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Events Overview
Grand Central’s event spaces accommodate everything from intimate gatherings to large-scale product launches, sporting events, corporate fundraisers, and product sampling activations. Our skilled team can help guide you on how to plan an unforgettable event in this landmarked venue.
To book an event at Grand Central, please fill out the event request form.
Vanderbilt Hall
The East Side of Vanderbilt Hall offers unparalleled foot traffic due to its prime location at one of Grand Central Terminal’s main entrances off of 42nd street. The event space is optimal for public commercial events, such as product samplings and launches, experiential activations, exhibits, and ticketed events.
Built in 1913 and meticulously restored in 1998, Vanderbilt Hall embodies historic New York City elegance and charm.
The hall can also be privatized for private parties, corporate and fundraising events, and fashion shows.
Highlights
Vanderbilt Hall has housed basketball and squash courts, as well as auto exhibitions. We’re confident we can accommodate all of your event needs.
Sq. Feet
6,000
Max Capacity
Varies
Availability
7 days a week
features
55-foot ceilings and two gold chandeliers
location
89 East 42nd Street, New York, NY 10017
Located adjacent to the Main Concourse
- Vanderbilt Hall serves as one of the main entrances to the Terminal.
- Vanderbilt Hall once served as a passenger waiting room.
- Centrally located in the heart of midtown Manhattan at 42nd Street and Park Avenue, the space is accessible by train, subway, bus, taxi, and pedestrians.
*Please note, we do not host weddings at Grand Central
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Graybar Passage
Flanked on the North side by the Graybar Building and Metro North Tracks and on the south side by numerous retail shops, The Graybar Passage is a major thoroughfare from Lexington Avenue into the Main Concourse of Grand Central. This space is perfect for daily sampling activations looking to reach masses of commuters and patrons or for a long-term custom kiosk for bottle engraving, customer acquisition, data collection, and so much more.
Note: Sampling activations range from 8’ x 8’ to 10’ x 10’
Kiosk space: 8’ x 8’
Graybar
Flanked on the North side by the Graybar Building and Metro North Tracks and on the south side by numerous retail shops, The Graybar Passage is a major thoroughfare from Lexington Avenue into the Main Concourse of Grand Central. This space is perfect for daily sampling activations looking to reach masses of commuters and patrons or for a long-term custom kiosk for bottle engraving, customer acquisition, data collection, and so much more.
Vanderbilt Hall has housed basketball and squash courts, as well as auto exhibitions. We’re confident we can accommodate all of your event needs.
Sq. Feet
TBD
Max Capacity
TBD
Availability
TBD
features
4Note: Sampling activations range from 8’ x 8’ to 10’ x 10’ Kiosk space: 8’ x 8’
location
Located adjacent to the Main Concourse
Highlights View All
- The space was once a waiting room for greeting loved ones after long train trips — hence “the Kissing Room.”
- The Biltmore Room once contained an entrance to the glamorous Biltmore Hotel, and was mentioned in J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye.
- Centrally located in the heart of midtown Manhattan at 42nd Street and Park Avenue, the space is accessible by train (Metro-North, LIRR), subway, bus and taxi.
*Please note, we do not host weddings at Grand Central
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Private Parties
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