The sleep inn brooklyn downtown is in brooklyns south slope neighborhood just across the gowanus expressway from largely industrial gowanus bay and 4 blocks from the 25th street subway station hop on the yellow line and youll be in midtown in 30 minutes youll be staying on a residential street in a neighborhood full of local businesses the red hook recreational area is about a mile northwest green wood cemetery a 478 acre national historic landmark is full of paths antique statuary