Highwater Rooftop hosts corporate receptions, team happy hours, private dinners and celebrations for groups from 20 seated to 200 standing. Its rooms, spread over the 25th and 26th floors of 120 Water Street, can be booked one at a time or combined into a full buyout. The venue looks over the skyline of Lower Manhattan from the Financial District of New York.
Seminars and company events
Most private bookings here are business events: after-work receptions for a team, client evenings, end-of-quarter parties and dinners for a board or a deal team. The rooftop is closed to the public on Sundays and Mondays, and both days are available for private events, which gives companies a route to a full buyout without displacing regular service. Flexible and extended hours can be arranged. On public days, the rooftop opens at 4 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday. The site lists no audiovisual equipment, so organizers planning speeches or screens should ask the events team what can be provided.
Weddings and receptions
The official site presents private events and celebrations but does not mention weddings. Rehearsal dinners, engagement parties and milestone birthdays fit the size of the individual rooms, and a buyout allows a larger reception. Couples should confirm directly with the venue what it can offer for a wedding.
Rooms and capacities
On the 25th floor, the Victorian Parlour seats 30 or holds 50 standing, and the Executive Lounge seats 20 or holds 40 standing. On the 26th floor, City Lights, also called the Sky Room on the site, seats 30 or takes 55 standing, and The Patio seats 30 or takes 50 standing. Buttonwood, a private dining room downstairs from the rooftop, seats 30 or holds 45 standing, and the site suggests starting dinner there before heading up for drinks. Rooms can be combined, and a full buyout reaches 200 guests.
Catering
The kitchen serves small plates alongside handcrafted and small-batch cocktails, and menus for private events are built with the team. Highwater also caters off-site, bringing passed bites, chef-designed menus, interactive stations, sushi and desserts to events away from the rooftop. That helps when a company wants the same food and drinks at an office party as at its rooftop reception.
History and setting
The venue occupies the 25th and 26th floors of 120 Water Street, a few blocks from the East River in the Financial District. The rooms range from lounge interiors such as the Victorian Parlour and the Executive Lounge to The Patio, and the views take in the downtown skyline. The site does not name the building or an operator group.
Getting there
120 Water Street sits in the Financial District, within walking distance of several subway stations serving Lower Manhattan and of the ferry piers on the East River. LaGuardia, JFK and Newark airports are all reachable by car or rail. Organizers should confirm building entry and elevator access for large groups when they book.
