NU Hotel Hotel

85 Smith Street Brooklyn, New York

With the restaurants and bars of Smith Street on its doorstep – and four iconic brownstone districts just a skip away – NU Hotel is a handy downtown Brooklyn option. Its rooms and suites are bright and fresh with crisp bed linen and well-kitted bathrooms. Those at the back overlook private gardens and are supremely quiet, but visitors who want a little of the borough’s celebrated energy can book an ‘NU Perspectives’ room with a vibrant mural by a local artist, or pop into its sidewalk cafe and soak up the atmosphere. MPT. From £147