Brooklyn · Hotel shortlist
The best hotels near Williamsburg
Rosa Iglesias The American south
These are my five favourites in Brooklyn, out of the 46 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 4.6 down to 4.3.
All five are within 1.6 km of Williamsburg.
Highest rated of the five
The Penny Hotel Williamsburg
★★★★★4.6 from 633 reviews
The Penny Hotel Williamsburg comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.6 from 633 guest reviews is a score that holds up at that volume, which is the whole test here. A perfect ten from nine people does not beat it.
It is a 4 star property, found under poi and around $399 a night on the dates we checked.
46 hotels in Brooklyn qualified for this list and five made it. Wythe Hotel is the one I would book if the first is full.
All five, ranked
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The Penny Hotel Williamsburg
★★★★★4.6 from 633 reviews
900 m from Williamsburg, about a 11 minute walk
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2Wythe Hotel
★★★★★4.5 from 1,665 reviews
1.5 km from Williamsburg, about a 19 minute walk
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3The William Vale
★★★★★4.3 from 2,997 reviews
1.6 km from Williamsburg, about a 20 minute walk
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4Sela V Hotel
★★★★★4.8 from 89 reviews
1.5 km from Williamsburg, about a 19 minute walk
- Gym
- Bar
- Parking
- Air conditioning
- Accessible
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5Pod Brooklyn Hotel
★★★★★4.3 from 1,987 reviews
800 m from Williamsburg, about a 10 minute walk
- Gym
- Pet friendly
- Air conditioning
- Accessible
How this list was put together
46 Brooklyn hotels qualify for this list. We ranked them on guest rating first and on how close they are to Williamsburg second, then took the top five.
Two things decide these lists. The first is my own time in the city: every hotel on this page is one I have stayed in, walked into and looked at, or gone back to check. That is where the shortlist starts, and it is why some well reviewed places are not on it.
The second is the numbers, and those are what set the order. The rating and review count come from the big travel sites, pooled through Google, so a score here reflects Expedia, Booking, Hotels.com and the rest together rather than any one of them. I also read the review breakdown by topic, which is where the figures on service, breakfast and location come from. Hotels with fewer than forty reviews are left out altogether, because a rating that thin is not a rating. No more than two come from one neighbourhood.
What I do not do is move anyone up the order. The ranking is the guest score, highest first, and nobody pays to be on the list.
Distances are straight lines from published coordinates, so the real walk is a little longer. Amenities are as recorded by Google Hotels and can change without notice. Rates are an indicative nightly figure for a midweek autumn stay, not a quote. Check the booking page before you commit.
Rosa Iglesias The American south
Teaches in term time and plays weddings in summer, which pays for the travel. Goes where the music is, usually festivals in small unrecommended towns. Owns three unnecessary accordions.
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