So, I stayed here last night; the hotel was supposedly full despite being only in soft opening stage. The bar opens today, but everything else seems finished.

This is a (four year, I was told) renovation of the Wyndham and shares shuttle buses and parking lots with a new Ibis Style hotel (said to be the first of that brand in the USA) in the round building owned by the same outfit. It's seven stories and most rooms seem to have a short almost square window above the desk and a floor to ceiling window beside a chair. I was told by the manager on duty that it's a six minute walk to the DL C terminal at LGA, but I didn't try it.

I would suggest avoiding rooms on the second floor for several reasons. First of all, the lobby is two stories high, including the front desk and bar area, so that I would anticipate noise problems. Secondly, from the elevators and alternative entrance signposted for the shuttle, there are about five steps up or down to the hallways containing rooms. This would be awkward with wheeled luggage. OTOH, when one looks at the outside of the building, one has the impression that the second floor rooms are about three feet deeper than rooms on other floors.

I was preassigned a room on floor six, but greeted as a Plat (Plat50 in my case) upon arrival and asked whether I preferred a larger room. The front desk agent apparently found such a room for me and changed me to the seventh floor, but the room was small (aka cozy) and I learned later that it was not one of the larger rooms. I saw no SPG floor signs. Upstairs hallways are dark (W style) with charcoal on gray wallpaper. Rooms are the newer aloft style with squares rather than stripes on pillows and blinds, plus a wall of grayish wallpaper with the geometric design based on overlapping circles. What was new to me is the red swivel easy chair, unfortunately with no reading light.

Two tips:
1. The cushion taking up about two-thirds of the bench can be removed to provide a level surface for your suitcase.
2. The "round table" near the chair is really an ottoman with a removable round wooden tray on top.

No bottled water in rooms, even though the front desk is aware that it's a brand standard. I was offered one or two bottles of water when I asked.

Food offerings appear minimal even by aloft standards, but a sign offers free regular coffee and tea for all in the "morning." Espresso, etc. isn't included in the offer and I saw no signs of decaf. At breakfast time, a window was open with a cook preparing made to order hot breakfast sandwiches for $12.

The free wifi (you're given an access code at check in) seems fine, but the two new Apple computers in the business center off of the lobby are hopelessly slow for doing even the most simple things, such as printing boarding passes.

Last night I overheard I guest being told to just park in a handicapped space as the hotel's parking lot was full. YMMV.