Pro: location is excellent. Just only a few minutes to Manhattan. Subway F train is nearby.

Con. Internet is not high speed internet. Buffet is not varied. Need to upgrade quality of high speed internet & breakfast.

The hotel is quite fine. My room was spacious and comfortable and the lobby area is kind of pleasant. The issue is with the location. Queens is a thriving borough. Long Island City and Astoria are great neighborhoods. The trouble with the Wingate is that it's right in between these two, in a residential area, next to one of the largest projects in the City of New York. The 21st Street-Queensbridge subway station is just two blocks away. There's a corner bodega across the street from the hotel that is open 24/7 but which during nighttime keeps its doors locked and sells whatever is needed (mostly beer) through a small window. Nothing else in the neighborhood, except graffity. On the first night I walked the ten minutes to and from the closest bar, The Huntress (a great place). The streets were deserted. The following nights I would take a taxi to Astoria for dinner. Like one taxi driver said, the neighborhood is not dangerous -- but better not to walk around after dark.

We stayed in a room with windows facing the main street. The street is very noisy, you can hear music and shouting almost all night long, and every night a garbage truck comes and makes noise. The hotel windows have absolutely no soundproofing. Opposite the hotel there is a large residential building and a laundry, so it is very noisy. We recommend taking a room with windows on the other side, perhaps it is quieter there.
The area where the hotel is located is not very prosperous, there are a lot of drug addicts and suspicious individuals. It is better to travel by taxi.

The hotel rooms are clean and have everything you need. We also received a free breakfast as a gift from the hotel. The breakfast is very modest. Dirty tables and flies flying around. We preferred to have breakfast in the city.