New York City wedding venue cost index
Computed from 32 published fee schedules across the New York City metro, checked on August 18, 2026. Median published starting price $125, with half the listings between $25 and $250. 32 of 32 (100%) start under $1,000.
Starting price distribution
Across 32 New York City area venues in 22 cities, checked on August 18, 2026.
| Published starting price | Amount |
|---|---|
| Lowest published starting price | Free |
| 25th percentile | $25 |
| Median | $125 |
| 75th percentile | $250 |
| Highest published starting price | $700 |
How many come in under each threshold
| Threshold | Venues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Published starting price under $500 | 29 | 91% |
| Under $1,000 | 32 | 100% |
| Under $2,500 | 32 | 100% |
| Published fee of zero | 1 | 3% |
1 of the 32 listings publish a site fee of zero. The marriage license is still a separate cost.
Cheapest published price by venue type
| Venue type | Cheapest published | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Courthouse & City Hall | Warinanco Sports Center - Union County Surrogate's Court CeremoniesRoselle, NJ | Free |
| Park & Pavilion | Central Park - Cop CotNew York, NY | $25 |
| State Park | Belmont Lake State Park - Picnic PavilionsWest Babylon, NY | $200 |
| Estate & Historic Home | Kip's Castle ParkVerona, NJ | $250 |
| Other Venue | Stephen N. Adubato Community Center, Branch Brook ParkNewark, NJ | $500 |
Courthouse ceremony fees
6 courts and clerk offices in the New York City area publish a ceremony fee, running from Free to $25. That fee is for the ceremony only and never includes the marriage license.
Indoor against outdoor
| Setting | Venues | Median starting price |
|---|---|---|
| Indoor space published | 9 | $25 |
| Outdoor space published | 23 | $150 |
Published capacity
28 of the 32 New York City listings publish a guest capacity. The median among those is 55 guests.
Public agency against everything else
29 of 32 listings (91%) are park, courthouse, or state park sites, and 16 cite a source on a .gov, .us, or .mil domain.
| Listing category | Venues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Park, courthouse, or state park listing | 29 | 91% |
| Everything else | 3 | 9% |
The listings behind these numbers, each with its source link and date, are on the New York City venue page. The national cost index ranks 41 metros against each other.
Method: every figure on this page is computed from the listings in this directory, and every listing carries a link to the venue's own published price page or a government fee schedule plus the date that page was read. Venues that do not publish a price are not in the dataset, so nothing here is an estimate, a quote, or an average of quotes. Percentiles are linear interpolations over published starting prices.