OFFICIAL MUSEUM OF THE FDNY
Event Space
Private Events
at the Museum
RELATED EVENT: Children’s Birthday Parties
The New York City Fire Museum is an exceptional place – uniquely historic and modern. Make your special day an unforgettable one-of-a-kind experience!
A Beautiful Event Space for Any Occasion
The Museum’s third floor loft is the perfect place to host your next special event. The space may be rented by individuals, businesses and organizations for meetings, birthday parties, weddings and more!
The loft space features hardwood floors, 12 foot ceilings, exposed brick walls, a vast expanse of southern facing windows and an equipped kitchen.
During your special event, you and your guests are welcome to visit the two exhibition floors of the Museum and party in the third floor loft.
Please use the form below to inquire about a reservation. We encourage you to read our FAQs below for more information.
Specifications
Venue
Size: 3,030 square feet
Ceilings: 12 feet
Capacity
150: maximum seated or standing
Catering
Outside catering is permitted (no on-site caterer).
A list of preferred caterers given upon request.
Music
No in-house speaker system
Wi-Fi
Available
CLICK ARROWS TO VIEW THE NYCFM EVENT SPACE
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PublicationsAsbury, Herbert. Ye Olde Fire Laddies. New York, 1930. Boucher, Micheal L, Gary R. Urbanowicz, and Frederick B. Melahn, Jr. The Last Alarm: The History and Tradition of Supreme Sacrifice in the Fire Departments of New York City. Evansville, 2006. Calderone, John and Jack Lerch. Wheels of the Bravest: A History of FDNY Fire Apparatus. Howard Beach, 1984, 1993. Corbett, Glen P. and Donald J. Cannon. Historic Fires of New York City. Charleston, 2005. Costello, Augustine E. Our Firemen: A History of the New York Fire Departments, Volunteer and Paid, from 1609 to 1887. New York: Knickerbocker Press, 1997. Dunshee, Kenneth. Enjine! - Enjine! New York, 1939. Dunshee, Kenneth. As You Pass By. New York, 1952. FDNY Foundation. Fire Department, City of New York, M.T. Publishing, 2000. Revised edition 2002. Golway, Terry. So Others Might Live. New York, 2002. Hashagen, Paul. A Distant Fire: A History of FDNY Heroes. Dover, 1995. Hashagen, Paul. One Hundred Years of Valor: Rescue Company 1. M.T. Publishing, 2015 Holzman, Robert S. The Romance of Firefighting. New York, 1956. Johnson, Gus. F.D.N.Y: The Fire Buff's Handbook of the New York Fire Department, 1900-1975. Belmont, 1977. Kernan, J. Frank. Reminiscences of the Old Fire Laddies and Volunteer Fire Departments of New York and Brooklyn. New York, 1885. Our Firemen: The Official History of the Brooklyn Fire Department. Brooklyn, 1892. Scher, Steven. New York City Firefighting: 1901 – 2001. Arcadia Publishig, 2002 Sheldon, George William, The story of the volunteer fire department of the city of New York. New York, 1882. Smith, Dennis. Dennis Smith's History of Firefighting in America: 300 Years of Courage. New York, 1978. Urbanowicz, Gary. Badges of the Bravest: A Pictorial History of Fire Departments in the City of New York. Turner Publishing, 2002
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Online ResourcesFire Department of the City of New York, official website http://www.nyc.gov/html/fdny/html/home2.shtml FDNY Apparatus http://www.fdnytrucks.com/index.htm FDNY Apparatus http://www.fdnytrucks.com/index.htm Alarm Box Lookup http://www.fdnewyork.com/getbox.asp