#red hook

We’re back with another ✨MOTEL REVIVAL✨

Honestly, these are my favorite posts to make because they’re the only ones with a happy ending. Today’s feature is appropriately named The Reclaimed Motel.

Before it was the Reclaimed Motel, it was the Hearthstone Motel. The Hearthstone opened in 1960 and in more recent years, had stopped nightly rentals and began renting its rooms as as long-term apartments. When current owners Kendra and Jared took over, they could see the property had good bones but was in desperate need of some TLC.

Beginning in the 60s, the Hearthstone was a staple in the Red Hook, New York community. In the 2020s, this still rings true. The original owners raised their daughter while running the motel, and now she lives just down the road. The motel’s immediate next door neighbors honeymooned in the “honeymoon suite”. So even though the guests are primarily visitors from NYC and other urban areas who want to visit upstate, the motel continues to maintain its close community roots.

I can’t get over the beast bile attack animation. BRO JUST THROWS UP ON THE FLOOR AFTERWARDS POOR GUY 💀

Also tried a pointier art style

Eli Shane: [when he tries to use the accelerator] How do we use these things?

Louis Valentino Jr. Park & Pier in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn, New York