A city guide for laptop workers · New York
Cafés and places to work from in New York.
296 places to work from in New York, United States: 260 cafés, 15 chain cafés, 14 libraries and 3 restaurants. 46 have good Wi-Fi, 38 have power outlets and 63 are quiet. Each with its house rules and the date it was last checked. Updated .
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% Arabica New York Nolita
To reconfirm8 Prince St, New York, NY 10012, USA
- Wi-Fi available
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787 Coffee
Confirmed66 Pearl St, 10004, New York
- Good Wi-Fi
- Plenty of power outlets
787 Coffee
To reconfirmBrooklyn
- Limited Wi-Fi
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787 Coffee
Confirmed159 2nd Ave, corner of, E 10th St, New York, NY 10003, USA
Wi-Fi and outlets not recorded yet
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787 Coffee
To reconfirm401 E 58th St, New York, NY 10022, USA
Wi-Fi and outlets not recorded yet
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787 Coffee
Confirmed310 W 14th St, New York, NY 10014, USA
Wi-Fi and outlets not recorded yet
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787 Coffee
Confirmed204 W 10th St, New York, NY 10014, USA
Wi-Fi and outlets not recorded yet
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787 Coffee
Confirmed131 E 7th St, 10009, New York
- Good Wi-Fi
- A few power outlets
787 Coffee
Confirmed93 Worth St, New York, NY 10013, USA
Wi-Fi and outlets not recorded yet
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787 Coffee Co.
Confirmed251 W 30th St, New York, NY 10001, USA
- Quiet
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A’more Caffe & Matcha - East Village
To reconfirm150 E 2nd St, New York, NY 10009, USA
- Wi-Fi available
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Absolute Coffee
Confirmed327 Atlantic Ave, 11201, New York
- Limited Wi-Fi
- Plenty of power outlets
- Quiet
Academy at Coffee Project NY
To reconfirmLong Island City
- Wi-Fi available
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Ace Hotel Brooklyn
Confirmed252 Schermerhorn St, 11217, New York
- Good Wi-Fi
- Plenty of power outlets
Ace Hotel New York
Confirmed20 W 29th St, 10001, New York
- Good Wi-Fi
- A few power outlets
Acro
Confirmed213 1st Ave, New York, NY 10003, USA
Wi-Fi and outlets not recorded yet
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Anew Café & Goods
Confirmed526 Hudson St, New York, NY 10014, USA
- Wi-Fi available
- Quiet
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Ants Coffee
ConfirmedBrooklyn
- Wi-Fi available
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Aroma by Caffè Nero
ConfirmedBrooklyn
- Wi-Fi available
- Plenty of power outlets
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ARTISAN CAFE
Confirmed608a Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10024, USA
- Wi-Fi available
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Asano
Confirmed322 East 86th St, New York, NY 10028, USA
- Wi-Fi available
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Asano
Confirmed289 Bleecker St, New York, NY 10014, USA
- Wi-Fi available
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B Cup Cafe & Eatery
Confirmed204 Avenue B, New York, NY 10009, USA
- Wi-Fi available
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Bean & Bean Chelsea
Confirmed318 8th Ave, New York, NY 10001, USA
Wi-Fi and outlets not recorded yet
Checked
Our picks
Best places to work from in New York
Ranked by what members and our scouts recorded: check-ins first, then fast Wi-Fi, power outlets, quiet and how recently each place was checked.
Cafe Diem NYC
Café · 37 Bowery
Reviews and its own site mention good Wi-Fi and a quiet room.
Good Wi-FiQuietChecked
Work Café Santander
Café · Brooklyn
Reviews mention good Wi-Fi and a quiet room.
Good Wi-FiQuietChecked
Muhlenberg Library
Library · 209 W 23rd St
Reviews mention a few power sockets and a quiet room.
A few power outletsQuietChecked
Anew Café & Goods
Café · 526 Hudson St
Reviews mention Wi-Fi and a quiet room.
Wi-Fi availableQuietChecked
Aroma by Caffè Nero
Chain café · Brooklyn
Reviews and its own site mention plenty of power sockets and Wi-Fi.
Wi-Fi availablePlenty of power outletsChecked
In short
What to expect in New York
- What's here Third Desk lists 296 confirmed places to work from in New York: 260 cafés, 15 chain cafés, 14 libraries, 3 restaurants, 2 hotel lobbies and 2 bars.
- Wi-Fi and power 46 of 296 have good Wi-Fi and 38 have power outlets.
- Noise 63 of 296 are rated quiet.
- Opening hours 33 are open past 9 pm on most days and 275 open on Sundays.
- Comfort 27 are air-conditioned and 23 have outdoor seating.
- House rules 2 have a time limit for laptops (typically 1.5 h) and 5 limit laptops at weekends.
- How we check Every place was found by our own research or added by a member who worked there, and a person reviewed it before it went live. Updated .
All places
Every confirmed place in New York
- % Arabica New York Nolita
- 787 Coffee
- 787 Coffee
- 787 Coffee
- 787 Coffee
- 787 Coffee
- 787 Coffee
- 787 Coffee
- 787 Coffee
- 787 Coffee Co.
- A’more Caffe & Matcha - East Village
- Absolute Coffee
- Academy at Coffee Project NY
- Ace Hotel Brooklyn
- Ace Hotel New York
- Acro
- Anew Café & Goods
- Ants Coffee
- Aroma by Caffè Nero
- ARTISAN CAFE
- Asano
- Asano
- B Cup Cafe & Eatery
- Bean & Bean Chelsea
- Bean & Bean Queens
- Bedford Studio
- Birch Coffee
- Birch Coffee
- Birch Coffee
- Birch Coffee
- Birch Coffee
- Birch Coffee
- Birch Coffee
- Birch Coffee
- Bird & Branch Coffee Roasters
- Bird & Branch Pier 57 | Chelsea
- Black Brick Coffee
- Black Fox Coffee
- Black Fox Coffee
- Black Press Coffee
- Blank Street
- Blank Street
- Blank Street
- Blank Street
- Blue Bottle Coffee
- Blue Bottle Coffee
- Blue Bottle Coffee
- Blue Bottle Coffee
- Blue Bottle Coffee
- Blue Bottle Coffee
- Blue Bottle Coffee
- Blue Bottle Coffee
- Blue Bottle Coffee
- Blue Bottle Coffee
- Bluestone Lane 55 Hudson Yards Café
- Bluestone Lane Battery Park Café
- Bluestone Lane Bryant Park Coffee Shop
- Bluestone Lane Chelsea Piers Café
- Bluestone Lane DUMBO Café
- Bluestone Lane Tribeca Café
- Bluestone Lane Upper West Side Café
- Book Club
- Boris & Horton
- Brooklyn Public Library - Brooklyn Heights Branch
- Brooklyn Public Library - Central Branch
- Brooklyn Roasting Company
- Butler
- bwè kafe
- Cafe Adora
- Cafe Bureau
- Cafe Diem NYC
- Cafe Grumpy
- Cafe Grumpy - Financial District
- Café Leon Dore
- Café Lyria
- Cafe Panino Mucho Giusto
- Cafe Susanne
- Cafecito Social
- Caffe Reggio
- Capital One Café
- Capital One Café
- Capital One Café
- Carmela Coffee - West Village
- Chatham Square Library
- Church of Heavenly Rest Café
- City League Coffee Roasters
- Coffee Noah
- Coffee Project New York
- Coffee Project New York
- Coffee Project New York
- Coffee Project New York
- Coffee Project New York
- Coffee T and Bagels
- Common Address
- Crossroads Cafe
- Culture 307
- Culture 36
- Culture Espresso
- dae day coffee
- Dark Matter Coffee - Adios Amigos
- Dayglow
- Devoción
- Devoción
- Devoción
- Devoción
- Devoción
- Dialogue Coffee & Flowers
- Double Dutch Espresso
- Driftaway Coffee
- Drip Drop Café, coffee shop
- Elsewhere Espresso.
- Everyman Espresso
- Felix Roasting Co.
- Fiction Bar/Cafe
- Frisson Espresso
- Gasoline Alley Coffee
- GNIHTON
- Gold coffee
- Gotan
- Gregorys Coffee
- Gregorys Coffee
- Gregorys Coffee
- Gregorys Coffee
- Gregorys Coffee
- Gregorys Coffee
- Gregorys Coffee
- Gregorys Coffee
- Gregorys Coffee
- Ground Central Coffee Company
- Ground Central Coffee Company
- Ground Central Coffee Company
- Ground Central Coffee Company
- Ground Support Cafe
- hamlet coffee company
- Hidden Grounds Chai & Coffee House - Brooklyn
- Home Sweet Harlem
- Hungry Ghost
- Hungry Ghost Coffee
- Hungry Ghost Coffee
- Hungry Llama
- Intelligentsia Coffee High Line Hotel Coffeebar
- Interlude Coffee & Tea
- Irving Farm Coffee
- Irving Farm Coffee
- Irving Farm Coffee
- Irving Farm Coffee
- Irving Farm New York
- Jefferson Market Library
- Joe Coffee Company
- Joe Coffee Company: Brooklyn Heights
- Joe Coffee Company: Chelsea
- Joe Coffee Company: Dumbo
- Joe Coffee Company: LaGuardia Place
- Joe Coffee Company: Pulitzer
- Joe Coffee Company: Roastery Cafe
- Joe Coffee Company: Union Square
- Joe Coffee Company: W 68th St
- Joe Coffee Company: W 85th St
- Joe Coffee Company: Waverly
- Kaffe Åre (275Greenwich)
- King's Street Coffee
- Kinship
- Kips Bay Library
- Knock Out Cafe NY
- Kona Coffee Roasters
- Kosmic Community Anti Bar & Coffee Shop
- La Bomboniera
- La Cabra
- La Cabra Roastery
- La Colombe Coffee Workshop
- La Colombe Coffee Workshop
- La Colombe Coffee Workshop
- La Colombe Coffee Workshop
- Land to Sea
- Laughing Man Coffee
- Le Cafe Coffee
- Lê Phin
- Lerivez Coffee
- Lion's Milk
- Little Collins
- LUDWIG COFFEE
- Maru Coffee
- MATCHA HOUSE
- Mighty Oak Roasters
- Moka & Co
- MOKAFÉ
- Molly’s coffee house
- Monoblend Coffee
- Moon Coffee Lab
- Moshava Coffee
- Muhlenberg Library
- Mulberry Street Library
- Musette Wine Bar
- Mushtari Cafe
- Mya Coffee, Bakery and Wine Bar
- New Amsterdam Library
- New York Public Library - Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
- Ninth Street Espresso
- No More Cafe
- Nostrand Coffee Roaster
- Now or Never Coffee
- Obscure Coffee Roasters
- Odd Fox Coffee
- Oslo Coffee Roasters
- Oslo Coffee Roasters (West Village)
- Ottendorfer Library
- PAPER Coffee
- Paper Sons Cafe
- Partners Coffee - Bedford
- Partners Coffee - Long Island City
- Partners Coffee - West Village
- Passionfruit Coffee
- Pause Cafe
- Peckish
- PHiL cafe
- Plowshares Coffee Roasters
- Poetica Coffee
- Poetica Coffee
- Principles GI Coffee House
- Qahwah House coffee - W Village
- Red Beard Coffee & Bakery
- REMI FLOWER COFFEE
- Rêve Coffee
- Rex
- rite. coffee
- rōk Coffee and Tea - West Village
- Saltwater Coffee
- Sammy L Coffee
- Say Coffee
- SEALD Cafe
- Secret Coffee
- Settepani
- Seven Grams Caffe
- Seward Park Library
- SEY Coffee
- Sip and Co
- Sit & Wonder
- Slate Cafe Midtown
- Social House Cafe & Coffee
- Sojourner Coffee
- St Kilda Coffee
- St Kilda Coffee
- St. George Boulangerie & Wine Bar
- Starbucks @ 684 6th Ave
- Starbucks @ Francis Lewis Boulevard
- Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL)
- Stumptown Coffee Roasters
- Stumptown Coffee Roasters
- Stumptown Coffee Roasters
- Suited NYC
- Sump Coffee Brooklyn
- Sunriset Café
- Swallow Cafe
- Sweet Fire Cafe & Studio
- Sweetleaf Coffee & Cocktail Bar
- TB Coffee House
- Thayer
- The Bean
- The Chipped Cup
- The Clock Coffee Shop
- THE ELK
- The Ivy Coffee & Tea & Bakery
- The Jolly Goat Coffee Bar
- The Lazy Llama Coffee Bar
- The Monkey Cup
- The West Brooklyn
- Think Coffee
- Think Coffee
- Think Coffee
- Think Coffee
- Think Coffee
- Think Coffee
- Think Coffee
- Think Coffee
- Think Coffee
- three legged cat
- Tiny Dancer Coffee
- Toby's Estate (West Village)
- Tompkins Square Library
- Urban Backyard - Nolita
- Urbana Cafe & Gallery
- Vanilla Gorilla Cafe
- Variety Coffee
- Variety Coffee Roasters
- Variety Coffee Roasters
- Variety Coffee Roasters
- Variety Coffee Roasters
- Variety Coffee Roasters
- Variety Coffee Roasters
- Verve Coffee
- WatchHouse 5th Ave.
- White Noise Coffee - Coffee Shop & Roastery
- Work Café Santander
- YellowSun Coffee
- Yuca Bar
- Zelma's Caffe
Unconfirmed
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- 11:11 CafeBrooklyn
- 11th Street Cafe327 W 11th St, New York, NY 10014, USA
- 260’s New York260 W 39th St, New York, NY 10018, USA
- 53rd Street Library18 W 53rd St, New York, NY 10019, USA
- 787 Coffee101 2nd Ave, New York, NY 10003, USA
- Abraço81 E 7th St, New York, NY 10003, USA
- Absolute Coffee259 Bleecker St, New York, NY 10014, USA
- Afficionado Coffee Roasters750 11th Ave, New York, NY 10019, USA
- Alita CafeBrooklyn
- Angels CafeBrooklyn
- Ants CoffeeBrooklyn
- Ateaz Cafe71 Greenwich St, New York, NY 10006, USA
- Balkan GrindBrooklyn
- Banh Mi Cafe241 E 10th St, New York, NY 10003, USA
- Barclay Street Café NYC81 Barclay St, New York, NY 10007, USA
- Battery Park City Library175 N End Ave, New York, NY 10282, USA
- Bean & Bean Wall St71 Broadway, New York, NY 10006, USA
- Before CoffeeBrooklyn
- Bibble & Sip253 W 51st St, New York, NY 10019, USA
- Black Cat LES172 Rivington St, New York, NY 10002, USA
- Blackstone Coffee Roaster502 Hudson St, New York, NY 10014, USA
- Blank Street135 William St, New York, NY 10038, USA
- Blank Street300 Bleecker St, New York, NY 10014, USA
- Blank Street19 8th Ave, New York, NY 10014, USA
- Blue Brown CafeBrooklyn
- Blue Spoon Coffee Company90 William St, New York, NY 10038, USA
- Bright SideBrooklyn
- BUDDY BUDDY · Nut Butter Coffee Bar340 Bowery, New York, NY 10012, USA
- Bunny&Bro Coffee20 W 43rd St, New York, NY 10036, USA
- ButlerBrooklyn
- Cafe Adora839 7th Ave, New York, NY 10019, USA
- Café Chrystie184 E 7th St, New York, NY 10009, USA
- Café Grumpy - Fashion District200 W 39th St, New York, NY 10018, USA
- Cafe Grumpy - Rockefeller CenterRink Level, Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10112, USA
- Cafe Luna West Village628 Hudson St, New York, NY 10014, USA
- Café MiguelBrooklyn
- Café Patoro223 Front St, New York, NY 10038, USA
- Café StandardThe Standard, 25 Cooper Sq, New York, NY 10003, USA
- Caffè ValenciaBrooklyn
- CantitoEast Store, 117 Perry St, New York, NY 10014, USA
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Working from New York, answered
Where can I work from a laptop in New York?
Third Desk lists 296 confirmed places to work from in New York: 260 cafés, 15 chain cafés, 14 libraries and 3 restaurants. The most recently checked are Blue Bottle Coffee, Maru Coffee, Secret Coffee, Partners Coffee - Bedford and Sump Coffee Brooklyn.
Which cafés in New York have good Wi-Fi and power outlets?
24 of the 296 confirmed places in New York have both good Wi-Fi and power outlets, including 787 Coffee, 787 Coffee, Ace Hotel Brooklyn, Ace Hotel New York and Bean & Bean Queens.
Where are the quiet places to work in New York?
63 of the 296 confirmed places are rated quiet, including Sweet Fire Cafe & Studio, Work Café Santander, Hungry Ghost Coffee, Social House Cafe & Coffee and Birch Coffee.
Which cafés in New York are open late?
33 of the 296 confirmed places are open past 9 pm on most days, including rōk Coffee and Tea - West Village, Qahwah House coffee - W Village, Moka & Co, MOKAFÉ and Coffee T and Bagels.
Where can I work on a Sunday in New York?
275 of the 296 confirmed places open on Sundays, including Blue Bottle Coffee, Maru Coffee, Secret Coffee, Partners Coffee - Bedford and Sump Coffee Brooklyn.
Are there cafés with air conditioning in New York?
Yes. 27 of the 296 confirmed places are air-conditioned, including Variety Coffee Roasters, Tiny Dancer Coffee, 787 Coffee, 787 Coffee and Absolute Coffee.
How does Third Desk know a place is laptop-friendly?
Places are added by people who have worked there, or found through our own research and reviewed by a person before they go live. Every listing shows its Wi-Fi, power outlets, noise level and house rules, and the date it was last checked. Places that turn out not to allow laptops stay on the map, marked as such.
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