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Versatile Event Space with Bar and Entertainment Amenities.

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Space
167 sqm (1,800 sq ft) basement bar and brand activation space for rent in Gravesend, Brooklyn, split into two connected halls with a 170 person capacity, dark entertainment led finishes and a full theatrical lighting rig. Vetted by Fashion Week Venues for single day launch and production use.
Best For
Launch parties and cocktail receptions with bar service for up to 170 guests, one day sample sale space using the fitting rooms and garment racks, content studio and brand shoot days built around the lighting and effects rig, creative workshops or masterclasses with projector and microphone, and networking evenings tied to a collection preview. Available to hire by the day.
Standout Features
Built in bar with flexible food and drink menus plus delivery assistance, and two halls that can run as one room or split for reception and presentation. Also included in the day rate: programmable lighting with laser effects and smoke machine, screen, projector, microphone and full sound system, a dedicated photo area, fitting rooms with counters, garment racks and a lockable stock room, and elevator plus on site parking for basement level stock delivery.
Location
Coney Island Avenue, Brooklyn 11223, with Avenue U (Q) roughly 12 minutes on foot, Kings Highway (B and Q) roughly 15 minutes, and the B68 bus stopping on the street outside. The immediate stretch is a working retail strip with a Walgreens 15 metres away and nine restaurants within 600 metres, giving crews straightforward kerbside loading and guests an easy street level arrival before entering the venue.
Availability
Day rate is $1,440 (approximately EUR 1,255) with a strict one day minimum and maximum, so this is a book by the day venue rather than a multi week rental. Allow four to six weeks lead time in Brooklyn, and eight to ten weeks for September and February New York Fashion Week windows and December party season, when spaces at this address typically book first.
How to Book
Enquire through Fashion Week Venues and we confirm availability within 24 hours, with no charge until confirmed. Permit paperwork, event staffing, bar and catering briefing and fit out coordination are handled by our team on the brand's behalf. Request availability for your date now.
167 m²
1800 sq ft
brooklyn
US
$1,440 / day
per day
photo / video
3 use cases
in short
167 sqm (1,800 sq ft) basement bar and brand activation space for rent in Gravesend, Brooklyn, split into two connected halls with a 170 person capacity, dark entertainment led finishes and a full theatrical lighting rig. Vetted by Fashion Week Venues for single day launch and production use. Best For Launch parties a…
city
Brooklyn
area
167 sqm
day rate
$1,440 / day
postcode
use cases
corporate event · private event · cocktail reception
included
Internet · Air Conditioning · Security System

about this space

This commercial space is ideal for a variety of events, including corporate gatherings, parties, and themed celebrations. The venue features a cozy bar offering food and drinks, with flexible menu options and delivery assistance available. There are two spacious halls designed for personal use, equipped with essential amenities such as a microphone, lighting, laser effects, a smoke machine, a screen, projector, and sound systems suitable for various events, from parties to movie nights. For those seeking additional engagement, experienced artists and presenters are on hand to elevate your event experience. The space also offers customizable layouts and a dedicated photo area, ensuring a tailored atmosphere that fits your theme. With amenities including internet access, air conditioning, a security system, a stock room, and ample furniture, this venue accommodates all your event needs seamlessly.

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
  • Projector

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how to book this space

  1. 01

    Check the shell and the dates

    Review the gallery, 167 sqm floor plan and amenities for Versatile Event Space with Bar and Entertainment Amenities, then note the window you want in Brooklyn. Fashion week dates book 6–10 weeks out.

  2. 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 €1257 per day.

  3. 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 Brooklyn.

  4. 04

    Lock the contract

    Sign the short-term licence, pay the deposit and we register any permit or signage paperwork the address needs.

  5. 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 Brooklyn.

use cases

corporate eventprivate eventcocktail receptionworkshopcreative workshopmasterclassnetworking eventvideo productioncontent creationphoto shoot

location

plotting…
brooklyn·40.5930° · -73.9612°

what's around

8 stores within 600 m, incl. Walgreens, Verizon, Zenisha Nails Spa Inc

brands nearby

WalgreensVerizonZenisha Nails Spa IncCarvelIlluission's Hair StudioTK Beauty LoungeNissanDream Gallery Furniture7-ElevenAura Nail SpaWasim BarberPharmacy BoutiqueBrooklyn Supreme Barber Shop
fashion stores
1
beauty
6
design & interiors
1
cafés
2
restaurants & bars
9
other retail
28
  • Walgreens20 m
  • A-Eastern Plumbing Supply80 m
  • Chatan De Capitan130 m
  • The Flowe Czar130 m
  • Coney Island King160 m
  • PUPlike Grooming Studio160 m

the neighbourhood

Event producers, wedding and banquet operators, photo and video crews working on day rates, and a large network of Russian, Ukrainian, Georgian and Uzbek speaking hospitality businesses are the people who actually book and fill halls along this stretch of Coney Island Avenue. Between Avenue X and Gravesend Neck Road the ground floor tells you everything: florists three to a block including Paradise Flowers and Deja Vu, beauty rooms such as TK Beauty Lounge, Aura Nail Spa and Brooklyn Supreme Barber Shop, furniture showrooms like Dream Gallery, and restaurants including Tandir Rokhat, Tsob Tsobe and Level Restaurant that supply catering into venues like this one. There is no designer studio row here and no gallery cluster, so brand teams should recalibrate expectations before they arrive. What Homecrest and the northern edge of Sheepshead Bay do have is a working supply chain of presenters, DJs, dance schools, caterers and camera operators available at short notice, which is why we treat this corridor as a production resource when we handle venue sourcing in south Brooklyn rather than as a fashion address.

Brands come here for included infrastructure and a controlled guest list, not for adjacency, and that is the honest trade against Williamsburg, Bushwick, Dumbo, Soho or the Meatpacking District. A 167 sqm venue with two halls, a licensed bar with kitchen support, sound, microphone, projector, screen, programmable lighting, laser and smoke already rigged, plus parking, elevator and a stock room, delivers a technical package that would cost significantly more in Greenpoint or Tribeca once you priced the kit hire and build separately. What you sacrifice is drop-in convenience for Manhattan press and international buyers. There is no hotel cluster within reach, no fashion week circuit within walking distance, and a portion of any Manhattan-based invite list will simply not travel. The Q at Neck Road and Sheepshead Bay puts you roughly forty minutes from Union Square, which works for a scheduled evening event and works poorly for a casual afternoon appointment. In our experience placing brands in this part of Brooklyn, it performs best for launch parties, one day sample sales, cocktail receptions, workshops and content days aimed at a local or borough-based audience. Model the travel cost into your guest plan alongside your spaces in New York shortlist.

Arriving on this block is practical rather than atmospheric, and teams should brief their guests accordingly. A Walgreens sits directly beside the entrance, apartments run above the storefronts, and the pavement rhythm is errand-driven: pharmacy runs, laundry, school pickup and grocery shopping building through the late afternoon, then restaurant and bar traffic drifting toward Brighton and Sheepshead Bay Road in the evening. Mornings are calm and load-in is straightforward with parking on site, which is a genuine advantage over Manhattan basements where every crate goes through a service door on a timed window. The venue itself is below street level, which gives you sound isolation, stable temperature and complete darkness for projection, laser and photo area work. What we consistently hear from brand teams who activate here is that the room photographs better than the address sounds. Be clear on the limitation: this is not suited to walk-in retail, street visibility, tourist footfall or any multi-day showroom or buyer appointment run, and the single day booking term confirms that. Map your run of show against our activation timeline before you commit to a date.

getting here & street life

nearest transit

  • Neck Roadmetro565 m · 7 min
  • Coney Island Avenue & Avenue Wbus · B6852 m · 1 min
  • Coney Island Avenue & Avenue Xbus · B68138 m · 2 min
  • Coney Island Avenue & Gravesend Neck Roadbus · B68188 m · 2 min
  • Coney Island Avenue & Avenue Vbus · B68307 m · 4 min
  • Coney Island Avenue & Avenue Ybus · 305698370 m · 5 min

street activity

high footfall.

7 places within 200 m · 36 stores · 11 cafés and restaurants

within 200 m
7
within 400 m
26
within 600 m
47

the neighbourhood

Big Daddy's Restaurants was a chain of restaurants founded in 1964 on Coney Island Avenue in the Sheepshead Bay section of Brooklyn serving a myriad of food types ranging from European to Asian inspired dishes. In April, 1990, it was reported that Napp was looking to make a comeback with the Big Daddy's name by opening a location in Miami Beach. Napp died in November 1990, theoretically ending chances of revival.

  • Neck Road station · 550 m
  • Beth El Jewish Center of Flatbush · 731 m
  • Avenue U station (BMT Brighton Line) · 791 m

frequently asked

Yes — Versatile Event Space with Bar and Entertainment Amenities is a vetted pop-up ready space in Brooklyn, 167 sqm. Request availability and dates through the inquiry card on the listing.

who it suits

Brand Scale

This space fits a brand with a 5 to 30 person team, roughly 2 to 8 years of trading, and an established DTC or community mailing list of several thousand names in the outer boroughs. At 167 sqm across two halls with a 170 person capacity, a built in bar, kitchen access, parking and an elevator, it is sized for a single high volume event day rather than a rolling retail programme, and the one day minimum and maximum booking term makes that explicit. Brands at this stage typically find they need the guest capacity but not the multi week lease commitment. Where we see mismatches is when a global house looking for a Manhattan press week address enquires here, or when a solo designer with forty samples books a room built for 170 people and reads as empty on camera. If you need a longer tenancy or a Manhattan postcode, compare it against other spaces in New York before you commit.

Aesthetic Fit

Bold, nightlife adjacent and entertainment led identities work here: streetwear, footwear and sportswear drops, fragrance and beauty launches, jewellery and accessory brands with a party led audience, and any label whose visual language leans on colour, saturation and stage lighting. The venue arrives with programmable lighting, laser effects, a smoke machine, projector, screen and full sound, plus a dedicated photo area, so a brand that designs its activation around light and motion gets immediate value. What does not work is quiet minimalism. A stone and linen luxury house, an archival tailoring label or a gallery style collection preview will fight the basement floor level, the fixed bar and the club leaning finishes, and stripping the room back to neutral costs more than starting from a raw white box elsewhere.

Best Use Cases

First choice is a launch party or cocktail reception, since the bar, flexible catering, presenters and artists on call, and 170 person capacity are all already in place. Second is a one day sample sale, supported by fitting rooms, garment racks, counters, a stock room and on site parking for stock delivery. Third is content and photo production, using the dedicated photo area, laser and smoke effects and controllable lighting across two halls. Fourth is a creative workshop or masterclass, with the projector, screen and microphone covering the presentation side. Fifth is a community or networking evening tied to a collection drop, and sixth is a members only collection preview for local wholesale and press contacts. Our activation service covers staffing, run of show and build for each of these formats.

Budget Signal

This sits in the mid market for south Brooklyn event hire and well below Manhattan or Williamsburg equivalents for the same capacity. In our experience the profile that gets the most from this space is a brand that would otherwise pay a hotel function room rate and then rent lighting, sound, bar service and furniture separately, because all of that is included here. Against a bare temporary retail space you save on build and technical hire, against a co-working venue you gain a licensed bar and real event infrastructure, and against a shared pop-up format you gain exclusive use of both halls for the day. The trade off is location and a basement floor level, so budget for transport or car service if your guest list is Manhattan based. Model the full day cost with our budget calculator before enquiring.

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