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Based only on map location, its an airport hotel for nearby JFK. Someone can land early evening, with business meeting scheduled next day in Lower Manhattan, downtown Brooklyn, or even Williamsburg.
A guest could check in and out, never setting foot in Brownsville, at all. Some casinos are like that; you never leave them throughout your stay. It's developed like a private fortress.
Here's the hotel's package deal for business travelers: free airport shuttle from JFK, discounts at their own expensive restaurant/bar inside the building. Guest-only pool, exercise room, sauna. Good-night.
Early next morning, rapid check-out and free car drop-off to MTA: 2 blocks to the Livonia Station 3 or L, or a mile to Utica/Crown Heights Station where the express 4 begins, plenty of seats always available.
If the total price point beats Midtown Manhattan hotels, it'd be recognized by JFK airport business travelers as a good package deal for one night only.
All profits stay inside the hotel, which doesn't do much for the neighborhood except for some service jobs closer to home.
Last edited by BrightRabbit; 08-15-2015 at 03:48 AM..
I guess the US and International Medical Graduates interviewing for residency positions at Brookdale Hospital in Brownsville will have a hotel to stay in during interview season which is annually from September - February. My husband stayed in Queens when he had to interview there. The commute by public transportation took him an hour and a half to get there. It might have helped him to have some place closer and affordable to stay.
Though the stories we heard about Brownsville were pretty scary, especially around the hospital at night. More scary than the Lincoln Hospital he interviewed at in the South Bronx. Lincoln was known as the number one busiest hospital in the country and Brookdale had a reputation for their amount of traumas. It's even a hospital they'd send military doctors in training to for traumas. We were excited because Brookdale also attracted the talent of Dr. Conrad Fischer to help turn it around. So we thought something must be going on there to get a great medical educator like that. I think he's moved on since then though. That was a couple years ago.
I'd like to see Brownsville improve and will have to look for de Blasio's plans for Brooklyn. I think the proposal had something to do with improving transportation and increasing new structures for affordable housing there, correct? When do they find out about the rezoning plan getting the green light or not?
It's funny but seemingly true - you find great trauma/ER doctors in hospitals located in high-crime areas - they get lots of practice.
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