Facility Rental
Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden’s beautiful 83-acre setting provides a breathtaking backdrop for your special event. Consider Snug Harbor’s wide inventory of available space for your next musical or theatrical performance, classroom instruction, conference location, outdoor concert, fesival, or film shoot.
Contact the Business Department via email business@snug-harbor.org or by phone 718-425-3503.
Film Television, and Photography Locations
Music Hall Stage: 42' x 34' x 40', Seating Capacity: 686
The Music Hall is the centerpiece for performing arts at Snug Harbor. Built in 1892, it is the second oldest music hall in the northeast, younger than Carnegie Hall by three months. The Music Hall accommodates larger audiences and adequately supports performance requirements. Past performers include David Bowie, Wanda Sykes, Al Martino, Tony Randall, Kitty Carlisle, Diahann Carroll, the Drifters, the Platters, the Coasters, Ingrid Michaelson, Galt MacDermot, the Headlocks, and more.
Veteran's Memorial Hall Seating Capacity: 150
South Meadow Stage Crowd Capacity: 5,000+
The South Meadow and Stage is equipped with a fully electrified and covered stage. The South Meadow's five-plus acres of open land easily lends itself to outdoor concerts, festivals, and fundraisers. Past performers include Willie Nelson, Jethro Tull, Charlie Daniels Band, Survivor and more.
The Carl Grillo Glass House, the White Garden, the New York Chinese Scholar’s Garden and the Connie Gretz Secret Garden are some of the gardens available for your special occasion.
Film, Television, and Photography Locations
Looking for a location for your next film, television production or photo shoot?
Located just twenty-five minutes from Manhattan, the setting could easily be mistaken for the rural serenity of a small town hundreds of miles away. The mixture of architectural styles offer settings for period films, a college campus, court houses, government buildings or a rural town. The unique mix of nature and buildings have attracted producers of numerous productions including:
TV: Law & Order, Boardwalk Empire and Celebrity Ghost Stories
Film: A Beautiful Mind, Fur, Little Children, Fast Track, Descent, Vampirifica, Damsels in Distress
Commercials: Motorola, New York Lottery, Macy's, Martha Stewart, Van Cleef & Arpels
Photo: Meat Loaf, American Idol, New York Times, Vogue
Contact Jeffrey Manzer, Chief Financial Officer at 718-425-3506 or jmanzer@snug-harbor.org
View of Martin Scorsese's set for the HBO series Boardwalk Empire, filmed outside the Music Hall.
Snug Harbor offers a wide variety of spaces for commercial television, film, and still photography shoots and provides a perfect backdrop for any production, big or small. We are certified with the Mayor's and Governor's Offices for Film and Broadcasting.
For scheduling and rate information about these and other spaces at Snug Harbor, including conference rooms, classrooms and dance studios. Non-profit rates also available.
Contact the Business Department via email business@snug-harbor.org or by phone 718-425-3503.
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