The hotel is great! We enjoyed our stay: very nice staff, very clean, big & quiet room and daily fresh towels. The breakfast was surprisingly very nice too: freshly cooked with a changing variety of warm dishes, a selection of bread and bagels, cereals and fruits. Tea, coffee and water available all day long.
It is not the fault of the hotel - but the sorrounding however is not clean and appears rough and shabby. So much dirt and garbage on the streets. This creats the impression that the location might be unsafe (which it is actually not the case).
A plus is the very close subway station (3min). Very convenient access to Manhattan, it takes about 20min to Midtown. From JFK 60-90min.
Overall we felt very comfortable at Highbridge Hotel.