Maison May is a historic brownstone at 246 DeKalb Avenue in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. It hosts private events for up to 80 guests: corporate dinners and offsites, workshops and retreats, weddings, rehearsal dinners and milestone celebrations. The team runs each event full service, with an in-house kitchen, event staff and a day-of captain, and the house can be reserved for your group alone.
Seminars and company events
The brownstone suits small and mid-sized groups, not large conferences. Maison May lists corporate offsites and dinners, retreats and workshops among the gatherings it hosts, and it names creative workshops and presentations as a use of its rooms. Layouts move between seated dinners, cocktail-style receptions and relaxed working sessions. When you book the house, no other party shares it, so a leadership offsite or a client dinner stays private. A group can work in one room, break in the Garden in warm weather and sit down to a shared meal in the Main Dining Room.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings are a core part of the offer. Maison May describes small weddings of up to 80 guests, with the ceremony, reception and dancing held in the same house. The team plans the day, helps with floor plans and timelines, provides the sound system and serves the food. You can bring your own set-up crew or use vendors the venue recommends for what it does not supply. It states that a wedding or an elopement can be organized in as little as two weeks. The house also takes rehearsal dinners, welcome cocktails, post-wedding brunches, and bridal and baby showers.
Rooms and capacities
An event uses three levels: the Main Dining Room, the Garden and the Parlor Floor. For weddings and celebrations the full house holds up to 80 guests, and the venue quotes dinners from 20 guests. For showers, the Parlor or the Garden alone suit up to 32 guests seated or 45 in cocktail format, and the full brownstone is quoted for up to 60 guests. The Parlor Floor is the upper level, above DeKalb Avenue, with high ceilings, French pocket doors, original crown moldings, fireplaces and daylight. The Garden extends the Main Dining Room outdoors in warmer months.
Evening events are booked for a minimum of six hours and daytime events for four hours or more. The service includes table and chair set-up, antiques and light decor, tableware and silverware, linens, flameless candles, an in-house sound system, event staff and gratuity. Add-ons come from the venue's menu, and you choose your own florists and personal decor.
Catering
Food is cooked in house by the venue's chef. The seasonal French country menu is served family style, so dishes are shared at the table, and the bar offers signature drinks. Food and beverage options can be adjusted to the event, and the venue publishes event menus on its site.
History and setting
The building is a Fort Greene brownstone with its original architectural details, furnished in a European-inspired style. The venue says it has a long history as a restaurant that hosted private events, and it now operates as an event house with a small-scale approach. The setting is residential: guests move between rooms as they would in a home, which suits smaller gatherings.
