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Brooklyn: The Five Best Hotels for Those Not Afraid to Go to Brooklyn

Jenna — 2008-09-17T17:56:50-05:00

You may not know it, but part of HotelChatter HQ happens to be located in Brooklyn, NY. And if you were, say, heading to NYC for a big-city visit, we'd be quick to recommend our 'hood instead of that busier, slightly more stressful borough over the bridge (don't be scared! Brooklyn kicks ass!) But hey, we'll be the first to break the news to you: hotels are pretty hard to come by 'round these parts.

But we're here for you. You're gonna be tired when you get here (you know, cause "no sleep 'til Brooklyn" and all) so we'll get right to it: after the jump, our five fave Brooklyn hotels.

Brooklyn: Brooklyn Hotels Safe from Weekend Power Outages

Jenna — 2008-07-21T11:50:14-05:00

Things got unpleasantly steamy in four parts of Brooklyn yesterday - Sunset Park, Bay Ridge, Borough Park and Park Slope - when 4 "big feeders" malfunctioned and knocked out power to 2,000 Brooklyn residents and businesses. And it was hot. Like, really hot.

Con Ed reduced voltage in the area by 8 percent to keep the power failure from spreading, so for those who still had power, "television sets flickered, washing machines halted midcycle and fan blades turned at lower-than-usual speeds all day."

So what about the hotels in the area?

Brooklyn: Baseball Hotels :: Brooklyn's Le Bleu for Cyclones Action

annie0007 — 2008-04-30T12:00:01-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/lebleu_room.jpg" class="imgborder"> Summertime...hot dogs, apple pie, and...baseball! In New York, there are literally hundreds of hotel choices giving you easy access to the subways and trains to get to Yankee and Shea Stadium.We've rounded up some good <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/maps/Hotels-Near-MLB-Stadiums">hotels near MLB Stadiums</a> but what about the minor league for a serious taste of the working man's ballgame? You can take the Staten Island Ferry for free to see the Staten Island Yankees, but trust us, you don't want to stay overnight on "Stranded Island." Then there's the Brooklyn Cyclones, the borough's nod to its Dodgers history, and just as popular (the park reports attendance has already surpassed two million attendees). Brooklyn has limited hotel crashpads, but the hotel

Brooklyn: The NYT is Obsessed with Facing in the Direction of Manhattan

pbb — 2007-12-18T09:00:01-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/hotel_le_blue_NYT.jpg" class="imgborder">The New York Times follows our lead (<a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/4/1/115137/9061/hotels/New_York_Times_Discovers_The_Bowery_Hotel">again</a>) this week with a stay at a property we've been obsessing over. This week, Fred Bernstein checks into <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Le+Bleu/local/720">Hotel Le Bleu</a> and comes away with a not-too-pleasant review of Room 604, which is just down the hall from the unit <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/9/17/15422/3464/hotels/First+Look+Inside+Hotel+Le+Bleu">we checked out in September</a>. Thing is, Bernstein seems to miss the point of Hotel Le Bleu. Saying it doesn't offer much lower prices than Manhattan doesn't ring true: A room of this quality across the river would cost hundreds more. And while this stretch of Fourth Avenue isn't that nice, the bubbly, yuppie epicenter of Park Slope is but a couple blocks away; guests who can

New York: Hotel Le Bleu Now Open...Finally

pbb — 2007-11-05T09:30:01-05:00

We were beginning to think Hotel Le Bleu would turn into Brooklyn's Six Columbus with delay after delay.

But GM Robert Gaeta wrote in to confirm rumors that the hotel opened over the weekend:

Hotel Le Bleu, Brooklyn's first luxury boutique hotel is now open as of 4PM Friday. The Department of Buildings gave us our Certificate of Occupancy. We had our first guests check in today. Guests from Virginia...Next big story: When the top floor restaurant and roof lounge Vue opens.

Hey, that will be a big story. Last we heard, it'll be opening sometime next year.

[Photo: Gregory P. Mango]

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