Ink48 Hotel takes meetings, conferences, receptions, weddings and private dinners for up to 250 guests, across three meeting rooms, a penthouse suite with a terrace and a rooftop venue with six indoor and outdoor areas. The hotel occupies a former 1930s theatrical printing press on Eleventh Avenue in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, and has 222 guest rooms and suites.
Seminars and company events
The hotel offers 6,095 square feet of meeting space for corporate gatherings, board meetings and trainings of up to 100 people. The three meeting rooms are named after typefaces, a nod to the building's printing past: Courier, Garamond and Helvetica. On-site audiovisual and logistics support is provided, and premium Wi-Fi is included. The Javits Center is within walking distance, which makes the hotel a practical base for trade show teams that need a room for a client meeting, a launch or an evening event. For larger receptions, the rooftop takes over.
Weddings and receptions
The Penthouse Suite, 1,100 square feet and 17 stories above Manhattan, opens onto the Halo terrace and hosts proposals, elopements and small ceremonies. On the rooftop, Hudson VU takes receptions and wedding ceremonies with views over the Hudson River and the Intrepid. The sales team can hold anything from one to ten guest rooms for a wedding party, and the hotel works with proposal and elopement planners.
Rooms and capacities
The Courier room, 683 square feet, seats 56 in theater style, 30 at a banquet and 24 in a U-shape, or 45 at a reception. Garamond and Helvetica, 1,156 square feet each, take 100 at a banquet or reception, 90 in theater style, 66 in classroom style and 36 in a U-shape. The Penthouse Suite takes 60 at a reception, 40 in theater style and 32 at a banquet; the Halo terrace takes 100 at a reception and 90 at a banquet. On the rooftop, Hudson VU takes 120 standing or 45 seated, Midtown VU 100 standing or 80 seated, the open-air Uptown VU 150 standing, the VU Lounge 80 standing or 55 seated and the Sunroom 60 standing or 40 seated. Combined as 360 VU, the indoor and outdoor areas take 250 for a reception.
Accommodation
The 222 rooms and suites include King, Two Queen Deluxe, Premier Studio and King Premier rooms, One Bedroom, Junior and Hudson suites, Terrace Studios and the Penthouse Suite, plus accessible rooms. Many have Hudson River or skyline views.
Catering
Hudson Local, the hotel restaurant, is led by chef Carlos Letonas, with a wine list curated by sommelier Elia Chuaqui. The Hudson VU rooftop bar is 21 and over and runs on reservations; private events there are handled by a dedicated team.
History and setting
The building was a theatrical printing press in the 1930s. It sits in Hell's Kitchen, near Times Square, the Theater District and the Manhattan Cruise Terminal, and the Intrepid Museum on Pier 86 is about five minutes away on foot.
Getting there
The address is 653 Eleventh Avenue, New York, NY 10036. JFK, LaGuardia and Newark airports all serve the hotel, and Amtrak, NJ Transit and the Long Island Rail Road run from nearby.
