BOUND NYC | A Rope Bondage Party for the Queer Men

Welcome to Bound NYC

A rope bondage party for queer men who want more than a practice space.

BOUND NYC is a rope bondage party for queer men who want more than practice space. This is a room where bondage through rope is at the center, full scenes are encouraged, and play can extend into impact, sensation, bondage, energy exchange, power exchange, and other forms of consensual exploration.

Whether you come with a partner or attend solo, BOUND offers a warm, social, sexy, and play-minded environment for men who want to tie, connect, negotiate, and engage.

Rope is the center of the room. Light peer guidance and basic instruction may happen naturally in the space, including rope for connection, rope basics, energy exchange, and simple ties that can make play feel more creative and connected.

The focus is still self-led play and scenes. Attendees are responsible for their own choices, negotiations, boundaries, scenes, and aftercare.

Pickup play is welcome, with attendees expected to negotiate clearly for themselves before anything begins.

The Kink Collective’s MITPISA negotiation forms will be available to support clearer pre-scene conversations, especially for people meeting or negotiating play in the room.

Click here for more details on MITPISA

Schedule

7 PM | Doors Open

• Arrive, settle in, connect, warm-up...
• Tie casually, if you'd like.

8 PM | Rules & Room Agreements

• We gather briefly to review the rules, agreements and flow of the night.
• If you arrive after this welcome, you are still welcome. A facilitator will give you essential room agreements at check-in before you enter the play space

8:15 PM | Rope and Scenes Open

• Once the room opens, attendees are free to tie, negotiate, play, and explore at their own pace.

12 AM | Party Ends

The Vibe

• A warm, social, rope-forward atmosphere

• Energetic beats and lighting set to support the room

• Space for floor rope, with mats available

• 2-3 hard points for suspension

• Furnished with a St. Andrew’s Cross, spanking benches, tieable benches, and floor beds

• Space for rope, impact, sensation, bondage, energy exchange, and negotiated scenes

What to Bring

• Rope & Safety shears, implements, toys, gear, or comfort items you plan to use.
• A shareable snack or drink is always welcome at the communal snack table
• Alcohol is welcome in moderation only. No drugs.

Meet Your Faciliatators

BOUND is held by Dan, a seasoned member of The Kink Collective.

We are grounded in our philosophy of People Before Kink — creating a space where consent, clarity, and care come first, and where exploration is supported rather than pushed.

This is a self-led rope play party. The Kink Collective team holds the space, reviews expectations, supports the room, and helps maintain the container, but we do not manage individual scenes. Everyone attending is responsible for their own negotiations, boundaries, choices, consent, and aftercare.

Location + Entry

Where: The Sanctuary of East Harlem

Address: 113 East 125th Street, New York, NY 10035

Entry Instructions: Enter through the door to the right of

Forno on 125th. Look for 113 in the window above.

• Push the door hard to enter.

Accessibility: No elevator. 20 steps total.

Interested in becoming a member?

You do not need to be a member to attend BOUND!.

Members receive discounted Sanctuary Sessions tickets and free access to our weekly online space, Conscious Conversations, for deeper connection and ongoing community. [link here]

Tickets

$40 Solo | $60 Partner Tickets (2) | $30 Members ticket

pay online or at the door via Cash, Venmo, Zelle, Cashapp, or Paypal.

Click here for tickets

A Look at The Sanctuary of East Harlem

Each event is set up to match the energy and purpose of the night. For BOUND, the space is arranged to support rope, floor work, suspension, connection, negotiation, and self-led scenes.

Bound Terms Explained

BDSM and other terms defined below:

• Scene: an agreed-upon exchange between people, discussed ahead of time with clear boundaries, consent, expectations, and aftercare.
• Negotiation: the conversation before play where people talk through interests, limits, roles, safety needs, intensity, and aftercare.
• MITPISA: The Kink Collective’s consent and negotiation framework, designed to help people talk through interests, boundaries, safety needs, intensity, and aftercare before play begins.
• Pickup-play: play negotiated with someone you meet at the event. All pickup play should be clearly discussed and agreed to before anything begins.
• Power exchange: consensual play where people intentionally explore roles, control, service, dominance, submission, or authority.
• Energy exchange: the felt connection between people during play — the way attention, emotion, sensation, intention, and response move back and forth between them.
• Boundaries: the personal limits and needs someone communicates before or during play, including what is welcome, what is not, and what must stop if crossed.
• Impact play: consensual play involving sensation or force on the body, often through hands, floggers, paddles, canes, belts, straps, or other agreed-upon implements.