The Foundry

The Foundry Industrial-Chic Event Venue · Long Island City, Queens, NY

Ivy-covered walls. A skylit greenhouse. A 19th century landmark restored to perfection — and entirely yours for the day.

Specialties: Intimate Industrial-Chic Wedding & Event Venue · South Asian Wedding Celebrations · Mehndi Nights · Nikah Ceremonies · Receptions & Multi-Room Wedding Experiences

Space: Meticulously restored 19th century building · Main interior with windowed roof · Arched walkways · Second-level mezzanine · Lush courtyard with Queensboro Bridge backdrop · Additional spaces including The Greenhouse, The Terrace, The Pool Room & The Albra Room

Capacity: Up to 180 guests

Rental Includes:

Ground floor & mezzanine · Courtyard with or without tent · Fully equipped kitchen · Three on-site staff members

12 guaranteed hours covering setup, event, and breakdown

Guest curfew 12:30 AM

One event per day — the entire space is exclusively yours

Additional Spaces Available: The Greenhouse · The Terrace · The Pool Room · The Albra Room — add on to create a fully multi-room guest experience

Catering: Preferred vendor list includes kosher and South Asian caterers · Vegetarian and globally inspired menu options available — no compromise on authenticity

Perfect For: Mehndi nights · Nikah ceremonies · Wedding receptions · Intimate South Asian celebrations · Multi-room wedding experiences · Any celebration seeking character, charm, and a truly one-of-a-kind New York setting

Location: Long Island City, Queens, NY · Steps from Manhattan

Not every extraordinary wedding happens in Manhattan. Some of the most unforgettable ones happen just across the bridge — in a place so full of character, history, and atmospheric beauty that no amount of decoration could ever do what the space itself does the moment your guests walk through the door.

The Foundry is that place.

Nestled in Long Island City just steps from Manhattan, this meticulously restored 19th century industrial landmark is one of New York City's most atmospheric, distinctive, and genuinely breathtaking event venues — a space where exposed brick, ivy-draped exteriors, soaring arched walkways, and a spectacular windowed roof come together to create an environment that feels simultaneously raw and romantic, industrial and intimate, historic and utterly alive. For South Asian couples seeking a wedding venue with genuine soul — a space that tells a story before a single flower arrangement is placed or a single light is strung — The Foundry is in a category entirely its own.

Picture a Mehndi night draped in the warm, golden glow of fairy lights bouncing off exposed brick walls and arched walkways, filling the mezzanine with colour, music, and the kind of intimate energy that only a space this beautifully proportioned can hold. Imagine a Nikah ceremony held beneath the skylit greenhouse — natural light pouring in from above, lush greenery surrounding every guest, and a setting so serene and otherworldly that every photograph taken within it becomes a work of art. And envision a reception that spills out into the lush courtyard, the iconic Queensboro Bridge framing the skyline behind your guests as the evening light fades and the celebration reaches its most beautiful, most cinematic peak.

The Foundry's flexibility is as impressive as its beauty. The rental includes the main ground floor and mezzanine, the courtyard with or without a tent, a fully equipped kitchen, and three dedicated on-site staff members — everything your event needs to run seamlessly from the very first moment to the last. And with additional spaces including The Greenhouse, The Terrace, The Pool Room, and The Albra Room available to add on, The Foundry gives you the rare and extraordinary ability to design a fully multi-room wedding experience — one where your guests move through different atmospheres, different moods, and different beautifully appointed spaces throughout the evening, creating a celebration that feels immersive, dynamic, and completely unlike any wedding they have ever attended.

For South Asian couples, the preferred vendor list offers something genuinely valuable — kosher and South Asian caterers included alongside vegetarian and globally inspired menu options, ensuring that the food at your celebration is as authentic, as carefully considered, and as deeply satisfying as every other element of the day. With 12 guaranteed hours covering setup, the event itself, and full breakdown, a guest curfew of 12:30 AM, and a strict one-event-per-day policy that ensures the entire space is exclusively and completely yours from the moment you arrive — The Foundry offers an intimacy, a privacy, and a sense of occasion that larger venues simply cannot replicate.

Reach out through our Jab We Wed profile to check availability and begin planning the most atmospheric, most characterful, and most genuinely unforgettable South Asian wedding celebration in New York City.

Ivy walls. Industrial soul. A skylit greenhouse and a courtyard with the Queensboro Bridge as your backdrop — a wedding that feels like nothing else in the city.