GOWANUS — A 5-story boutique hotel coming to Union Street and Fourth Avenue will be a neighborhood "amenity" complete with a full-service restaurant and outdoor areas where guests and the public can eat and drink, the developers said in a letter to neighbors.
The team behind Gowanus Inn & Yard, slated to open later this year at 645-651 Union St., said the 76-room hotel will "turn dark vacant space into a well-lit and secure block," according to the letter, which was posted recently on Fourth Avenue.
The site where the Gowanus Inn & Yard is now rising was once a parking lot.
The announcement, signed by hotel partner Alec Shtromandel, informs neighbors that Community Board 6 will review Gowanus Inn & Yard's liquor license application at its Jan. 25 meeting.
Gowanus Inn & Yard will have a restaurant and bar in the cellar, and guests and the public will also be able to eat and drink outside in a first-floor courtyard and on the roof, according to the letter.
Shtromandel did not respond immediately to requests for comment on Wednesday.
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Shtromandel also developed the Union Hotel on Degraw Street between Third and Fourth avenues.
Another partner in the Gowanus Inn & Yard, according to Capital New York, is Matt Abramcyk, the one-time operator of the Beatrice Inn nightclub, who more recently opened the TriBeCa restaurants Super Linda and Smith & Mills.
Last year he announced plans for another TriBeCa eatery at 385 Greenwich St.
Community Board 6 meets on Jan. 25 at 6:30 p.m. at the Prospect Park YMCA, 357 Ninth St.
