got a splinter so be careful. I was in room 9. Allergic to bees? Theres hives everywhere specially in the ac which doesnt work that well.
Plywood, wall chopped up.
Headboard, plywood.
Plywood, very painful.
Gaps between the cold concrete and tub.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

6/10 Okay

Elizabeth

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service

Not worth the price

Check in was confusing. No front desk person. And no one on property to trouble shoot. And so far no instructions for check-out. Totally self directed stay however that lack of staffing didnt seem to be reflected in any lower prices. The room was expensive & smaller than pictured. Positives: comfy beds and humble but cute decor.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Pedro

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Wry nice and clean.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

8/10 Good

Barbara

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Travelled with family, Travelled with pets
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent two night stay. Well-organized room, comfortable bed, perfect for having our little dog along.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Abigail

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2025

8/10 Good

Aaron

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

6/10 Okay

Jandon

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
The stay was great. We had some issue getting the access code to work getting into the rooms, but altogether it was ok.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Armand

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Easy process. Clean room with comforable bed.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Bradley

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

I highly recommend

Strange at first because it doesnt look, or feel, like a motel ive been to before. Summer camp-ish, in a good way. I woke up unmurdered to the sound of birds and a stream that flows behind the building. I highly recommend.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Steven

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

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A basic motel. The renovations are nice. The room is small. We had trouble with the code on the door, but were finally able to reach someone and get it straightened out.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Mary

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

8/10 Good

Dan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

A

There are not many places to stay near Hillsdale, NY. The Brooks Motel is an exceptional find. A renovated 1950s roadside motel, The Brooks provided a safe haven for the night. A no host hotel, guests are provided by email a code for the keypad on the door. A text and phone number are provided to reach the host if something is needed. The hosts are quick to respond and very gracious. Beds are new memory foam and very comfy. My only complaint is that there is no carpet on any floor, only concrete.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

MacKenzie

Stayed 1 night in May 2025

8/10 Good

Adam

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

Perfect stay

Great little motel. Great location. Everything you need for a trip to Columbia County
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

6/10 Okay

Nicholas

Disliked: Staff & service
Simple
Stayed 3 nights in May 2025

8/10 Good

Angela

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Kelly

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