11 Howard
When you book 11 Howard in New York City, USA, through our Design Hotels Collective partnership, your stay includes daily breakfast for two. No premium credit card or membership needed: request a quote and our advisor books it at the same rate as booking direct.
Exclusive Booking Perks
These perks are included with your stay at the same rate as booking direct with the hotel.
- VIP status
- Daily breakfast for two
- Room upgrade/early check-in/late check-out (subject to availability)
- For Rooms: Bottle of seasonal wine by La Fête & French macarons
- For Suites: Bottle of seasonal wine by La Fête & French macarons plus VIP fruit bowl
Guest feedback
7.7/10 from 509 guest reviews
Read what guests commentedBy category
Guests liked
- Excellent location / walking distance to subway
- Helpful and friendly staff / good service
- Strong coffee and lounge offerings
Points to consider
- Rooms often reported as small / tiny bathrooms
- Cleanliness issues (stained paint, dirty carpets, some guests found it very dirty)
- Noise: street noise, thin walls, nearby construction
Location
Design Hotels Collective properties reward the artful and the unconventional, favouring creative vision over corporate formula. Here, that means a distinctly downtown sensibility: contemporary polish paired with neighbourhood grit.
SoHo and Little Italy meet at the cobblestoned edges of lower Manhattan, where cast-iron facades and fire escapes frame streets lined with independent boutiques, art galleries, and corner trattorias that have outlasted gentrification. Canal Street Market buzzes a block east, its vendor stalls spilling into the sidewalks. Chinatown's produce stands and herbalists press against Little Italy's red-sauce institutions, creating one of the city's most layered cultural corridors. To the south, the Brooklyn Bridge spans the East River; west, the Hudson unfolds along converted piers. This is Manhattan at its densest and most kinetic, where Lenape pathways became colonial lanes became the narrow, high-walled canyons of the modern city.
LaGuardia and Newark airports both sit roughly fifteen kilometres out, reachable by taxi or ride-share in forty minutes when traffic cooperates, longer when it doesn't.
On-site, Le Coucou brings French haute cuisine to an elegantly appointed dining room with an open kitchen that rewards close attention. The room balances classic and contemporary, drawing a crowd that knows the difference. Beyond the property, Jungsik New York holds three Michelin stars seven hundred metres north, where Korean techniques meet modernist precision in an intimate, polished space. For a grander stage, Eleven Madison Park, also three-starred, sits under three kilometres uptown, where Chef Daniel Humm orchestrates one of the city's most exacting tasting menus.
Cultural texture is everywhere on foot. The Statue of Liberty rises five kilometres offshore, a monument to the waves of arrivals who shaped this neighbourhood. Canal Street Market, a minute's walk, stocks independent designers and food stalls alongside vintage finds. Start with dumplings at a Chinatown stall, then wander the cast-iron blocks of Soho where light spills through oversized windows onto polished concrete floors. The Hudson River piers stretch north from Tribeca, offering walking and cycling paths with views across to New Jersey's cliffs.
Winter bites sharp from December through February, when temperatures dip below freezing and wind funnels through the grid. Sidewalks glisten with ice melt; steam rises from subway grates. The city tilts inward, restaurants fill early, and theatre marquees glow against slate skies.
Spring and autumn offer the city's finest hours. April through May and September through October bring mild days and crisp evenings, light slanting golden across building facades, parks alive with runners and picnickers. Locals reclaim outdoor tables, and the streets pulse with renewed energy.
Summer turns thick and humid, July peaking near thirty degrees. The air hangs heavy, air conditioners drip onto sidewalks, and the city's pace slows just slightly. Afternoons shimmer with haze, but rooftop bars and waterfront piers offer respite after dark.
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