A few blocks from downtown Brooklyn and subway lines leading quickly into Manhattan, and across the street from Brooklyn's restaurant row, Smith Street, the Nu Hotel ("new" in 2008) couldn't have found a better location. This eco-friendly hotel uses cork flooring in the guest rooms, organic Baltic linen, and recycled teak wood furnishings. Eco-friendly doesn't always translate to guest...
The biggest plus and minus for Brooklyn's first true boutique hotel, opened in 2008, is its location: at the top of restaurant row on Smith Street, across from a high-rise city jail. But if you can forgive the unsightly barbed-wire views from the hotel's street-facing rooms, this sister property of the Duane Hotel in Tribeca is an arty option that packs a ton of style into its 96 rooms....
New base of operations for extended Smith Street eating tours. Four-story boutique with loft-ish rooms. Clean, modern lines, lime and gray accents. Eco-friendly cork flooring, organic bedding, hammocks to reduce bedspring wear and tear. Local art and antiques, quotes from famous Brooklynites for your elevator lobby reading pleasure. Ain’t cheap even by Manhattan standards, but great central...
Editorial Review:
Boutique hotel in Brooklyn Heights offers loft-like rooms with an eco-friendly slant, close to the city's attractions but far from the other tourists.