Hotel Le Bleu: Will the High Prices Fly?
With the Hotel Le Bleu’s grand opening just around the corner, someone from the Brooklyn Eagle was able to duck inside the 4th Avenue boutique hotel for a peek. The verdict? “A finished room was on par with some of the boutique hotels in Manhattan–thinking Hudson and Gansevoort, and the Blue went one better: big…
With the Hotel Le Bleu’s grand opening just around the corner, someone from the Brooklyn Eagle was able to duck inside the 4th Avenue boutique hotel for a peek. The verdict? “A finished room was on par with some of the boutique hotels in Manhattan–thinking Hudson and Gansevoort, and the Blue went one better: big views looking west to the harbor and north to Manhattan.” So what price luxury hipness? According to the hotel website (screen shot on the jump), rooms run from $349 to $399 a night. It’ll be interesting to see whether folks are willing to drop that kinda coin for a stay on the decidely un-upscale 4th Avenue. What do you think?
Inside Brooklyn’s Soon-to-Open Hotel le Bleu [Brooklyn Eagle] GMAP
I will gladly pay for my in-laws to stay here instead of with us!!!
Great views of a Staples, taxi stand, uhaul and massive ugly construction across the street. I’d call this much needed hotel space a glorified holiday inn. They’ll get away with the prices cause so many grandparents need a close place to stay. PS – no pool but they were advertising a roof restaurant?
my mother and father have NO WHERE to stay in Park slope when they come visit…unless they stay at the stuffy B and B on Prospect Park. This is a HUGE relief to us…and we are PSYCHED! THERE GOES 4TH AVENUE, FOLKS…
You can get rates 10% cheaper if use the web site promotional rate.
I’ve never sprung that much for hotel…I’m the type to do the Comfort Inn on Butler for $99.
Why would I pay this price to stay in Gowanus when I could pay that or less and stay in a very chic hotel in manhattan? In other words what would be the overriding advantage?
It looks like a cheap immitation of a boutique hotel but I would partake in rooftop drinking even if it were Motel 6. The view must be great!
do they have a pool?
I’m sure more than a few grandparents of Park Slope tots will be happy to stay here.
I don’t think it really comes down to 4th Ave – it comes down to the Hotel, its restaurant and its bar – and whether it becomes a destination in its own right.
If the hotel is beautiful, offers amazing service, 5 zillion thread count sheets, has a great restaurant and hip bar – people may flock to it and then the grittiness of 4th Ave will become almost a feature – but if it fails in any of these areas and has to compete simply based on being a hotel – then the prices will kill it b/c you can get a more convenient hotel room for less in Manhattan.