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 can’t believe this comments from all of you. Do you own Brooklyn NY ? This is a free country right? So what is the problem will all of you, I love the hotel and wish them lot’s of success and by the way I am from Europe and will recommend this hotel to all my cooooooooooooool friends who would like to stay in Brooklyn !
Comment on “prospect park a poor man’s version of central park” –
Well it is obvious you can not afford to live in Park Slope or Manhattan! So you live in Williamsburg and try to justify it by saying their restaurant’s are better. Let’s be serious, Sea is a good looking restaurant, but the food is mediocre and compares to Beet or any other Thai restaurant in Park Slope. It’s just the real estate prices for a monstrous restaurant in Park Slope would be too high for most investors.
My point 3:32 is that this hotel will fail miserably. And your statement supports my point. The 9.9 out of 10 Americans who go to Walmart because they’ve never heard of Prada and/or cannot afford to shop there are the same ones that wouldn’t pay $300+ to stay in the middle of Brooklyn when they could stay in a decent place in Manhattan for that same price or less.
9.9 out of 10 americans don’t know what prada is either, but i happen to think their clothing is nicer than that which sells in walmart.
so what was your point?
3:09, I agree the hotel may bring better stores and additional nightlife, but reality check please. How many is “many Europeans” who prefer Prospect Park to Central Park? I bet 9.9 out of 10 Americans have never heard of Prospect Park. On the other hand, 9.9 out of 10 Americans couldn’t find Canada on a map, but that’s beside the point. I have a hard time believing many tourists are currently, or ever will, prefer to visit Brooklyn over Manhattan.
thank you for your comment, 3:09. i couldn’t agree more.
and with taxes and “fees”…most manhattan boutique hotels are more like 500 plus a night.
so yeah, 100 or 200 bucks a night is a lot over a week-long stay. especially considering that for 2 dollars, you can be at the doorstep of said “trendier” spots in about 30 mins or less.
since some of you say 99 dollars is what you’d pay for a hotel, why do you think the difference by such an amount wouldn’t be enough to attract people to this place if it’s cheaper over anything similar in manhattan.
lets’ be honest, with the taxes and fees its more like 400 a night. isnt it? or was that included?
2:16 (Random European) 1st off, don’t worry about your command of English – it’s definitely good enough for brooklyn! (probably better, actually 😉
I’m a 30 something condo owner in south slope – and have no affiliation with this hotel or any other place of business anywhere near this site.
I posted at 11:58 and I really believe that this will work, and it will be excellent for bringing new nightlife and better stores and shops down 4th and 5th avenues. I can see why people who might have iffy rent situations could see this as threatening, but for those who own or who have good rental situations I can’t see how anyone wouldn’t welcome this place. Once these businesses come in, there will be little reason for tourists to be “disappointed” with the hotel’s location. (Man, look at the effing pre-Gansevoort location. Perfect for copping heroin and trannies all through the 90’s…)
I know many Europeans who absolutely prefer Prospect Park to Central. And many of my non-native friends say that back home, Brooklyn has a very dangerous reputation. But as that myth gets debunked, more tourism will be headed our way. I personally look forward to that infusion in the Slope and elsewhere. It makes it feel more like NYC to me; and like it or not, NYC needs tourism dollars!
If they price this place too low it could become a hot-sheet, which is obviously the last thing they want here. Plus, the earlier comment about this place taking forever to build is absolute nonsense and bs. This place went up FAST – I saw it with my own eyes. I don’t think it was even started until last fall! Summer of ’06 at the earliest.
The point isn’t whether or not we want to pay $300+ a night or if we think it’s worth it; The point is: Will the market bear it? I think it will.
Good point 2:52. Too bad the witty repartee didn’t take place in another thread that would have benefitted something more deserving (than an overpriced wannabe Gansevoort).