When you're not out and about enjoying the neighborhood — or venturing into Manhattan — sip drinks and indulge in seafood-forward fare at the sixth-floor Bar Blondeau alongside locals. The all-day restaurant, Le Crocodile, serves fresh-baked pastries at breakfast, salads and sandwiches during lunch, and satisfying dinners like roast chicken.

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Guests can expect exposed brick walls, concrete floors, subway-tiled bathrooms and wood furnishings. Most rooms have views of Manhattan and the East River, with floor-to-ceiling windows that allow you to appreciate the view from sunrise to sunset.

"I stayed in the Brooklyn King, which had me constantly oohing and ahhing at the sweeping views of Manhattan, especially as sunrise hit the Midtown skyscrapers."

Le Crocodile is where it celebrates smaller milestones, like living to the end of another day when the whole damned world didn’t fly to pieces. The brasserie menu is full of standards lifted above the routine by little niceties of craft and imagination, with a few unexpectedly flourishes like a truly good vegetarian pâté and a Waldorf salad liberated from mayonnaise at last.

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Reflective of its Brooklyn neighbourhood’s industrial roots, The Wythe is housed in an old barrel and rope factory.

This industrial-chic gem is across the bridge in Williamsburg, rest assured that the city skyline views from your loft-style room will more than make up for the extra travel time to Brooklyn.