5,400 square feet. 30-foot ceilings. Five distinct spaces.
The building at 247 Wyckoff Avenue was put up in 1908 as the Industrial Foundry No. 7 — one of seven cast-iron-and-brass foundries that operated along the Bushwick industrial spine in the early twentieth century. The original architectural patents are still stamped into the metalwork of the freight elevators and the bases of the four columns at the center of the main floor.
The foundry shut down in 1979. The building sat vacant for thirty-eight years. In 2017 it appeared on a city demolition list. Anika Patel and Tobias Okafor acquired it in October 2018 and spent the next two years adapting it for re-use. The renovation principles were specific: preserve the original cast-iron columns. Preserve the concrete floor patches that document a hundred and ten years of foundry use. Add only the minimum new architecture necessary for HVAC, electrical, ADA access, and rooftop access.
The Foundry opened in October 2020. Today the building hosts forty-two weddings a year, plus corporate events Monday through Friday, plus four art installations a year. Below: each of the five spaces, with capacity, dimensions, and a note from Anika on its character.
The Main Gallery.
The Main Gallery is the largest of the five spaces. 4,200 square feet of column-free volume, except for the four preserved cast-iron columns running down the centerline — which were stamped with their 1908 patent dates and which we made no attempt to disguise. The 30-foot ceiling exposes the original timber-and-iron trusses overhead.
The polished-concrete floor is original. We preserved the patches — the dark spots where the foundry's molten iron splashed for seventy years are still visible at certain angles in the afternoon light. North-facing windows along the entire left wall flood the space with diffuse cool light.
This is where the ceremony happens (8 rows × 18 seats, with the four columns as natural aisle markers). It's also where dinner happens, with up to fourteen farm tables. Capacity: 145 seated, 220 standing.
The Mezzanine.
The Mezzanine is the original catwalk — a 900-square-foot brass-railed loft that overlooks the main gallery from the south wall. The foundrymen used it to oversee the work below. We restored the brass, repaired the catwalk decking, and use it for cocktail hour.
It seats fifty for a seated dinner and stands sixty for cocktail receptions. The acoustic separation from the main gallery means a string quartet can perform up here without competing with the room below.
The original 1908 brass railing is the room's signature detail. We polished it; we did not replace it.
The Freight Bay.
The Freight Bay is the service spine of the building. Six hundred square feet at the rear of the property, with four original 1908 freight elevators whose brass mechanisms are still operable. This is where catering stages, vendors load in, and the cocktail buildout happens.
It is not a space your guests see. It is a space your photographer might photograph — the four freight elevators in a row are striking — but it is not a "venue space" in the traditional sense. We mention it because it solves the problem most urban venues have: where does the food come from. Here, from a kitchen-adjacent staging area twenty steps from the gallery.
The Rooftop.
The Rooftop is a 1,200-square-foot accessible roof deck we added during the 2018–2020 renovation. From it, the Manhattan skyline sits in the deep distance, slightly hazy on most evenings. A bistro-style array of café lights frames the rooftop after dark.
The space hosts up to sixty for a ceremony and stands seventy-five for cocktail hour. It is open April through October only — weather-dependent. We do not promise rooftop weddings in March, and we never have.
Ask us about the rooftop ceremony at the 5:00 PM golden-hour mark. Most of our couples in the warm months pick that slot. The late-afternoon light on the city is the reason.
The Studio.
The Studio is the getting-ready space — a 400-square-foot room at the north end of the building with a single north-facing window and a full vanity wall with a brass mirror that runs its length. The light is cool and indirect. Photographers like it. Hair and makeup teams have room to work without crowding.
The Studio accommodates eight comfortably. It is included in the buyout. A steamer, mirror, and full-length tri-fold are provided.
Five spaces. One building. One buyout.
Tour all five spaces in forty-five minutes. Tours run Friday and Saturday afternoons by appointment.