Hotels/Venues

Located on the Williamsburg waterfront, the eight-story Wythe hotel opened in May. Located in a former textile factory, the 72-room property boasts original pine beams, arched windows, and cast-iron columns. The venue offers meeting and event spaces including Reynards, a ground-floor restaurant and bar with courtyard seating, and Ides, a sixth-floor bar and terrace. Other spaces include a main event hall, a private dining room, and a 60-seat screening room and bar.

Perhaps the largest project scheduled to debut this fall is the Barclays Center, an 18,000-seat sports arena and home for the N.B.A.'s Brooklyn Nets. Within the 675,000 square feet of space (slated to officially open in September) are a location of hip-hop mogul Jay-Z's 40/40 Club, an 11-suite section known as the Vault, and the 6,000-seat Cushman & Wakefield Theater.

After beginning its partnership with the team behind site-specific production Sleep No More last year, the Skylight Group is making another space within Skylight at the McKittrick Hotel available for events. Atop the west Chelsea home of the interactive show is Gallow Green, a rooftop bar that can be rented separately from main venue for private gatherings, including the August 14 soirée hosted by UrbanDaddy and Samsung (pictured).

Food Network host Guy Fieri (pictured), who already has several restaurants in California, is expected to open an enormous Times Square eatery this September. Dubbed Guy's American Kitchen & Bar, the sprawling 16,000-square-foot restaurant in the former New York Times building will have 500 seats, several private rooms, and an open kitchen.