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Peek Inside: Long Island City's Industrial Chic Boutique, Boro Hotel
Boro Hotel
Dutch Kills, an emerging neighborhood in New York's Long Island City, has a new kid on the block in the form of a design-centric boutique hotel.
Boro Hotel
The space is designed by New York City-based design firm, Grzywinski + Pons. The team, Matthew Grzywinski and Amador Pons, is also responsible for The Nolitan hotel in New York City's Nolita neighborhood and Urban Villa in London, amongst others.
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Boro Hotel
Boro Hotel is composed of 108 guestrooms, studios and public spaces. The minimal interiors reflect the building's original concrete and cinderblock bones.
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Boro Hotel
Some of the smaller touches throughout the space include hand-scraped oak floors, painted pallet wood paneling and furnishings made of leather, cork and natural fibers like sisal.
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Boro Hotel
Not one of the 108 rooms are exactly along, some have terraces and balconies while others showcase beautiful, floor-to-ceiling windows. The rooms range from 200 to 600 square feet.
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Boro Hotel
Several of the guest bathrooms feature freestanding bath basins with sweeping views of Queens, and all have natural, holistic bath products from APIVITA, imported from Greece.
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Boro Hotel
The lobby on the hotel's ground floor features a large, communal table where guests check themselves in upon arrival. And for after hours, hi-speed Wi-Fi is offered throughout.
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Boro Hotel
For socializing, the lobby is equipped with a modern firepit encircled with seating for guests. A small collection of books on display for guest use include selections from Strand Bookstore and various newspaper.
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Boro Hotel
Adjacent the firepit is a café bar set up to serve guests specialty coffee drinks, cocktails, wine, small snacks and complimentary breakfast every morning.
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Boro Hotel
Upon Boro Hotel's official opening this September, rates will run from $299/night.
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