The Best Places for Writers to Write in New York City

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If you are a freelance writer who craves a change of scenery, you’re in luck. The number of coworking spaces in the city has increased exponentially in recent years. New Worker Magazine has an updated map of every coworking space in the greater NYC area. Most are clustered in Lower and Midtown Manhattan and Carroll Gardens, Williamsburg, and Greenpoint in Brooklyn.

A few noteworthy ones:

The Writers Room opened in 1978 as the first nonprofit shared workspace for writers in the United States. It’s open 24/7 every day of the year and provides a supportive community of serious established and emerging azerbaijan cell phone number list writers in addition to a quiet and comfortable place to work.
Coworking giant WeWork (soon to be renamed the “We Company”) is growing like crazy. The company’s first coworking space opened in New York’s SoHo in 2010. Now it has more than 50 buildings in New York City, including the former Lord & Taylor flagship building on Fifth Avenue. It also bought Meetup in 2017.
The Wing has three luxurious coworking spaces for women in NYC that emphasize community and host special events, including an annual camp-for-adults weekend in the woods.
A free or cheap (price of a drink) alternative is working in the lobbies of chic hotels. The Ace Hotel and Citizen M are two hotels with stunning lobbies that welcome the public and provide desks for working and free WiFi.

Community Groups for Writers in New York City
The Center for Fiction. In addition to its workshops (mentioned above), the Center’s new 18,000-square-foot building in Brooklyn, which is opening soon, will have a 160-seat auditorium, a cafe, reading rooms, classroom space, and workspace for writers.

The Poets House has a library, classes taught by top poets, readings, talks, and other events.

For other fiction and poetry events, check the literary events calendar on the Poets & Writers site.

Local Companies Hiring New York City Writers
New York City is a world center in publishing and media. Media Bistro is an excellent source for local media job listings. Interested in writing for television? The Writers Guild of America East has a list of writers’ rooms located in NY. Internships during and after college are a good way to get a foot in the door of these competitive industries.

The city is becoming an increasingly important center for tech start-ups. Many need technical, marketing, and editorial writers. Check out Built in NYC for job listings.

For high-salaried corporate writing jobs, LinkedIn and Indeed are good places to look.

Finally, if you are looking for good benefits and job security, the city itself is a major employer, with more than 325,000 employees. Examples of writing jobs with the City of New York include technical writer with a salary range of 52,524 to $81,535 and writer/producer with the Office of Communications with a similar salary range. The city also has media internships.