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Staying in Brooklyn once meant crashing on some questionable friend-of-a-friend’s sofa. In the last couple of years, a rash of chic boutique hotels has cropped up across the borough, including Hotel Le Bleu in Park Slope. The 48-room sleeper has billed itself as the first luxury hotel in Brooklyn, and offers spectacular views of Lady Liberty and the Manhattan skyline from west-facing rooms. Nu Hotel on Smith Street combines sleek minimalist style with eco-friendly sensibility. White-on-white rooms are accented with cork floors and salvaged wood furnishings, and, in some cases—for no apparent reason—hammocks. Additional hotels are planned: the W offshoot, aloft, will open a Brooklyn location in the summer of 2010, and Indigo Hotel is expected to start welcoming guests early next year.

Naturally, you’ll want to shoot over to Manhattan at some point. In many cases, a short subway ride will do it, but if you’re up for a unique experience, we recommend hoofing it. Walking across the Brooklyn Bridge is a New York tradition and an unforgettable way to see the city. If you can, have a lover meet you halfway to live out your very own New York movie moment.

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About the writer:

Chantal Martineau writes about travel, food, and drinks for such titles as Saveur, Allure, Women's Health, The Globe and Mail and Imbibe. She also writes the Drink column for US Airways magazine.

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