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The Public Theater building

The Public Theater building is a theatre in New York City, New York. Here is what the public record holds on it, and what an event67 rollout would cost in a room this size.

Price your eventWhat fits here
Opened
1849
177 years old
From JFK
20 km (12 mi)
John F. Kennedy International Airport
From the centre
2 km (1.2 mi)
of New York City

Figures as published in open data, retrieved 3 September 2026. Capacities vary by layout — confirm the one you want with the venue.

What The Public Theater building is

It stands at 425 Lafayette Street, 10003, 2 km (1.2 mi) from the centre of New York City.

The Public Theater building was opened in 1849 and operated by The Public Theater, which puts it at 177 years old.

Neither a capacity nor a floor area is published for The Public Theater building in any open source, so the numbers on this page describe where it is and what it is, not how many it holds. The venue will quote you directly.

Address
425 Lafayette Street, New York, NY 10003
Operator
The Public Theater
Coordinates
40.7289, -73.9919
Classified as
theatre

Getting there

20 km (12 mi) separates The Public Theater building from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) — normal for a city venue, and worth a line in the joining instructions rather than a shuttle contract.

The centre of New York City is 2 km (1.2 mi) away, which is a taxi rather than a walk and a reason to publish an arrival map.

The published number for the venue is +1 212 539-8500.

New York City has 509 venues mapped in total and a population of 8,478,072. The New York City guide covers the airport, the local time zone and what else is bookable nearby.

Formats this suits

A fixed-seat house suits a single-track programme: keynotes, panels, award ceremonies and film. It does not suit a trade floor, banqueting or anything that needs the seats to move, so pair it with a nearby function room if you need both.

  • award ceremonies

    Fixed seating, sightlines and a lighting rig are the hard parts, and they are already here.

  • product launches

    A single-track room with a real stage is the right shape for a launch.

  • multi-track conferences

    Works as a plenary house with breakouts booked elsewhere in the city.

Pricing a full house here

Take 240 people through the door in The Public Theater building — a plausible programme at a venue of this kind in New York City. The first 50 activated attendees are free on every event, so only the rest are billed, and the total stops moving at 1,000 however many more turn up.

activated attendees
240activated attendees
billable, after the first 50 are free
190billable, after the first 50 are free
for the whole event, at $5 each
$950for the whole event, at $5 each

You are billed for people, not for the room, so this figure does not change if you move the event down the road. event67 has no floor-plan or booking product — the venue handles the space, the app handles the people in it.

1,000
activated attendees at The Public Theater building, and what each dot costsOne dot ≈ 10 attendees

Nearby alternatives

4 other venues in New York City have enough published detail for their own guide. Worth a shortlist before you commit.

Where these numbers come from

event67 is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to this venue or its operator. This page is compiled from open data and links to the venue’s own website where one is published.

  • Wikidata, CC0
  • OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL
  • Venue data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License.
  • Geographic data © GeoNames, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  • Retrieved 3 September 2026. 9 distinct facts from the record are rendered on this page: street address, postal code, year opened, operator, official website, encyclopaedia entry, published phone, nearest airport with distance and more.

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What it costs

Free up to 50
activated attendees, on one live event
$5
per activated attendee beyond 50
$4,750
the most one event can ever cost, whatever happens past 1,000

Activated means the person claimed their invite and opened the app. Not when you import them, not when the invite is delivered, and not if they register and stay home.

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Questions people actually ask

What is the capacity of The Public Theater building?

Not published. Neither a seated capacity nor a floor area for The Public Theater building appears in any of the open sources behind this page, so quoting one would be a guess. The venue will give you the figure; ask for seated, theatre and reception separately.

Where is The Public Theater building?

425 Lafayette Street, New York, NY 10003. It is 2 km (1.2 mi) from the centre of New York City. The nearest major airport is John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), about 20 km (12 mi) away.

What does an event app cost for an event at The Public Theater building?

240 activated attendees means 190 billable after the free 50, so $950 for the event. That example is a plausible programme at a venue of this kind in New York City. The rate is $5 per activated attendee beyond the first 50, and the total for one event stops at $4,750 however many more attend. Activated means the person claimed their invite and opened the app. Not when you import them, not when the invite is delivered, and not if they register and stay home.

Is event67 affiliated with The Public Theater building?

No. event67 is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to this venue or its operator. This page is compiled from open data — OpenStreetMap, Wikidata and public census sources — and links to the venue’s own website where one is published.

What else is nearby if The Public Theater building is booked?

Metropolitan Opera House, Music Hall of Williamsburg and Alice Tully Hall are in the same city and have their own pages here. 509 venues in total are mapped in New York City.

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