69th Regiment Armory — Attraction in New York

The armory is a really interesting, unique event space. I attended the New York Craft beer festival there and found the space fascinating. The festival was awesome with an incredible selection of beer to try, though the hired out bartenders knew surprisingly little about the beer they were serving for the most part. Event staff was even nice and let us in early to wait in the heat on a frigid day. The space itself is really cool, it feels like the inside of an airplane hangar decorated with decorations from the regiment that is based here. There are even some cool display cases with missiles and stuff by the bathroom. Awesome place...

This is a national guard armory for the fighting 69th. Also known as the 69th infantry. I go here for drill one weekend a month. It’s a nice historic building that’s going through a lot of renovations due to bad infrastructure and asbestos, but that’s expected of any old building. This armory has a huge drill floor used for parking our vehicles, and has a museum of sorts regarding the history and origins of the fighting 69th. I don’t know if civilians are allowed in to explore the museum, but it’s worth a shot to look at if your into...

I like the vaste amount of space this place offers. I have been to this venue many times for festivals (NYC Craft Beer Fest, which is seasonal and Wine Riot). The staff who maintain this place are usually pretty cordial especially with the number of people who attend these events (over 200). What I despise is that they only have 4 stalls in the women's bathrooms, 6 stalls in the men as well as 6 urinals. With hundreds of people drinking mass amounts of liquids it...