Vegas-Style Weddings Land in Brooklyn
The Sweet Hearts chapel, a new small events space, offers couples an affordable, all-inclusive experience.
Julie Guinta, the owner and founder of the Sweet Hearts chapel in Brooklyn, officiated the wedding of Sim Cheema and Daniel Piehler on April 15.Credit.Elizabeth Bick for The New York Times
By Kaitlin Menza
May 11, 2021
It was a drizzling spring day in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and the “Dirty Dancing” soundtrack was playing in what used to be a mechanic’s garage at 57 Conselyea Street. The place is now a whitewashed room filled with red hearts. The current tenant, Julie Guinta, was clad in a triumphant marigold pantsuit as she welcomed a couple toting paper coffee cups in from the rain. Then she officiated their wedding ceremony in about the time it would have taken their drinks to brew.