A Top Ten List of the Nerd-Friendliest Coffee Shops in Downtown NYC

June 12, 2009

By Liz Suman

Calling all New York City Coffee Nerds! When it comes to getting your work done in New York City sometimes the library or your rickety $50 self-assembled Office Depot desk just doesn’t cut it. In a city with such a high premium on space and quiet, it can be difficult to find a public place to work, let alone build a website, read Moby Dick or write a best-selling memoir.

Whether you’re looking for a decent cup of coffee, a group computing session or just a good place to read a book, here’s a top ten list of the best coffee shops in NYC for lingering with your computer, sketchbook or pad and pencil WITHOUT having to suffer nasty looks from the “I don’t go above 14th Street”-hipster-slash-barista for camping out to write your doctoral thesis over multiple cups of joe.

Most of the following are downtown, open late, offer free wireless and provide generally accessible work environments for New York City nerds.