by Matt G. On this rainy day, rather than trudging around on the subway, don’t you wish you could work from home? Or at least at the local cafe? If you do or plan to in the near future, here is a guide to Greenpoint’s Best “Work From Home” Cafés.
Greenpoint is a veritable hotbed of freelancers and work-from-home individuals who often look for places to get work done outsideof the home. While there are now many…
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Troost is really great, too — they have an awesome backyard when the weather is nice.
I just wanted to say that Cookie Road will turn off their internet if they think you’ve been there for too long. Sadly its happened twice to me so I now work out of The Lunchbox which I see missing from your list. Great place, great sandwiches!
Jessica – I did get the sense that the Cookie Road owners didn’t really anticipate having customers come in, order a coffee and sit down to surf the internet for a few hours in their place, so it’s unfortunate to hear that’s something they’ve resorted to (and as mentioned, they don’t want people plugging in their laptops hence the lack of active outlets in the seating area). I am a fan of Lunchbox as well, but as they are a smaller space we skipped them for this article. Honorable mention for sure, tho!
Point Cafe on 924 Manhattan is a GREAT spot too. Lovely staff great coffee and food and quiet enough to concentrate. Often empty, really hope this place sticks around.
Nobody appreciates you hogging tables all day. The shop owners hate it, other customers hate it. If you really need a space, get an office. There are tons of co-working spaces in Greenpoint and Williamsburg.
Actually just go to Troost.
After considering myself a regular at Cafe Royal, I had a bad experience there and so will take my business elsewhere. Some of the employees are cool, but others would be best served to dial down the condescension and pretension.
Re: Café Royal: “Buying out two storefronts…” Nope, it used to be a U-shaped laundromat.
Spell Check: BEATA DELICATESSEN (see the photo).
thanks secret editor!
Thanks for this post! I live around the corner from Propellor and never even noticed it open. Went in yesterday to check it out and am so excited for a new neighborhood coffee joint that looks fantastic. I even told them I heard about it from your blog, but they seemed oblivious to it.
Thanks Adam! And everyone else who commented!
Hi Matt, nice post! I’m from NYC and miss the cafes. I’m currently in South Carolina. The area I’m in only has Starbucks or home lol!! I will make sure I put a few of the cafe’s you’ve listed on my list of places to stop by when I come back.
BTW… Love the blog 🙂