NEW YORK— The eight-storey, 150-room Williamsburg Hotel has opened in the Williamsburg area of Brooklyn, N.Y., it was announced Jan. 19.
Lobby bar in the Williamsburg Hotel. Photo: Annie Schlechter.
Located at Wythe Ave and North 10th St., the property will open in phases, beginning with guestrooms and lobby bar. This winter, a restaurant will open, followed by a rooftop pool, water tower bar and ballroom.
Guestrooms feature floor-to-ceiling windows with Manhattan, Brooklyn and East River views. Design schemes vary from whitewashed timber walls to grey distressed finishes with leather, brass and marble. Guestroom elements include a sitting table that doubles as a room service tray, and open-windowed showers. Featuring 30-ft. ceilings, the ballroom will accommodate 400.
Next month, Harvey, a grain- and vegetable-focused restaurant by Adam Leonti, will open on the lobby level. Leonti will focus on freshly milled grains for pastas, breads and pastries, and serve a daily selection of local meat and fish. Harvey will also provide the hotel’s room service and Leonti will sell to-go flour and bread from the hotel’s bar. Leading the property’s Brooklynized version of afternoon tea is the hotel’s in-house tea director.
Later this year, a rooftop pool and three bars, including a private bar for hotel guests, a subterranean lounge, and a replica water tower bar honouring the block’s historic wooden water tower factory, will open.
On the service side, the property offers bath amenities handmade in Brooklyn by small-batch factory, Apotheke. A hotel-branded tuk tuk (three-wheeled auto rickshaw) is complimentary and available for guests in need of rides around town or drop-off at the nearby L or G subway stops.
Highlighting the hotel’s entranceway are cascading stairs leading into a bar outfitted with an art installation, from street artist Eric Rieger, who has strung thousands of strands of multi-coloured yarn throughout the space. Other design highlights include custom toile-inspired wallpaper designed by Beastie Boy Mike Diamond featuring quintessential Brooklyn scenes and figures, from a Nathan’s Famous hot dog to a group of Hasidic Jewish men, to rapper Notorious B.I.G.
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