The dark-wood interior, moody lighting and lilting jazz music make musician Rene Calvo’s Harlem inn feel more like a 1930s speakeasy than a 21st-century B&B. The airy suites, named for Harlem Renaissance figures such as Chester Himes and Cozy Cole, have restored tin ceilings, a quirky mix of junk-store furnishings and period knick-knacks, and working sinks in original antique cabinets. There are just two suites per floor; each pair shares a bathroom. Rooms: 4.
The Harlem Flophouse

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- Address:
- 242 W 123rd St
- New York
- 10027
- Cross street:
- between Adam Clayton Powell Jr. and Frederick Douglass Blvds
- Contact:
- View Website
- 347-632-1960
- Transport:
- Subway: A, C, B, D to 125th St
- Price:
- $125–$170 double. DC, MC, V
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- Sign in & claim business
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