Armenian Church Diocese of America

I attended an event here last month celebrating my uncle’s birthday. I’ve never stepped foot in this place and I was very fascinated as to why my uncle’s birthday was in a church. The venue is HUGE and there was a live show with stand-​up comedians, a buffet and the extremely «FIRE» DJ Chris Love (he’s got some skills).
Our celebration was during the 3^rd annual «Comedy Explosion» by Black and Gold Productions aka «a thug free event with mostly black folks aged 35 to 65». There’s nothing wrong with a grown-​folks event. There must’ve been AT LEAST 300 people here… so crazy; the size of the place. If you’re attending an event here, I have two BIG pieces of advice just for you:
1) Parking is a NIGHTMARE. Good luck trying to find a spot in the Murray Hill section of Manhattan. You want to park on the street? NOT GOING TO HAPPEN unless you have great luck or a handy set of diplomatic license plates. Let me know how that works out for you…
2) If you want to get a great deal, park at the garage on 1^st Ave across from NYU Medical Center and Tisch Hospital. I paid $ 16 for SIX HOURS of parking on a Saturday night. The best part was that it was a total 100% «had no idea» surprise. I was picking up my car, pulling about three $ 20 bills, grumbling under my breath because your boy couldn’t find a spot on the street for over an hour. (Yeah, I’m that patient) Anyway, the guy says «$ 16» and the look on my face was like «For Real Bro»? I paid, gave the guy a nice tip and took off, in case he made a mistake. I took the wheel at 1AM like I stole nuclear launch codes. I kept the receipt so I can remember that spot.
Footnote — I would’ve written the address here but the receipt is in my glove-​box and it’s been snowing for 6 hours… I’m not going outside… oh hell no!