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
Ah haters haters haters. Fact is, lower Slope is on the rise, like it or not. Gentrification, upscaleification, de-sleazification. Lots of people with income moving into the new condos. Lots of demand and space for retail. Yes, the Gowanus side of 4th Avenue will be zoned commercial, but it won’t be dialysis businesses and auto body shops for long. All those people walking to the subway would like a Starbucks maybe? Park Slope could support another Barnes and Noble maybe?
Kaching! Kaching! Kaching! And time for the rest of you to move along…
If you own a house in Carroll Gardens for 8 years you can certainly afford to live in Manhattan. Especially since it sounds like you can afford to eat out so much and compare restaurants around town. Maybe not in a townhouse or Park Ave coop but you plenty there you could afford especially if you include north of 96th st as part of Manhattan which I realize people of a certain background don’t.
Or maybe if didn’t eat out so much and learned how to cook – you could afford Park Avenue.
3:40 – you are absurd. I personally cannot abide Park Slope – it is a pet peeve I acknowledge and many people feel differently. And, you are right, I cannot afford to live in Manhattan, although I grew up there. I happen to own a house in Carroll Gardens (and have lived there for 8 years), but believe or not, I am able to acknowledge (instead of being blindly defensive about my neighborhood like so many people on this site) that the restaurants in Wburg are MUCH BETTER than the ones on Smith Street, which aside from a very few, are uniformly mediocre.
Please. How many families live in cramped floor throughs in the PS 321 zone…. Lots, I can tell you. Grandparents and parents alike will be delighted to have somewhere to stay that’s in walking distance. And while the rooftop bars might be empty, there will be plenty of silver haired folk standing in line for a room. Forget about the Europeans. This hotel is practically situated for a neighborhood that DESPERATELY needs a clean, fairly upscale hotel for extended family visits.
20/20, no, I don’t own Brooklyn NY, but I can get you a good deal on the Bridge if you’re interested.
3:50, and who exactly is stopping you?
3:40, and who exactly is stopping you?
This hotel is not in Park Slope. It is Gowanus.
The more I read the comments on Brownstoner, The more I want to get the hell out of NYC.