Versatile Makerspace for Innovative Events.
about this space
This modern makerspace spans 3,000 square feet and features 14-foot ceilings, creating a bright and functional environment that adapts to various needs. Equipped with 3D printers, laser cutters, electronics workstations, and additional maker equipment, it serves as an authentic backdrop for product launches, creative workshops, corporate team-building activities, or film and photo shoots. Two full bathrooms and a kitchenette provide essential convenience for larger groups. As a working makerspace, this venue fosters a culture of innovation, where robotics, coding, engineering, and digital fabrication are taught to students aged 4-14. This vibrant atmosphere contributes to a visually inspiring environment that naturally sparks creativity. Ideal for corporate events, product launches, tech conferences, film and photo shoots, creative workshops, private parties, and gatherings that seek to engage with a maker culture.
the fwv take
Take this Yorkville makerspace for a process-driven product launch or a filmed brand workshop, because the live 3D printers, laser cutters and electronics benches supply a genuine fabrication story that a dressed set never sells with the same conviction, and 3,000 square feet on one uninterrupted basement floor lets a demonstration, a press reception and a camera unit share the same day without collision.
The operational advantage here is 14-foot ceilings paired with house lighting and sound and video equipment already in place, which allows a crew to rig overhead and backlight a workbench sequence without trucking in truss or power, while the elevator, stock room and kitchenette move load-in, garment storage and crew catering away from the working floor.
Brand fit is mid-scale contemporary rather than luxury maison: technical apparel, footwear with an engineering narrative, eyewear, material-innovation accessories and beauty labels launching a device, generally three to ten years into trading with a functioning press list, and we would push heritage couture, bridal or fine jewellery toward quieter street-level options among our spaces in New York, since a basement with visible machinery will not read as a hushed gallery no matter how it is dressed.
In our experience the September window fills fastest for content studio and press day bookings, so enquire eight to ten weeks ahead, and factor two quirks: the venue runs a children's maker programme, meaning weekday daytime access is frequently restricted to evenings and weekends, and the 86th Street subway sits a seven minute walk away, so car service for editors and a tightly sequenced schedule built with our activation timeline are worth budgeting from the start.
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
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Check the shell and the dates
Review the gallery, 279 sqm floor plan and amenities for Versatile Makerspace for Innovative Events, 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 €2090 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
getting here & street life
nearest transit
- 86th Streetmetro570 m · 7 min
- York Avenue & East 86th Streetbus · M86116 m · 1 min
- York Avenue & East 88th Streetbus · M86136 m · 2 min
- York Avenue & East 84th Streetbus · M31250 m · 3 min
- York Avenue & 91st Streetbus · M31 M86-SBS305 m · 4 min
- East 86th Street & 1st Avenuebus · M86SBS311 m · 4 min
the neighbourhood
The Henderson Place Historic District is a historic district in the Yorkville neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, New York, US. The district spans about 0.5 acres (0.20 ha) bounded by 86th Street to the south, East End Avenue to the east, 87th Street to the north, and a dead-end street named Henderson Place to the west. It includes 24 attached brick rowhouses, all designed by Lamb and Rich in the Queen Anne style. The houses were built by the developer John C. Henderson for moderate-income residents. The district is designated a city landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation
- Carl Schurz Park · 180 m
- Gracie Mansion · 201 m
- Chapin School · 248 m
- Municipal Asphalt Plant · 289 m
- St. Joseph Church (Yorkville, Manhattan) · 289 m
frequently asked
Yes — Versatile Makerspace for Innovative Events is a vetted pop-up ready space in New York, 279 sqm. Request availability and dates through the inquiry card on the listing.
who it suits
Brand Scale
This space fits brands with a 10 to 40 person team, roughly 3 to 10 years of trading, and enough budget to treat an activation as a production rather than a pop-in. At 279 sqm across a single basement floor with 14-foot ceilings, an occupancy estimate near 290, two full bathrooms and a kitchenette, it is built for groups, not for browsers. That combination suits performance and technical apparel labels, footwear brands with engineering stories, eyewear, accessories with material innovation angles, and beauty or wellness brands launching a device. Brands at this stage typically find they need the room for a seated workshop, a press moment and a shoot in the same booking. Where we see mismatches is when a two person label with no wholesale base or press list books this much square footage and cannot fill it, or when a global maison needs a landmarked street-facing address on Madison for a flagship-adjacent statement. For those briefs, look wider across spaces in New York before committing here.
Aesthetic Fit
Industrial, technical and process-led brand identities work here without any fight against the room. This is a working makerspace with 3D printers, laser cutters and electronics workstations visible as part of the environment, so the aesthetic already reads as prototype, engineering and craft in progress. Utility outerwear, performance sportswear, sneaker and sole technology, recycled or bio-based material stories, modular accessories and tech-adjacent product all gain credibility from the backdrop. Lighting, furniture, sound and video equipment, garment racks, counters and fitting rooms are in place, which means a mid-build retail experience is achievable without stripping the shell. What does not work is soft romantic luxury, bridal, fine jewellery, or heritage couture positioning that needs plaster walls, natural daylight and a hushed gallery register. A basement floor level with equipment in view will always undercut that reading, and paint alone will not resolve it. If a brand wants the tools concealed and the space rebuilt as a neutral fashion showroom, budget for production and build from the outset.
Best Use Cases
First choice is a product launch with a build or process narrative, because the maker equipment lets guests see how something is made rather than just hear about it. Second is a creative workshop or masterclass, supported by the kitchenette, two bathrooms and a layout already used for teaching cohorts. Third is content studio and photo or video production, where 14-foot ceilings, existing lighting and sound and video equipment reduce kit hire substantially. Fourth is a corporate or team-building event for brand and retail teams, given the 290 person occupancy estimate and elevator access. Fifth is a press day or collection preview, workable thanks to garment racks, counters, fitting rooms and a stock room, though the basement address in Yorkville means editors will need a strong reason to travel. Sixth is a sample sale space, functional but limited by minimal passing footfall. Seventh is a private dinner or after-hours gathering tied to a launch week. A one to seven day lease window suits all of these; map the sequence with our activation timeline.
Budget Signal
This sits in the mid tier for Manhattan short-term commercial space and represents strong value per square metre for the equipment and capacity included. Compare it to a prime SoHo or Nolita temporary retail space of similar size and you would pay considerably more for footfall and a street window, then still need to bring in lighting, furniture and AV. A hotel event space at this capacity typically costs more once food and beverage minimums land, and it gives you a neutral ballroom rather than a narrative. Co-working venues undercut it on rate but cap you at a meeting room aesthetic and restricted hours. Shared pop-up formats are cheaper again but offer no branding control and no production access. In our experience the profile that gets the most from this space is a brand treating it as a production stage for content and press rather than a retail till, since the location earns nothing from walk-ins. Run the numbers against alternatives with the budget calculator before you commit a week.
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