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Essence Hotel

2.5 star property

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Standard Room
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Standard Room

Reviews

7.0 out of 10
Good

Popular amenities

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

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
    ‪9 min drive‬
  • Airport, New York, NY (JFK-John F. Kennedy Intl.)
    ‪32 min drive‬

Room options

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Full ROOM

Full ROOM

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Standard Room

Standard Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Standard Room

Standard Room

  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Standard Room

Standard Room

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

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Standard Room

Standard Room

  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Twin Bed

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About the area

Brooklyn

With a stay at Essence Hotel, you'll be centrally located in Brooklyn, within a 5-minute drive of Barclays Center Brooklyn and Prospect Park. .This hotel is 2.5 mi (4 km) from Brooklyn Cruise Terminal and 3.7 mi (6 km) from Wall Street.

What's nearby

  • Barclays Center Brooklyn - 11 min walk - 1.0 km
  • Prospect Park - 19 min walk - 1.6 km
  • Brooklyn Bridge - 9 min drive - 6.0 km
  • Brooklyn Cruise Terminal - 9 min drive - 3.5 km
  • Wall Street - 10 min drive - 6.3 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 with free breakfast, near Barclays Center Brooklyn
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.

Stay in one of 42 guestrooms featuring flat-screen televisions. Your pillowtop bed comes with Egyptian cotton sheets. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and satellite programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with showers feature rainfall showerheads and designer toiletries.
Make use of convenient amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access, a television in a common area, and a vending machine.
Take advantage of the hotel's room service. A complimentary on-the-go breakfast is served daily from 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM.
Featured amenities include a 24-hour front desk, multilingual staff, and luggage storage.
A complimentary on-the-go breakfast is served each morning between 8:00 AM and 10:00 AM.
Room service is available.

Property amenities

Internet

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

Parking and transport

  • No on-site 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

Family friendly

  • Soundproofed rooms

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Luggage storage
  • Shared microwave
  • Vending machine

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Multilingual staff

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

More

  • 4 floors
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Blackout drapes
  • Egyptian cotton sheets
  • Pillowtop mattress

Bathroom

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

Entertainment

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

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

Pets not allowed (service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees)

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Children up to the age of 18 years can stay for free if using existing beds when occupying the parent or guardian's room
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

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

Property is also known as

Union Brooklyn
Union Hotel Brooklyn
Union Hotel an Ascend Hotel Collection Member
Union Hotel
Essence Hotel Hotel
Essence Hotel Brooklyn
Essence Hotel Hotel Brooklyn

Reviews

Essence Hotel Reviews

7.0

Good

7.2/10

Cleanliness

7.8/10

Staff & service

6.2/10

Amenities

6.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.8/10

Eco-friendliness
Rating 10 - Excellent. 66 out of 185 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 34 out of 185 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 33 out of 185 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 19 out of 185 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 33 out of 185 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

8/10 Good

Christopher

Stayed 1 night 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