A FILTHY, LOATHSOME POX ON AN OTHERWISE DIVERSE AND VIBRANT JACKSON HEIGHTS, QUEENS, NEW YORK

THE ELMHURST HOTEL HOSTS PROSTITUTION

AVOID IT LIKE THE PLAGUE

I thought I was getting a decent sized room at a decent price next to a prime subway station in the culturally-diverse and amazing heart of Jackson Heights.

What Booking.com steered me to (despite fairly high ratings, perhaps based on a lodging better run by previous owners/managers?) was the Elmhurst Hotel – a seedy site of rampant prostitution.

I could no more recommend it for families than I would recommend sleeping on the sidewalk.

On check in, you get a creepy vibe.

The lobby is tiny and the front desk is behind tall, bullet proof glass. 

The images on both Booking.com and the property’s site are false – they show a modest front desk open and not fearfully covered in bullet proof glass.

There are no plants, no photos – nothing but a hard bench, beverage vending machine and elevator.