Hotel called a blight on Brooklyn to be auctioned off

New York

MUCH like Machiavelli's The Prince, with which it shares a name, the small hotel that has stood on a corner in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn for four decades is valued by some and loathed by many more - those who see it as a neighbourhood blight that has endured despite what appears to be a long-standing disregard for rules of any kind.

Now, the Prince Hotel is set to be auctioned off by the city, followin…