Private and Corporate Events in Long Island City
Private & Corporate Events · Long Island City
Most venues give you a room
We give your guests something to do in it. Fifteen courts across three racquet sports, a kitchen and bar we run ourselves, and a spa on the same floor, three minutes from the 7 train.
Fifteen courts, three sports, one building
A blank-canvas loft gives you square footage and a skyline. A golf simulator bar gives you one activity. CityView splits a group across three different games at once, so nobody queues for a turn.
Guests arrive in the Member Lounge, rotate through tennis, padel and squash, reconvene for food we cooked, and finish in the sauna. Nobody leaves the building and you hire no outside vendors.
Four Har-Tru tennis courts, five padel under the Brisas bubble, and six squash. Fifteen in total.
No experience needed at any of the three
Our pros run the sessions, so a team that has never held a padel racquet is playing inside five minutes. Coaching, clinics or a full tournament bracket can run at any station.
Still being built
CityView has been in Long Island City for twenty years and it is not finished.
Brisas brought padel and their coaching team over from East Hampton. The contrast therapy spa and the upgraded gym are both new. The squash wing has just been extended, taking the club to fifteen courts. The rooftop terrace follows.
For an event six or nine months out, that is worth knowing: the club will have more to offer on the day than it does when you sign.
The spaces, and how many each holds
| Space | Standing | Seated |
|---|---|---|
| Upstairs Member Lounge | 120+ | 35 |
| Padel bubble | 25 spectators | — |
| Café Lounge | — | 25 |
| Contrast Therapy Spa | 15-person communal sauna, three plunge tubs | |
| Rooftop Terrace | opening this fall | |
Spaces combine. Tennis has the most limited availability of the three sports, so tell us early if it matters to you.
Formats at a glance
| If you are planning | The format that fits |
|---|---|
| A seated dinner | Up to 35 in the Member Lounge |
| A standing reception | 120 or more in the Member Lounge |
| A rotating sports afternoon | Three sports at once, lounge for anyone not playing |
| A small board offsite | Café Lounge for 25, court session either side |
| A tournament with spectators | Courts in play, lounge as the viewing room |
| A recovery day | Spa for 15, in rotation alongside court time |
And finish in the sauna
The contrast therapy spa is open now: a fifteen-person communal sauna and three plunge tubs. It works as a rotating station alongside court time, or as the last stop of the day.
No other event venue in Long Island City can offer a guest somewhere to recover. It is the detail people remember afterwards, and the reason a sports afternoon here does not end with everyone standing about in a function room.
The floor plan
Three of the six event venues in Long Island City publish a floor plan. None of them look like this.
Food and drink, cooked here
We hold a full food and liquor licence and run our own kitchen and bar. Three of the four large event spaces in Long Island City require you to bring your own licensed caterer. One forbids hiring a restaurant at all. At CityView the food is ours: no caterer to source, brief, insure or chase, and no corkage conversation.
Menus built around the day, not a package
Catering and bar packages are quoted with your event. Tell us the shape of the day and we will build to it.
A bar that runs to a timed service, food that suits a group moving between courts rather than sitting still, and a kitchen already in the building if anything needs to change at short notice.
Getting here
There is no car park and no garage, and street parking in Long Island City is limited and paid. For most groups the subway is genuinely faster.
| Line | Station | Walk |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | 33rd St – Rawson St | about 3 minutes |
| E, F, R | Queens Plaza | about 10 minutes |
43-34 32nd Place, Long Island City, NY 11101. A loading dock is available for event set-up.
Sound, screens and production
| Screens | Five in the Member Lounge, one in the Café |
| Audio | Microphones, speakers, Sonos throughout |
| Live music | Full backline |
| Wi-Fi | Free for all guests |
| Support | On-site AV available on request |
Three ways to build the day
Food and beverage is selected separately from the tier, so you are never buying a package with things in it you did not want.
Court Access
Open play and social rotation across the sports you choose. The simplest version, and the one that works best for a group that wants to be left to it.
Programming & Coaching
Our pros run the session: guided matches, clinics, drills, or a tournament bracket with a winner at the end. The right choice for team building.
Full Event Experience
The building at your disposal. Courts, lounge, café and spa combined into a single itinerary, with food and bar service timed around it.
Questions planners ask
How many guests can you host?
120 or more standing in the Member Lounge, or 35 seated. For a sports-led event we have fifteen courts across three sports, so a large group splits into rotating stations rather than queuing. We are not the largest room in Long Island City and we do not try to be. What we offer is a group that is doing something rather than standing around holding a drink.
Do we need to bring a caterer?
No. We hold a full food and liquor licence and run our own kitchen and bar.
Do guests need to know how to play?
No. Our pros run the sessions and most groups include people who have never played padel or squash before. That is usually the best part of the day.
Is there parking?
No car park or garage, and street parking nearby is limited and paid. The 7 train at 33rd St – Rawson St is about a three minute walk. A loading dock is available for event set-up.
Can you run a tournament?
Yes. Three sanctioned surfaces and a lounge that overlooks the courts makes CityView one of the few venues in the city that can run a bracket and seat an audience for it.
Is the club still expanding?
Yes. The squash wing has just been extended, taking us to fifteen courts across three sports, and a rooftop terrace follows. The Brisas padel courts and the contrast therapy spa are both recent additions.
What about the rooftop terrace?
Opening this fall. It is not available for bookings yet, and we would rather tell you that now than take a date we cannot honour.
Tell us about your event
The more you can tell us now, the more useful our first reply will be. Date, headcount, and whether you want people playing or just somewhere good to eat.