HOUSTON STREET CENTER
Check out the Houston Street Center! A unique, convenient place to hold your events or meetings, with affordable rates starting at $25 an hour. Our accessible, state-of-the-art facility offers an array of space rental options, including classrooms, conference and meeting rooms, a dance studio, and even a gymnasium or pool, for one-time or ongoing rental.
Conveniently located downtown on the corner of Houston and Bowery, the Houston Street Center is open 7 days a week and can accommodate your space rental needs.The Houston Street Center is accessible by the V/F/B/D, 6, N/R/W, J/M/Z trains and M21, M15 or M103 bus.
Plus – when you book space with us, you’re helping underwrite University Settlement’s valuable programs for the Lower East Side and Chinatown communities.
Houston Street Center (273 Bowery) is opened on weekdays only, 9:00am-6:00pm.
Our Space Features:
- Mounted dry erase boards in all classrooms and seminar rooms
- Projection screens in all classrooms and seminar rooms
- Natural light and a sink inside all classrooms
- All rooms feature flexible furniture set-ups of chairs and tables
- Sprung wood floors in multi-purpose rooms, dance studio, and gymnasium
- Wall-to-wall mirrors in dance studio
- Basketball courts and spectator seating in the gymnasium
CLASSROOMS 1, 2, 3 & 4
Amenities: Wireless High-speed (T1) Internet Access, Pull-down Projector Screen, Mounted White Board, Sink
- Maximum Capacity (Classroom style): 25 people
- Dimensions: 28 ft. x 20 ft. (560 sq feet)
- Non Profit Rate: $95/hour
- Corporate Rate: $125/hour
Seminar Room 1
- Maximum Capacity (Classroom style): 30 people
- Maximum Capacity (Auditorium style): 40 people
- Dimensions: 28 ft. x 20 ft. (560 sq feet)
- Non Profit Rate: $75/hour
- Corporate Rate: $100/hour
SEMINAR ROOM 2 & 3
- Maximum Capacity (Classroom Style): 27 people
- Maximum Capacity (Auditorium Style): 35 people
- Dimensions: 16 ft. x 28 ft. (448 sq feet)
- Non-Profit Rate: $95/hour
- Corporate Rate: $125/hour
Seminar Room 4
- Maximum Capacity (Classroom Style): 14 people
- Maximum Capacity (Auditorium Style): 18 people
- Dimensions: 20 ft. x 12 ft. (270 sq feet)
- Non-Profit Rate: $60/hour
- Corporate Rate: $80/hour
THE TANK
- Maximum Capacity (Classroom Style): 8 people
- Dimensions: 9 x 15 (140 sq feet)
- Non-Profit Rate: $25/hour
- Corporate Rate: $33/hour
Multipurpose Room
With a sprung-wood floor and mirrored wall, the multipurpose room is an excellent space for any type of rehearsal, fitness or dance class. Tables and chairs can also be arranged, making the space appropriate for meetings, workshops, seminars or special events.
- Maximum Capacity (Classroom Style): 30 people
- Maximum Capacity (Auditorium Style): 50 people
- Dimensions: 72 ft. x 16 ft. (1,115 sq feet)
- Non-Profit Rate: $125/hour
- Corporate Rate: $165/hour
DANCE STUDIO
- Maximum Capacity (Classroom Style): 18 people
- Maximum Capacity (Auditorium Style): 18 people
- Dimensions: 37 ft. x 17.5 ft (647.5 sq feet)
- Non-Profit Rate: $95/hour
- Corporate Rate: $125/hour
GYM
Houston Street Center’s gym is NOT available for rentals currently.
The gymnasium is high school competition-sized, with sprung wood floors, spectator seating and basketball courts perfect for sporting events and practice.
FULL GYMNASIUM
- Maximum Capacity (Auditorium Style): 400 people
- Dimensions: 6,500 sq feet
- Non-Profit Rate: $600/hour
- Corporate Rate: $800/hour
HALF GYMNASIUM
- Maximum Capacity (Auditorium Style): 100 people
- Dimensions: 3,250 sq feet
- Non-Profit Rate: $300/hour
- Corporate Rate: $400/hour
THE GYMNASIUM @ 184 Eldridge
- Maximum Capacity: 40 people
- Dimensions: 36 x 63 (2,268 sq feet)
- Non Profit Rate: $175/hour
- Corporate Rate: $230/hour