I’ve read a few travel articles recently about Brooklyn being an upcoming part
of New York. For something different, we would like to base ourselves there
for a few days on our next trip to the US. Do you know of a B&B style
options, or some not too expensive hotels that I might look at? Mary
Kitson, Bristol
Sunday Times travel expert Richard Green responds: Brooklyn hotels are
usually pretty expensive, the swanky new Marriott
at the Brooklyn Bridge (333 Adams Street, 001 718 246 7000) has doubles
starting from £276, or the new Hotel
Le Bleu (370 Fourth Ave, 001 718 625 1500) has rooms from £221.
However, a good value and beautifully decorated B&B option is the Akwaaba
Mansion (347 MacDonough Street, 001 718 455 5958), which occupies a
lovely old 1860’s townhouse and has a nice secluded garden too. The public
spaces are richly decorated, and there’s an interesting African theme to the
bedroom decor – Akwaaba means "welcome" in Ghanaian. Doubles are from £82.
Extremely opulently decorated and set in a turn of the century brownstone
house, is the Bed & Breakfast on the Park
(113 Prospect Park West; 001 718 499 6115), which has seven grand
individually styled rooms from £130.
A smaller and simpler B&B, also in a brownstone house, is 388
Bergen House (001 718 783 0080) which has just four quite plain rooms,
from £83 a night, without breakfast. Or there’s the homely House
on 3rd St. (718-788-7171), which has artistically cluttered doubles from
£87, not including breakfast.
For more information, visit www.visitbrooklyn.org
