Skylight One Hanson

A girlfriend and I attended the Brooklyn Pour Craft Beer Festival here the other week. Beautiful and spacious, I’m not surprised by why people rent this place out for special occasions! The old-​fashioned bank layout might seem inconvenient for certain types of events, but it was perfect for setting up individual booths to represent each brewery on both the ground floor and basement. Additionally, the outdoor courtyard is a great place to get your food truck munchies on!

Attended for Edible Manhattan’s event Brooklyn Uncorked — Fantastic food and wine pairings prepared by some great NY Eateries and paired with some really excellent wines from Long Island & Finger lakes regions! Definitely looking forward to attending this event again next year!

I’ve been here for Brooklyn Flea but never for a party. Let me tell you this is an amazing venue. The party was on par with some of the Bar Mitzvahs I’ve been to and those were just this past year.
I came here for BAM’s debut night of Cinemafest. Ticket cost $ 33 dollars each. After the debut film at The Harvey, we walked a block away to One Hanson.
What a place to have a party. Beautiful interior, that becomes special at night time for an event like this. Included with my ticket came, unlimited alcohol, unlimited beer, unlimited wine, unlimited sno-​cones (with liquor poured inside), a fully stocked candy bar and tons of food in the back.
My date told me what an great night I planned. I was like «Duh, I planned it.» I had no idea some much came included with my ticket but totally played it off like I did. They informed us the party would end at midnight but it kept going well past that.
It was an epic event. I plan to hit it up next year again for sure. I’d tell you to do so too but you better not take my seat!

Came here last Saturday for the 9pm rendition of LivingSocial’s Beer/​Food Truck Festival.
A friend of mine (and fellow Unilocaler!) that I commuted with mentioned to me that when she lived in Brooklyn this was actually her bank. Needless to say, we were super excited to go drink and rage in her childhood bank!
This building is absolutely beautiful in an historical, elegant, stunning architectural kind of way. With high ceiling, tons of marble, lots of attention to artistic detail, dramatic sweeping hallways and so much space with their being multiple floors makes this a perfect indoor venue to host things like fancy flea markets (oxymoron much?), wine/​beer festivals and other types of events that are going to pack in the place.
So happy I got to experience a very well-​done event here.

I was here on Saturday for the Living Social Beerfest event. The space is absolutely gorgeous, very spacious and didn’t feel crowded even though there was a ton of people there. The event itself was super fun but the location itself is worth seeing. Located right outside Atlantic Ave. Terminal which makes it an easy subway ride out of Manhattan. Keeping my eyes peeled for another event here and you should too! ;-)

Came here last night for LivingSocials Beerfest and the venue did not disappoint! This place has beautiful ceilings and plenty of spaces to explore. You could easily get lost here if you really wanted to.

Don’t miss the map of Brooklyn in the wall! The underground level keeps its metallic doors as when they where the entrance to the bank safe boxes room.

If you ever wanted to know what it feels like to own a mansion with a MEGA long hallway and a SUPER tall ceiling, Skylight One Hanson will give you a preview of that. It is a rental space primarily suited for weddings, Bar Mitzvah/​Bat Mitzvah, and corporate celebrations. But honestly anyone with the bucks can rent this place out as I’ve seen it always lavishly décor-​ed and suited for the occasion (perks of work I guess). It is very convenient to get to ESPECIALLY if you live in Brooklyn as it is located directly across from the Atlantic Avenue (newly named Atlantic Avenue-​Barclay Center) station. Furthermore, BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music is right next door. It does have a nearby mall but I have never set foot in it. I’d imagine it is like most typical malls. Rarely, do you get a mall that really WOWS. I will write more on that once I do pay a visit.

I’ve been here for wintertime Brooklyn Flea and also most recently, Livingsocial’s Beerfest. I love, love, love this space. For the Beerfest event, we got to have a dance party in the giant vault downstairs, peoplewatch from the balcony, order drinks at bank teller windows, head out back for some picnic tables and food truck action. Even with the giant masses of people, it wasn’t too crowded because the space is GIGANTIC.

250 wines.
I couldn’t find a specific Wine Riot event page to review, so let’s combine and write about that event + the amazing space that is Skylight One Hanson.
Second Glass WineRiot —
250 wines = 250 tasting opportunities of reds, whites, sparkling, full body, you name it
Friendly people not pushing their wines on you to buy, because well, they can’t due to the license of the building. So what does that mean? DRINK. Some booths gave you a drop, others gave you a glass. This resulted in much stumbling, laughing, sleeping (some girl fell asleep on the floor), eating (my friend had THREE lobster rolls… THREE)
The space
Gorgeous
You can hang out in a BANK VAULT
Someone please have an awesome event (or wedding) and invite me to it. The ceilings are gorgeous, the architecture breathtaking and it’s right near every damn subway so there’s no excuse to not make it.

Sort of a weird place to host Wine Riot 2011. Place seems as though it was an old bank or some type of public use building? Super high ceilings and artsy fartsy mosaics on the ceiling are a cool touch. The main floor has a weird layout — especially for a wine tasting event. Didn’t make it downstairs — but having to go take a leak in the port-​a-​potty outside blows.

this henekein event was last thursday won tickets from hot 97. kanye and his artist from his label good music performed big sean, kid cudi, mr hudson, and pusha t. the performances were great except for acoustics were terible. free refreshments beer, soda, nuts, pretzels and franks. kanye levitated in the air, pretty great nite