While the room itself was clean and comfortable, and the location was great for accessing transit into NYC and for views across the water, sleep was difficult due to extremely bright light from outside shining through the cracks at the top of the shades in our room, as well as the noise from the light rail located directly next to the hotel, continuing into the wee hours of the morning and commencing early the next day. Other street sounds carried up easily in the middle of the night, including drunk people on the street, police communicating through a bullhorn, and, believe it or not, an ice cream truck at about midnight playing its tune over and over again.