⚡ Walk-ins welcome · License today, married tomorrow · Every bride gets a wand · No pigeons were inconvenienced · Open till 2 AM, because love (and New York) never sleeps

Love at first wand.
All aboard — the wizards have arrived.

New York City's only wedding chapel where a fully licensed wizard officiant marries you — legally, joyfully, and in about 15 minutes. Pick your borough, pick your officiant, cross your wands, and you're married. It's real. The marriage certificate is real. The giant man crying happy tears into your bouquet is also real. And yes — every bride gets a wand. Hers to keep. Forever. That's the whole bit and we are fully committed to it.

Vow renewals, commitment ceremonies & "we met at a bookstore and bonded over chapter one" weddings also available.

15 minceremony, start to "you may now high-five"
100%legally binding in New York (and Earth)
5boroughs. Zero bag-related judgment*
1:30 AMlast ceremony of the night. Romance keeps weird hours.

*Mild bag-related judgment. It's a Bodega Bag. Judging is the whole job.

Weddings and Wands ferry chapel gone full kitsch: neon I LOVE NY sign, a plastic Statue of Liberty torch, taxi-yellow drapes, marquee lights, a red carpet aisle and the Manhattan skyline through the window
The chapel. Yes, the candles float. No, we will not explain how. Some of us signed NDAs with the ceiling.

Married in three steps. No broom required, no seasickness either — we're docked.

New York keeps it almost as easy as magic: one trip to the City Clerk, one 24-hour pause for dramatic anticipation, then you're married in 15 minutes. We handle everything except the falling in love part. You did that already. Show-offs.

1

Grab your license

Both of you, 18+, with photo ID, visit the NYC City Clerk — most couples use the Manhattan Marriage Bureau at 141 Worth Street (Mon–Fri, 8:30 AM–3:45 PM). The license is just $35, and you can start the application online before you go. One New York quirk: there's a 24-hour waiting period between getting your license and your ceremony — think of it as the city forcing you to have one last dramatic sleepover as fiancés. After that, the license is valid for a leisurely 60 days, so there's no rush at all.

2

Take the Bodega Bag quiz & pick your wizard

Choose your borough and your officiant below, pick a package, and book a time — online, by phone, or by wandering in looking lovestruck. Walk-ins are welcome whenever the floating candles are lit, which is always. The candles are always lit. It's a whole thing.

3

Say "I do," cross wands, done

Fifteen minutes of vows, laughter, at least one (1) tear from Ferry Frank, and the moment every bride talks about forever: your officiant presents you with your wand — yours to keep — and you cross wands with your new spouse for the finale. We return your signed license to the City Clerk within 5 days, as New York requires, and hand you a keepsake certificate suitable for framing, bragging, and settling bets with your mother.

First: pick your borough.

Your borough sets your chapel colors, your vows, and your side of the aisle banter. Mixed-borough couples are encouraged — some of our best weddings have ended in a very loving argument about it. Couples in the same borough get matching scarves and our deepest respect for the bit.

Your vows will sound like this

Can't decide? Let the Bag sort you. (It has opinions.)

THE BODEGA BAG · QUESTION 1 OF 3

Meet your officiants

Five officiants registered with the NYC City Clerk. Five extremely committed performers. One restraining order from a man who kept proposing to strangers in a deli line. (He's not on staff anymore.) Click one to make them yours.

The five Weddings and Wands officiants in costume: Managing Director Sterling in pinstripes with a briefcase, Barista Ezra with a pour-over coffee, Boss Mei with her arms crossed, Headliner Cyrus in a wizard-style black fedora and leather jacket, Kool Herc meets Run DMC, and Ferry Frank in a wizard-style captain's hat holding a life preserver

All five are ordained and registered with the NYC City Clerk to perform legal marriages — and all five will absolutely stay in character when your grandma asks where the bathroom is. "Second door on the left, past the portrait that judges you."

Wedding packages, from "oops, we're married" to "tell everyone"

Every package includes a City Clerk–registered officiant in full wizard regalia, the candlelit chapel, your borough colors, a keepsake certificate, and us returning your signed license to the City Clerk for you. The only thing not included is cold feet — the chapel is heated.

Sprinkle on some extra magic

Tap to add. Your total in the booking box updates live, because we're professionals. Enchanted, sparkly professionals.

★★★★★

"We came to Manhattan for a bagel and left married by Cyrus, who slow-blinked, said '…Obviously,' presented me with my wand like it was Excalibur, and signed our marriage certificate with a quill. My mother cried. My father asked if Cyrus does birthday parties. (He does not. We asked. Slowly.)"

A sample review, written by us — we're a brand-new chapel, so this is the five-star rave we're manifesting for Priya & Marcus, our dream Manhattan–Queens couple. Book the wedding, live the review, make it real.

This could be you two →
A newlywed couple outside the Weddings and Wands ferry chapel in New York City, laughing and crossing their wands to make a heart of golden sparks, wearing foam Statue of Liberty crowns, with a yellow taxi and hot dog cart behind them

Book your wedding

Two minutes of form, fifteen minutes of ceremony, a lifetime of telling this story at dinner parties. Remember New York's one rule: your license must be at least 24 hours old on the big day — so book at least a day out. Already licensed and past the wait? Call us at (212) 555-0194 and we'll move heaven, earth, and one (1) giant.

① The happy couple

② When's the big day?

③ Your borough

④ Who's marrying you?

⑤ The package

⑥ Anything we should know?

No payment due today. A $75 deposit holds your slot — we'll email your confirmation and deposit link within the hour. Free rescheduling up to 48 hours before, because even wizards get flight delays.

The reviews we're manifesting

Full disclosure: Weddings and Wands is brand new, so these are sample reviews — the exact five-star stories we intend to earn, written the way our couples will tell them. Be one of the first real ones and we'll frame yours in the chapel. (Ferry Frank has already picked the frame.)

★★★★★

"Booked at 11 AM, married by Ferry Frank by 2. He cried into the bouquet, called us 'the finest couple since two seagulls I befriended,' and I have never felt more blessed or more damp. 10/10."

— Sample review: Jess & Tom, Brooklyn–Brooklyn, married by Ferry Frank
★★★★★

"Mei ran our ceremony like she runs everything: perfectly timed, zero nonsense, and then — during the kiss — the tiniest smile. I would remarry my wife weekly just for that smile."

— Sample review: Alicia & Bea, Queens–Manhattan, married by Mei
★★★★★

"Cyrus asked if we'd written vows. We hadn't. He grinned, said 'Ah — then we shall improvise, like all great love stories,' and delivered twelve minutes so good our livestream chat is still quoting them."

— Sample review: Dan & Chris, Bronx–Bronx (obviously), married by Cyrus

Questions? The Bag has answers.

Everything couples ask us, answered honestly — including the one about the pigeon. Especially the one about the pigeon.

Find the chapel (it's not hidden, we learned our lesson)

Early couples kept looking for a secret entrance behind a brick wall at Penn Station. There isn't one. There's a gangplank. It says WEDDINGS AND WANDS in very large gold letters. New York subtlety.

📍 Where

Weddings and Wands Ferry Chapel
Pier 25, Hudson River Park
New York, NY 10013
A short hop from the Manhattan Marriage Bureau — license at 141 Worth St, wedding with us. Look for the gangplank.
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🕐 When

Open every day, 9 AM – 2 AM.
Ceremonies on the hour and half hour. Last wedding at 1:30 AM, for night pigeons whose marriage licenses have ripened the full, legally required 24 hours. Plan the license run the day before and the city is yours.