Hotel Le Bleu Opening Still Stalled
Guests are going to have to wait a little longer to check into Hotel Le Bleu, the first boutique hotel to grace the banks of the Gowanus Canal. A booking agent told us they’re not accepting reservations until October 1st, but when we swung by yesterday, Le Bleu’s manager said there was a possibility it…
Guests are going to have to wait a little longer to check into Hotel Le Bleu, the first boutique hotel to grace the banks of the Gowanus Canal. A booking agent told us they’re not accepting reservations until October 1st, but when we swung by yesterday, Le Bleu’s manager said there was a possibility it would open within the next couple of weeks. (The city still has to do final inspections on the property.) The delay is the latest in a series for the hotel, which was originally scheduled to open on July 9th. According to Newyorkology, rates were starting at $280 back when it was scheduled to open in early summer; Le Bleu’s website now shows them beginning at $365. Le Bleu’s manager told us the original rates reflected the summer season, and that fall prices were always going to be in the $350-$400-a-night ballpark. While we’re really excited about a luxe hotel opening in Gowanus (check out the photo on the jump—the Andres Escobar-designed interiors are, dare we say, kinda sexy), the rates seem increasingly detached from reality. Think there’s a possibility Le Bleu’s going to end up in the red?
Hotel Le Bleu Website GMAP
Hotel le Bleu Delays Opening Again [Newyorkology]
It’s seems crazy to even have a conversation about whether or not the hotel is viable. It’s ill-conceived- a terrible design in a terrible location for a customer that doesn’t exist at a price that is ubsurd.
If this abortion of a hotel lasts a year, I will EAT MY OWN STOOL on the 4th ave neutral ground.
“Most of the men in Park Slope are married, carrying babies.”
And the rest of us are gay. On that note, I’d bet my last nickel that the visiting Eurobois are going to stay in Manhattan.
Actually 12:05, all the hotels on 4th Ave really are going to be for parents. Sorry to crush your dreams of picking up Euro trash chicks at the hotel bar over there. Those ladies like the Manhattan scene better. Why? Most of the men in Park Slope are married, carrying babies.
Clearly this place is out of context, but if there is a niche to fill, we’ll know soon enough. I guess all the internal amenities are a plus, or a must have, given that who would want to go walking directly outside, to see what? The Staples next door, or the superfast roadway, or the pretty yellow taxi cabs lines up everywhere. There are always people who want to waste money just to tell people how much they in fact wasted, in all places, at all times. We shall see.
Hello? This hotel is not for your stupid Parents it is for all the Euro trash coming here and SLUMMING it in Brooklyn, Duh.
Yes, 1:29, there are plenty grandparents that need a hotel nearby. But as someone else pointed out – with a peek-a-boo bathroom? GUFFAW!
My parents would never ever ever go for that. Ever. These first-time hoteliers do not know their market. They wasted a lot of time and money trying to make the place look hip to 20-somethings, when they should be marketing to 50+ year old parents and grandparents.
Have none of you considered the possibility that the people building this joint accurately discovered a market that wasn’t being served? With all the fancy–but small–housing units near this place, I dunno, maybe there are enough grandparents of new mommies and dads, or parents of Pratt students, or children of elderly Brooklyn Heights residents who would prefer to lodge in Brooklyn in fancy digs for $200 less a night than the Sheraton midtown, 30 minutes away by subway? I’m just sayin’.
3:13 – And being zoned for PS321 is useful because of all the children you will be raising IN A CONVERTED HOTEL ROOM?