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Glenwood Hostel: Traveler Reviews

339 Broadway, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY 11211
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Glenwood Hostel
2.0 of 5 stars 14 Reviews
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Seattle, Washington
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“Which came first, the bugs or the guests?”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed July 4, 2010
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So, looking for a NY getaway on the cheap? Have I got a suggestion for you! The streets, or hey, just ride the subway all night. Even the internet wouldn't want to publish pictures of my feet, legs, arm or back, due to the insane amount of bedbug bites I have on me. In roughly 72 hours, I was able to get about 9 hours of sleep. The room is smaller than your closet. "I don't have a closet" you say? It's still bigger! My first night, it was roughly 90 plus degrees in there. But that was the comfortable part. The ceiling is a screen door. There was a guy constantly sitting right outside my room who looked like the evil love child of Mickey Rourke and Gary Busey. The gent "sleeping next to my room, loved to wake up at 5 every morning and hock phlegmies for an hour or so straight. And that is when he stopped snoring. He also liked to cut some long gas passages, the last one I clocked at roughly 23 seconds. My guess, he was no more wanting to use their bathroom than I or the rats were. The rats, you don't see them so much as hear them, and I think they were weary of the surroundings as well. The guests, many of them residents. The ladies were kind of nice, because they're hookers namely. The evil creep behind the cage was somehow in cahoots with them. One guy likes to sit in the lobby and sleep and drool ropes. I also saw him going into the bathroom, his pants were not part of the deal, but he did have his hands over his crotch and buttocks as the bathroom trip clearly got started before he could get there. The shower was scary, and if you can sit on their toilets, you will likely get leprosy. And then, the bedbugs. Oh, the bedbugs are RAMPANT! In my 8 to 9 hours of sleep over three days, I was able to get hundreds, yes hundreds of bites. And I never once pulled back the sheets. No one offered to wash or change them, so you can still see my bloodstains if you go now. It is not just that they have bedbugs, they are the SOURCE of the bedbugs. NY is supposed to be having an issue with them, and if the D.O.H. would stop accepting bribes, and burn the place down, then burn the ashes, the bedbug problem would likely end. Not just in NY, but the whole wide world. Seriously folks, graveyards are a less creepy place to sleep. They don't mention their name on Craigslist, but it is the $30 ad with the tiny bed. It's so bad, you may just want to avoid Brooklyn altogether. I'm going to go write a horror movie about the place, and you know what? None of it would be fiction.

  • Stayed June 2010, traveled solo
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 1 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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Kabul
1 review
“the russian mob buys another hotel..I mean hostel”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed June 21, 2010

unless your into shotting herion,snoring coke or smoking crack with toothless drunk beeps, stay away....the city took the place away from the orginal owner only to turn around and sell it to the russian mob......this place is beyond a joke!!!!!

  • Stayed April 2010, traveled solo
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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“Fear and Loathing”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed March 13, 2010

This is the most awful place I have ever been in in my life. We stayed there for one night and were so terrified we had to move. Everything the reviews say about this place is true...it is a crack den full of criminals, bed bugs, prostitutes, mental patients...There is no roof in the rooms and literally would rather sleep on the streets. I am sure Brooklyn is an amazing place but anyone who would stay here would not want to ever ever visit Brooklyn again. Hostel bookers should take this place off their site...It is obviously a halfway house for ex criminals and the owner has decided to squeeze some extra money from tourists by promoting it as a traveller friendly hostel. IT IS NOT. We were awoken by some drug dealers shouting about their forthcoming deal. No one here has mentioned the TRAIN TRACKS which are right next to the room. It is the worst place anyone could stay and it seriously needs addressing. People joke about how bad this place is, probably to deal with how traumatised they are from staying here, but seriously if a young girl (or boy) ended up here alone something really bad could happen. DO NOT STAY HERE OR BELIEVE THE [-] description that it gives you on hostel world.

  • Stayed March 2010, traveled as a couple
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 1 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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Brooklyn, NY
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“Just chiming in on the horror - all the reviews here are true!!!”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed September 27, 2009

So I came here for a week to check out apartments, completely new to the city and had no freaking clue what I was getting myself into. REALLY desperately wish I had known about this site to save myself not only the cash and the discomfort but the BED BUGS!!!!!! Zero experience with these industrious little monsters, but that's all changed now! Saw some without knowing what they were, just thought, "oh, gross, this place has a ton of bugs" and that was bad enough. Nope, now it's been revealed some stowed away on my suitcase and I'm fighting the dreaded BBs at my new place. The gift that keeps on giving.
I've stayed in hostels before, but not like this! I was desperate to get out of there, only stayed one night (ick), but in that time 3 people knocked on my door looking for the dealer that had just moved out. Couple that with the hooker next door and her callers...a total nightmare, I was seriously considering the street. The internet was cutting out so I couldn't even search for someplace else, and we're talking late at night here. And I remember when I was checking in that the guy told me he was getting me a room on the "quiet" floor with the private girls' bathroom that was "cleaner." I can only imagine the alternative! Dark, creaky, moldy, crawly and creepy, plus right next to the train so when you're in the common area you can't work/think because every 5 minutes the walls rattle.
STAY THE HELL AWAY AT ALL COSTS!!!

  • Stayed September 2009, traveled on business
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 2 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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nyc
1 review
1 helpful vote 1 helpful vote
“the owner of this place should be in prison”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed September 26, 2009
1
person found this review helpful

I recently got a good job in Brooklyn, and didn't want to lean to much on my friends in new york. I thought this would be a reasonably cheap alternative to couch surfing. I've traveled all over the world and stayed in all kinds of places and thought I could pretty much handle anything life threw at me. after working a twelve hour day and wanting only to shower and sleep I checked into this hellhole. the bathrooms are strait out of a horror movie, somebody stole my soap while I was showering, another guy told me told me to hurry up. my room was hot even though it was cool outside. bed sheet for a ceiling. BED BUGS. the guy in the room next to was loudly masturbating and farting ALL FREAKING NIGHT. having paid for four nights in row I looked at my recipt and noticed NO REFUNDS in block caps. none of the people there showed the slightest sign of being friendly . NO FIRE ESCAPE! place is a death trap. if I ever return it will be to punch the owner of this dive in the face. wish I had taken pictures to warn others.

  • Stayed September 2009, traveled on business
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
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