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

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