Misdemeanor - City of New York

This hotel is located directly across from the jail, which is why it's called Misdemeanor. How unappealing is that?

This establishment deserves criticism for its tone-deaf and offensive name.

Beyond inappropriate and insensitive name for an establishment across the street from a jail. Understandably, this mediocre “boutique” hotel wants to play up its fake Brooklyn-ness for its tourist clientele base and give off a rough and edgy vibe but this is just SO overly manufactured and uncool. More importantly it is absurdly tone deaf for these hoteliers to drop into a neighborhood with a name this flippant and offensive. Our justice system is flawed and so are the people with poor judgement who named this severely lame restaurant. Unless a significant portion of profits are donated to legal services or social justice organizations I really hope people stop patronizing this place. I urge visitors to this hotel to go to any of the incredible restaurants and bars (with GENUINE local character) just down Smith street. Also, if the hotel is looking for alternate names, I can already think of several wittier legal terms and references in Latin to rebrand with.

What kind of self-respecting business takes pleasure in the suffering of others? Did they truly believe that naming their establishment "Misdemeanor" was a clever, ironic choice, especially with a prison and courthouse just across the street? This is one of the most exasperating displays of hipster absurdity I've encountered in quite some time. I will not support it.

Misdemeanor is the most tone deaf new-to-brooklyn b name for a place across the street from a prison. You can get good cocktails at a number of bars a few blocks south that may be just as insufferable, but slightly more self-aware.