Cafes to work from in New York

By neighbourhood

Nobody wants 181 places at once. Here is New York split into the districts we have read, plus the places that stay open into the evening.

Working from cafes in New York, answered

How many cafes in New York are good for working on a laptop?

81 of the 146 places in New York whose reviews say anything about laptops are somewhere you can settle in and work. The other 17 of the 163 we hold are unjudged rather than unwelcoming: nobody who wrote about them mentioned it either way. What we look for is a table you can open a laptop on, a socket within reach and nobody counting the minutes.

Which cafes in New York have fast Wi-Fi?

Of the 84 places in New York whose Wi-Fi we could judge, 36 hold a video call. The connection is read from what people who sat there wrote, not from what the cafe claims, so a place with no reviews about its Wi-Fi is left out rather than guessed at. The "Fast Wi-Fi" filter on this page shows only those 36.

Can you work all day from a cafe in New York?

Yes, in 81 of the 146 judged places in New York, where staying past the second coffee is normal rather than tolerated. 2 of the 163 cafes we hold are still open at 9pm or later, so a long day does not have to end mid-afternoon. Kitchens usually stop serving well before closing, so order before the last hour rather than after it.

Are there cafes open late in New York?

2 of the 163 cafes we hold in New York are open at 9pm or later on at least one day of the week. 2 of them never close at all. Closing times come from each venue's own opening hours rather than an estimate, so a place that shuts at 8:30pm is not on the list.

Is New York a good city for working from cafes?

New York averages 3.0 out of 5 across 163 places, which puts it in the lower third of the 16 cities we cover. Canggu leads on 3.9. The spread between cities is narrower than the spread between two cafes on the same street, so the city rarely decides your day: the choice of place does.