Celebrate in a Hotel

They're new or newly renovated (one hasn't even opened yet), and the best part is your bed is just upstairs from the dance floor.

• By Monica Kim

Nomo kitchen at Nomo Soho   (Photo: Courtesy of Nomo Soho)

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Thirteen at Boro Hotel
In September, the Boro, a 108-room concrete-and-cinderblock Dutch Kills hotel, unveiled a 2,100-square-foot loft space on the 13th floor with painted pallet-wood walls and a wraparound balcony. There, you can hold a ceremony and seated dinner reception for 165 guests on round tables and wood-and-leather chairs � the precise layout is up to you � catered by the ground-floor restaurant. On the menu: Gorgonzola flatbread with Vidalia-onion jam and SingleCut beer on tap at the slate bar, brewed less than four miles away in Queens. The hand-scraped oak floor provides ample room for dancing, beneath Plumen pendant lamps, with unhindered views of the Manhattan skyline to the east through floor-to-ceiling windows. From $225 per person. 38-28 27th St., Long Island City 718-433-1375; borohotel.com

Paper Factory Hotel   (Photo: Courtesy of Paper Factory Hotel)

The News Room at Paper Factory Hotel
Housed in a 100-year-old former paper mill, this 86,000- square-foot Long Island City complex was reimagined as an industrial 123-room hotel last December. Step through the hammered-metal doors to find the News Room, a raw factory space with polished-concrete floors and 12-foot ceilings, decorated sparsely with exposed pipes and windowpane mirrors lining the Sheetrock and concrete walls. A ceremony and reception for 150 guests comes with squid-ink tagliolini and yuca fries from Mundo � the hotel’s Latin-Mediterranean fusion restaurant (which can also be rented for a party of 127) that spirals around a 40-foot column of colorful hardcover books. From $195 per hour. 37-06 36th St., Long Island City; 718-392-7200; paperfactoryhotel.com

Baccarat Hotel   (Photo: Courtesy of Baccarat Hotel)

The Harmonie Room at Baccarat Hotel
There are no exposed pipes at this tall glass tower dripping in Baccarat crystal. The 18th-century French house’s first New York hotel features Versailles-style salons and over a dozen custom crystal chandeliers scattered across the property. At the Petit Salon, some 45 guests can recline on emerald-green velvet settees before the procession passes beneath three chandeliers and a vaulted ceiling flecked with mica. Next door, the 800-square-foot glass-walled Harmonie Room sets the scene for a custom dinner by Michelin-starred chef Shea Gallante � featuring brasserie staples like veal loin with eggplant aigre-doux � lit by crystal sconces, followed by cocktails and revelry under the 18-foot ceilings. Price upon request. 28 W. 53rd St., nr. Fifth Ave.; 212-790-8800; baccarathotels.com

The New York Edition   (Photo: Courtesy of The New York Edition)

The Studios at the New York Edition This May, Ian Schrager opened a New York outpost of his new Edition line of hotels, converting an illuminated 1909 clock tower into an Italian Renaissance Revival�style destination on the edge of Madison Square Park with portraits of George Condo and Jasper Johns on the walls. Three studio spaces on the third floor with silver silk drapes and silk-carpeted floors can be combined into a 1,000-square-foot reception space lined with windows overlooking the park for 174 guests. Contemporary British fare from the Clocktower restaurant � uni risotto with peeky-toe crab and bottarga, pistachio soufflé � is served on white-oak tables with Eames chairs, before the entrance space is cleared for a dance floor. From $6,000. 5 Madison Ave., at 24th St.; 212-413-4200; editionhotels.com/new-york

The Knickerbocker Hotel   (Photo: Corutesy of the Knickerbocker Hotel)

St. Cloud at the Knickerbocker Hotel
Originally opened as a hotel by John Jacob Astor IV in 1906, this Beaux-Arts office and showroom returned to its roots as the 330-room Knickerbocker Hotel this February. Its 7,800-square-foot event space, known as St. Cloud, has charcoal slate walls and sheer mesh drapes on its mansard roof. A ceremony and reception for 250 can be accommodated in the lounge’s indoor/outdoor space with gardens lining the rooftop edge. Nibble on passed halibut croquettes while milling by the charcoal bar, before sitting down to a dinner of Scottish salmon en croûte with caviar cream sauce amid gray satin columns. Next door, the Club Room has a leather-tiled floor for dancing until the early hours. From $45,000. 6 Times Sq., at 42nd St.; 212-204-4980; theknickerbocker.com

The Great Lawn at 1 Hotel Central Park
Enter through steel doors made from 16,000 twigs to find 1 Hotel Central Park, an ecofriendly spot � cardboard hangers in the closet, Teslas on standby � that can host weddings in its second-floor event space. A ceremony and reception for 130 can be held in the 1,800-square-foot concrete-floor event space. Hors d’oeuvre and dinner come from Chez Panisse alum Jonathan Waxman’s buzzy new revival, Jams � duck-confit tostadas with guacamole, goat-cheese pizzettes topped with squash blossoms � served in the reclaimed-oak-and-glass space. Dancing takes place in the center, with views of the park to the north. Price upon request. 1414 Sixth Ave., at 58th St.; 212-703-2001; 1hotels.com/central-park

Dirty French at the Ludlow   (Photo: Courtesy of Ludlow)

Dirty French at the Ludlow
Follow the pink neon signs to find Dirty French on the ground floor of Sean MacPherson’s Ludlow hotel, which opened last year on the Lower East Side. The modern French bistro can be bought out to accommodate up to 175 guests in its white-brick-and-wood-paneled space, with exposed beams and an antique carnival mirror overhead. Guests can enjoy chicken and crêpes and pineapple-banana tarte Tatin from red leather banquettes, and craft cocktails like the Chai Matsuda � chai bourbon and americano with cardamom � at the salvaged bar. In the corner, a small dance floor can be cleared, lit by low candlelight. Afterward, the party may linger in the oak-paneled lobby, or by the limestone fireplace in the lounge, with one last nightcap from Mario Carbone and Rich Torrisi’s cocktail-and-wine bar. Price upon request. 180 Ludlow St., nr. Houston St.; 212-254-3000; dirtyfrench.com

The Kimberly Hotel    (Photo: Courtesy of The Kimberly Hotel)

Upstairs at the Kimberly Hotel
Have an outdoor wedding in the middle of February on the roof of the Kimberly Hotel, where the 3,000-square-foot event space on the 30th floor comes outfitted with a retractable glass dome and heated oak floors. Take the express elevator from the street to the rooftop, where ivy crawls over bronze panels and strings of incandescent bulbs float overhead. A ceremony and dinner reception for 200 guests might include spiced-duck cigars and truffle mac ’n’ cheese with honey Champagne cocktails made in-house at the titular restaurant. There’s also a 540-square-foot dance floor in front of the DJ booth. Lounge on plush red couches beneath heat lamps, or near the fireplace on the patio for 360-degree views of midtown. Price upon request. 145 E. 50th St., at Third Ave.; 212-702-1600; upstairsnyc.com

The Broome   (Photo: Courtesy of The Broome)

The Broome
Don’t have a great aunt whose brownstone you can take over for the night? You’re in luck: Since last year, the Broome, a Federal Revival townhouse in the heart of Soho, has hosted weddings centered on its Mediterranean-inspired atrium, but the entire property can be bought out for a standing reception for 100 guests. Hold your ceremony in the 19th-century-French-café space, surrounded by Harings and Basquiats, and let your reception spill over the hotel’s ground floor. In wintertime, the open-air courtyard can be outfitted with tents and heat lamps for dancing on the Moroccan-tile floors, beneath hanging ivy and succulents, before your inner circle retires to the hotel’s 14 rooms. Price upon request.431 Broome St., at Crosby St.; 212-431-2929; broomestreethotel.com

The Marmara Park Avenue
Just steps from the Empire State Building, the new 128-room Marmara Park Avenue combines Turkish design with airy Plaza-style common areas in a historic brick tower from 1927. Lead your wedding party through the grand lobby handblown glass, a 14-foot fireplace � and into the 1,375-square-foot event space with its high-vaulted ceilings and casement windows meant to showcase unhindered views of the surrounding skyline. Dance the night away with 80 of your closest friends on the ground floor, surrounded by abstract white wooden bird sculptures. Price upon request. 114 E. 32nd St., nr. Park Ave.; 212-603-9000; park.marmaranyc.com

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Newly Renovated

The Park Lounge at Gansevoort Park Avenue    (Photo: Courtesy of The Park Lounge at Gansevoort Park Avenue)

The Park Lounge at Gansevoort Park Avenue
This spring, the Gansevoort Park Avenue refreshed its bilevel penthouse space, knocking down walls to create a more loftlike area and exchanging scuffed tile floors for dark oak, black leather loungers for royal-blue Chesterfield sofas, and fluorescent lighting for Edison bulbs wrapped around exposed beams. Walk down the aisle in the Ivy Lounge, where the plants crawl up the living wall, then move to the Park Lounge with your 125 guests for passed lobster salad on pretzel chips and the dinner reception. Food from the One Group is themed around famous New York City spots � for Mulberry Street, branzino alla puttanesca and housemade pistachio-shell cannolis; for Fifth Avenue, steak au poivre and tuna niçoise salad � followed by dancing in the Electric Area on the same floor and lounging on gray leather armchairs with views of Park Avenue. From $250 per person. 420 Park Ave. S., at 29th St.; 212-317-2900; gansevoortpark.com

The Courtyard and Apartment 2E at Andaz 5th Avenue
Over the past year, the 184-room Andaz 5th Avenue revamped its event space Apartment 2E. There are new menus and chef tables from local eateries like Russ & Daughters, a renovated courtyard that stays green year-round, and new bamboo floors and incandescent crystal lighting to give each room a soft glow. On the hotel’s second floor, three studios with 14-foot windows facing the New York Public Library can accommodate up to 150 guests, but rent all 6,400 square feet of the prewar-apartment-style space to throw a wedding bash for 400. Grab a stool at the leather bar, where brownies and blondies made with Mast Brothers chocolate and deconstructed mini deli sandwiches are served, before roast chicken with shallots arrive on ebony tables in the dining room. End the night dancing in the first studio, where the terrace is always in view. From $2,000 with a $4,000 food-and-beverage minimum. 485 Fifth Ave., at 41st St.; 212-601-1234; newyork.5thavenue.andaz.hyatt.com

Nomo Kitchen at Nomo Soho    (Photo: Courtesy of Nomo Kitchen at Nomo Soho)

Nomo Kitchen at Nomo Soho
For a lush, green wedding in the dead of winter, try the new Nomo Soho. (It was formerly the Mondrian Soho.) A ceremony in the penthouse space comes with panoramic views � the hotel is the tallest building in the neighborhood � after which guests can head down to the ground floor, where the glasshouse-style Nomo Kitchen can be rented out for a reception of 150, surrounded by ficus trees and potted thyme and rosemary that grow year-round. Executive chef N. Salaam offers dishes like Wagyu flatiron steak and chamomile panna cotta, while guests can order market-fresh cocktails like the sweet-potato-bourbon smash, at the ten-seat bar. Clear a dance floor and end your night swaying under ten crystal chandeliers, with moonlight shining through the glass ceiling. Price upon request. 9 Crosby St., nr. Grand St.; 646-218-6400; nomosoho.com

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Not Yet Opened

The Ballroom at the Williamsburg Hotel   (Photo: Courtesy of The Ballroom at the Williamsburg Hotel)

The Ballroom at the Williamsburg Hotel
The Wythe Hotel finally has some competition: Slated to debut this spring, the Williamsburg Hotel, a brick-and-Corten-steel building, has 150 rooms and a grand ballroom that can accommodate 400 guests beneath 30-foot ceilings. The 3,500-square-foot space is surrounded by long steel arched windows and distressed walls, setting the scene for a dinner of classic Italian dishes by Vetri alum Adam Leonti. Dance on herringbone timber floors beneath four reclaimed chandeliers with a bright-red finish. Inquiries for booking weddings summer 2016 begin in December. Price upon request. 96 Wythe Ave., at N. 10th St., Williamsburg; 718-362-8100; thewilliamsburghotel.com