The Foundry 42-38 Ninth Street • Long Island City • New York 11101

Booking The Foundry in Long Island City gets you the whole venue for 12 hours: the main space with its mezzanine, the Courtyard and the Porch, plus a 1,500-square-foot industrial kitchen your caterer can use. Three Foundry staff work your event, a street security person for parked cars, a doorman and a manager, and you get a dressing room on the mezzanine. Benches, tables, chairs, an upright piano, draping, lounge furniture and adjustable lighting are part of it. You'll pay separately for your caterer, rentals from Broadway Party Rentals, a Courtyard tent, the sound system, the $350 projector package and add-on spaces like the Terrace or Greenhouse.

Yes, you can have both at The Foundry, and since it books just one event a day, the whole place is yours. The Greenhouse, a brick-walled room with a glass ceiling, seats up to 120 for a ceremony, and the Courtyard works for outdoor vows too. For dinner, the main space seats 125 indoors, or the tented Courtyard seats 165. Cocktails can spill onto the Terrace, which holds 80–90 with Manhattan skyline views. The Foundry's overall maximum is 180 guests.

You can bring most of your own vendors to The Foundry, with three exceptions. Your caterer has to come from The Foundry's recommended list, and restaurants can't cater. Tables, chairs and linens come from Broadway Party Rentals, ordered through your caterer, and any Courtyard tent comes from Ace Party and Tent Rental. Photographers, florists, DJs and other vendors can be your own picks, as long as they're professional, licensed companies. You can bring your own alcohol, but your event insurance has to include liquor liability coverage.

At The Foundry in Long Island City, the venue rental runs $10,500–20,000, depending on your day of the week, time of year and the spaces you reserve. That covers 12 hours, the main space, the Courtyard, the Porch, the kitchen and three staff. Extra spaces like the Terrace or Greenhouse add $1,000–3,000, and tenting the Courtyard runs $3,800–7,500 depending on guest count, or about $9,000–13,000 for an air-conditioned tent. Since you bring your own caterer and alcohol, food and drink are a separate budget line. Extending your guest curfew is $1,000 an hour. To book, you'll pay a 50% deposit, with the balance due the week of your wedding.

You get 12 hours at The Foundry, and that covers setup, your event and breakdown. Guests and music have to wrap up by 12:30am, and vendors have until 2am to clean up and load out. You can push the guest curfew later for $1,000 an hour. Setup usually takes 2–4 hours and breakdown about 1.5 hours, and day-before setup isn't offered. Dancing happens inside only, not in the Courtyard, and the Pool Room can be rented for a 90-minute after-party.

If you want The Foundry's Courtyard open to the sky but rain is a worry, you can put a tent on standby. You pay a non-refundable deposit of one-third of the tent rental, booked one to three months out, and The Foundry checks in with you 48 hours before your wedding to decide whether to put it up. If you skip it, you've only paid the deposit. Without a standby tent, you can drop the Courtyard up to 48 hours ahead for a full refund. Tents come from Ace Party and Tent Rental and aren't available from the first week of November through the last week of March.

The Foundry books just one event a day, so the whole Long Island City venue, from the 19th-century metal foundry's brick main space to the plant-filled Courtyard, belongs to your wedding. Your ceremony, cocktails and reception all stay on site, with the Greenhouse for vows and the Terrace for skyline cocktails. You can bring your own alcohol and choose most of your own vendors, and you get a 1,500-square-foot industrial kitchen for your caterer. Music runs until 12:30am, later if you extend for $1,000 an hour, and your rental covers a full 12 hours with three Foundry staff on hand.

Yes, you can tour The Foundry, and after your tour you can place a free 7-day hold on your date while you decide. During that week, The Foundry will let you know before booking your date with anyone else. While you're there, look at the Greenhouse and the Courtyard for your ceremony, and ask about a tent on standby if you want an outdoor plan. It's also a good time to see the mezzanine dressing room and to note that the Mezzanine and Terrace are stairs-only.