Hungarian House of New York

[citation needed] It was officially registered as a non-profit organization by the New York state government on April 16, 1964.

[2] With the generous support of their founding members, the three organizations purchased the building at 213-215 East 82nd Street from the German athletic club Central Turnverein of the City of New York on September 9, 1966, when the AFHLE assumed responsibility for its maintenance.

Furthermore, in the event the AFHLE were to be dissolved and the Hungarian House sold, none of the co-owners shall benefit from the proceeds, and the entire amount is to be offered to organizations engaged in Hungarian scientific and cultural activities.

József Antall, the first democratically elected Prime Minister of Hungary after the fall of Communism in 1989, visited the Hungarian House of New York, as did Presidents Árpád Göncz and Pál Schmitt, Cardinal József Mindszenty Prince Primate of Hungary, Member of the European Parliament Otto von Habsburg, nuclear physicist Edward Teller, Nobel laureate physicist Dennis Gábor, Cardinal Péter Erdő Primate of Hungary, and László Kövér President of the Hungarian Parliament.

Numerous lectures, concerts, film screenings, productions, folk dances, exhibitions, fairs, dinners, gatherings, Hungarian and English language classes took place in these halls, all of them serving both the Hungarian émigrés and the host country.