Free wireless hotspots are available throughout the city in coffee shops, restaurants and bars, and public areas.
Go wireless on your laptop or mobile device for free in New York City with these free local wifi hotspots:
1. Bryant Park, between 40th and 42nd Streets & Fifth Avenue and Sixth Avenue (outdoors). The entire park is a free wireless hotspot. If you want to use the free wireless indoors on a cold or rainy day, visit the Bryant Park Grill and Cafe.
2. New York Public Library System. (indoors). These NY Library Manhattan branches offer free wifi access in all public areas:
- 58th Street Branch, 127 East 58th Street, 759-7358
- 67th Street, 328 East 67th Street, 734-1717
- 96th Street Branch, 112 East 96th Street, 289-0908
- 115th Street, 203 West 115th Street, 212-666-9393
- 125th Street, 224 East 125th Street, 212-534-5050
- Aguilar, 174 East 110th Street, 212-534-2930
- Andrew Heiskell Braille & Talking Book Library, 40 West 20th Street, 206-5458
- Bloomingdale Branch, 150 West 100th Street, 222-8030
- Cathedral Branch, 560 Lexington Avenue, 752-3824
- Chatham Square, 33 East Broadway, 212-964-6598
- Columbus, 742 Tenth Avenue, 212-586-5098
- Countee Cullen, 104 West 136th Street, 212-491-2070
- Epiphany Branch, 228 East 23rd Street, 212-679-2645
- Fort Washington, 535 West 179th Street, 212-927-3533
- George Bruce, 518 West 125th Street, 212-662-9727
- Hamilton Fish Park, 415 East Houston Street, 212-673-2290
- Hamilton Grange, 503 West 145th Street, 212-926-2147
- Harlem, 9 West 124th Street, 212-348-5620
- Hudson Park, 66 Leroy Street, 212-243-6876
- Inwood, 4790 Broadway, 212-942-2445
- Jefferson Market, 425 Avenue of Americas, 212-243-4334
- Kips Bay Branch, 446 Third Avenue, 212-683-2520
- Macomb’s Bridge, 2650 Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Boulevard, 212-281-4900
- Mid-Manhattan Library – Fourth Floor, 455 Fifth Avenue, 917-ASK-NYPL (917-275-6975)
- Morningside Heights, 2900 Broadway, 212-864-2530
- Muhlenberg Branch, 209 West 23rd Street, 212-924-1585
- Mulberry Street, 10 Jersey Street, 212-966-3424
- New Amsterdam, 9 Murray Street, 212-732-8186
- Ottendorfer, 135 2nd Avenue, 212-674-0947
- Riverside Branch, 127 Amsterdam Avenue, 212-870-1810
- Roosevelt Island, 524 Main Street 212-308-6243
- Seward Park, 192 East Broadway, 212-477-6770
- Tompkins Square, 331 East 10th Street 212-228-4747
- Washington Heights, 1000 Saint Nicholas Avenue, 212-923-6054
- Webster Branch, 1465 York Avenue, 212-288-5049
- Yorkville Branch, 222 East 79th Street, 212-744-5824
3. Chelsea Market. 75 9th Avenue (indoors). Take a break to do some shopping, eat, and surf the web through the this wireless hotspot.
4. Union Square Park. East 14th Street & Broadway (outdoors). Union Square is one of the most popular areas in Manhattan and is always bustling with people, especially in their 20s and 30s. They also offer a great free wifi hotspot with two antennas covering all of Union Square Park.
5. Madison Square Park. 5th Avenue to Madison Avenue & 23rd and 26th Streets (outdoors). Enjoy food from the Shake Shack while on your free wireless connection.
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Wired Towns is proud to have two of the Top Ten — Union Square and Times Square, each built for Business Improvement Districts, the former for the Union Square Partnership, sponsored by The Syfy Channel, and the Yahoo! Wi-Fi Hot Zone, which we built for The Times Square Alliance.
But not mentioned, and certainly worthy of consideration, is what we did in Rockefeller Plaza and the Concourse at 30 Rock. You can connect from the tree and rink in Rockefeller Center, or underground in the three seating areas in the dining area below. A new network, and a good one!
And I am proud to have setup the Wagner Park spot for NYCwireless, nice to see it still going strong.
Well done Craig, have been visited and used.