Unique Manhattan Event Venue with Flexible Spaces.
about this space
Host your next event in this unique and spacious venue located in Manhattan, easily accessible via a main subway line. Accommodating up to 100 guests, it is suitable for various occasions including private parties, corporate events, and creative gatherings. The venue features a flexible open layout, allowing for customization whether for dining, dancing, or presentations. The upper level boasts a kitchen and dining area filled with natural light, complemented by additional meeting rooms at the back. It is equipped with tables and a dishwasher, making it convenient for sit-down meals. This venue is also distinguished by its timeless elegance, doubling as a beautiful furniture store where unique pieces can enhance the ambiance or be stored for a more neutral setup. Advanced audio-visual equipment is available for presentations, live music, or curated playlists. Additionally, a spacious backyard offers an outdoor area for mingling or activities. This versatile venue presents a rare opportunity to host larger gatherings while maintaining an intimate and sophisticated atmosphere.
what's included
- Internet
- Air Conditioning
- Security System
- Stock Room
- Counters
- Fitting Rooms
- Garment Rack
- Lighting
- Furniture
- Sound & Video Equipment
- Electricity
- Heating
- Parking
- Elevator
- Kitchen
- Wifi
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how to book this space
- 01
Check the shell and the dates
Review the gallery, 650 sqm floor plan and amenities for Unique Manhattan Event Venue with Flexible Spaces, then note the window you want in New York. Fashion week dates book 6–10 weeks out.
- 02
Send the brief
Use the request panel on this page to send your dates, expected footfall and budget. The listed rate is a starting point at €3135 per day.
- 03
Get availability and a quote
We confirm availability with the operator and come back within 24 hours with the all-in cost: rent, staffing, permits and fit-out for New York.
- 04
Lock the contract
Sign the short-term licence, pay the deposit and we register any permit or signage paperwork the address needs.
- 05
Build and open
Fit-out, install and staff the pop-up. Our production team handles delivery, install and the strike at the end of the run in New York.
use cases
location
what's around
7 stores within 600 m, incl. Goodwill, Petland Discounts, Footaction
brands nearby
- fashion stores
- 2
- beauty
- 4
- design & interiors
- 1
- cafés
- 9
- restaurants & bars
- 14
- other retail
- 30
- Goodwill90 m
- Latin Food & Grocwry160 m
- Futuro Deli & Grocery160 m
- Bagel Tree190 m
- Teriyaki Madness210 m
- The Famous Jimbo's Hamburgers Palace210 m
getting here & street life
nearest transit
- 125th Streetmetro275 m · 3 min
- 116th Streetmetro493 m · 6 min
- Harlem–125th Streetrail418 m · 5 min
- 3rd Avenue & East 122nd Streetbus · BxM6 BxM7 BxM8 BxM9 BxM1047 m · 1 min
- East 124th Street & 3rd Avenuebus · M35119 m · 1 min
- East 124th Street & 2nd Avenuebus · M35177 m · 2 min
street activity
high footfall.
4 places within 200 m · 37 stores · 23 cafés and restaurants
- within 200 m
- 4
- within 400 m
- 27
- within 600 m
- 60
the neighbourhood
The Elmendorf Reformed Church, formerly known as the Elmendorf Chapel, is a historic Reformed Church in America (RCA) church located at 171 East 121st Street between Sylvan Court and Third Avenue in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. It was founded as a parish house and Sunday school for the First Collegiate Church of Harlem, which had its beginnings in 1660 as the Low Dutch Reformed Church of Harlem or Harlem Reformed Dutch Church, the first house of worship in Harlem. The Church's original burying ground for its African American congregants was discovered in 2008 at the 126
- Harlem Courthouse · 192 m
- 121st Street station (IRT Second Avenue Line) · 218 m
- Sylvan Place · 240 m
- 125th Street station (IRT Second Avenue Line) · 253 m
- 125th Street station (IRT Lexington Avenue Line) · 268 m
frequently asked
Yes — Unique Manhattan Event Venue with Flexible Spaces is a vetted pop-up ready space in New York, 650 sqm. Request availability and dates through the inquiry card on the listing.
who it suits
Brand Scale
This 650 sqm venue fits established independent brands with a 15 to 60 person team, 4 or more years of trading, and either a functioning wholesale book or a DTC business doing seven figures annually. The reason is capacity rather than prestige: 7,000 sqft across two levels with a 100 guest allowance, meeting rooms at the back, a full kitchen, and a backyard is a footprint that needs programming to feel intentional. Brands at this stage typically find they can fill it with a showroom floor, seated appointments, a press area, and catering without renting in extra structure. Where we see mismatches is when a two person label books it for a first collection preview and ends up styling 400 sqm of empty floor. Equally, a global house wanting a locked-down Manhattan flagship moment will find the Harlem basement level and mall-type building wrongly positioned against downtown or Midtown alternatives, and should compare other spaces in New York before committing.
Aesthetic Fit
Warm, material-led and craft-driven brands read best here, because the venue doubles as a furniture store and carries a lived-in timeless quality rather than a blank shell. Think heritage tailoring, artisanal leather goods, ceramics and homeware, natural-fibre womenswear, Black-owned and community-rooted labels with a strong cultural narrative, plus jewellery and fragrance lines that benefit from soft natural light on the upper level. The furniture pieces can either stay in as set dressing or be stored away for a more neutral setup, which gives a brand real control over the interior. What does not work here is hard-edged futurism: chrome-and-white minimalism, technical sportswear, or hyper-clinical beauty concepts will fight the timber, the domestic dining area, and the basement level. Those brands are better served by a raw industrial box or a purpose-built white cube.
Best Use Cases
First choice is a press day and buyer showroom combined, because fitting rooms, garment racks, counters, a stock room, and separate back meeting rooms let you run wholesale appointments on one level while press circulate on the other. Second choice is a seated dinner or cocktail reception tied to a collection launch, supported by the kitchen, dishwasher, dining tables, and the backyard for pre-drinks and smoking guests. Third is a brand activation or product launch for up to 100 guests, using the sound and video equipment for presentation moments and curated playlists. Fourth is a sample sale, where the elevator, parking, stock room, and 1 to 10 day lease window make load-in and high-volume selling workable. Fifth is a content studio booking, given natural light upstairs and the furniture inventory as ready-made set. Sixth is a creative workshop or networking programme, which the meeting rooms handle without disrupting the main floor. If you are weighing which format returns most against spend, our ROI estimator is a useful first pass.
Budget Signal
This sits in the mid tier for Manhattan on a total-cost basis and in the value tier on a cost-per-square-metre basis, which is the number that matters at 650 sqm. Comparable SoHo or Tribeca temporary retail space of half this size commands more per day, and hotel event spaces in Midtown will match or exceed this rate while restricting your branding, catering supplier, and load-in hours. What you get here instead is a large short-term commercial space with furniture, lighting, AV, kitchen, fitting rooms, and a backyard already in place, which removes a meaningful production line item that a bare shell would force you to pay for. In our experience the profile that gets the most from this space is the brand trading floorspace and included fit-out against a prime postcode, accepting a Harlem address three minutes from 125th Street in exchange. Co-working venues and shared pop-up formats will undercut the rate, but neither gives you exclusive use, a 100 guest capacity, or a credible fashion showroom layout. Our venue sourcing team can benchmark it against equivalents before you commit.
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