Boutique "The Brooklyn - A Hotel" opening on Atlantic between Bedford & Nostrand
Here's one that's flown mostly under the Internet's radar - a very cool-looking 34 room hotel looks like it's about to open - on a very gritty block on the south side of Atlantic Avenue, midway between Nostrand & Bedford.
The former 4-story brick warehouse at 1199 Atlantic was being promoted as a potential hotel site by Terra CRG as early as 2010. Looks like there was talk with Howard Johnson (are they still around?) about a discount hotel but that deal (thankfully) fell apart.
The building looks as though it's been beautifully renovated by MD-based Real Hospitality Group, which operates about 3 dozen new hotels - mostly in NYC and around the East Coast. Anyway the room photos on their Facebook page look pretty sweet: https://www.facebook.com/TheBrooklynAHotel/photos/ and the exterior sticks out like a non-sore thumb next to the post office and a bunch of mostly run-down properties on either side of the LIRR tracks. (Actually, a few others on the block have recently been spruced up and offered for rent)
Anyway, the place was slated to open in June and looks to be 95% ready, with a few details around the roof (deck?) still remaining. Compared to the couple of other arena-focused properties in that part of Atlantic this place looks to be a gem.
See before/after pics below. Yes, I realize a couple of them are sideways and upside-down. I've given up trying to trick this board into posting them correctly, just turn your screen:
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so bizarre!! does this have something to do with the number of white european tourists i've been seeing around Nostrand near fulton and atlantic. are there already some hotels there? or B&Bs of the non-air variety? or is it just because it's an easy jaunt to JFK via the LIRR?still, what an odd block for this. the train track cut and the men's shelter half a block away. hmm. i guess visitors will find this a very "brooklyn" location
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I walked by one evening and noticed that the three windows closest to the Post Office are a guest room. Bad idea. The neighborhood hasn't changed enough for that.
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Hotels are a good fit for Atlantic, not because I would want to stay there, but because the Ave is zoned to be largely commercial.
Someday, they will rezone it like they did to 4th Ave in Park Slope.
Then, we will have our own canyon of mediocrity -
Its the only through truck route for the entire borough, so I don't know how much its going to change. Are people really going to pay $350 per night to have trucks barreling by their first floor window?
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Been watching this development for a year and the time is right for Atantic to become something other than a parking lot for shabby repair shops. the area is already so full of Airbnb this cant go wrong.
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If there's not a decent place to eat close by it's going to be a tough place to book.
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They can always ask the neighbors at the men's shelter for recommendations...
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They certainly know the lowest price options, like the local church kitchen.
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David's Brisket House & Deli is on Nostrand and Herkimer, about 200 ft from the hotel's back door. I've heard the pastrami and brisket sandwiches are insane, like Carnegie Deli but without the mortgage payments.Also, aren't there a bunch of new places popping up on Nostrand just south of Atlantic these days?
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Yes, Nostrand north of Atlantic is becoming filled with amenities.
These folks will walk to the C train. -
Or the LIRR - just out the front door - for unfettered access to Barclays Center (whose attendees I'd bet are the hotel's main target).
BTW, David's Brisket House and Deli IS all that. $11 for a corned beef on rye is pretty steep for Bed Stuy (Carnegie starts at $20) but SO DAMN GOOD.
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Guess the upside-down photo posting thing didn't get fixed in the site upgrade...
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One more thumbs up for David's corned beef.
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Trini Gul closed recently but was great. Ali's Roti is around the corner and well-liked. And, of course, there's all the good eatin' on Nostrand south of Atlantic.
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If these rooms have kitchens included there is a green grocer now at Franklin and Pacific. this is an area that will start changing fast much like 4th ave did in PS
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As long as the shelter remains the main intake for homeless, single men in NYC this block won't change that much.
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The new developments in this hood will make the change happen at the shelter. Money talks influence. The 1% will get involved if they see the shelter is hindering their investments.
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There's a Best Western hotel on that block too -- my inlaws used to stay there (4 years ago-ish?) when they'd visit before we had a 2nd bedroom.
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