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There is a site that keeps track of free Wi-Fi locations in the US and they keep it updated too. There are plenty of locations in New York City. It is not only coffee shops and hotels who provide free internet service, several parks do too.

Here is the current Free WiFi list for New York City.

New York City/Manhattan/Queens/Bronx (Brooklyn see below)

• A1 Internet Design – 115 Broadway, 13th Floor – 212-397-7481
• Abingdon Guest House – for guests, all rooms – 13 Eighth Avenue (between West 12th and Jane Streets) – 212-243-5384
• Algonquin Hotel – lobby area – 59 W 44th St – 212-840-6800
• Alt.coffee – 139 Avenue A – 212-529-2233
• American Trash – 1471 1st Ave – 212 988 9008
• Apple Core Hotels – 5 Manhattan hotels with free Wi-Fi for guests
• Apple Store – Soho – Prince St.
• Apple Store – 767 Fifth Ave – 212-336-1440
• Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill and Bar – for customers in second and third floor dining rooms – 205 W 50th St
• ARK Communications – 90 Stanton Street – (212) 387-0040
• Battery Park – southern tip area
• Belcourt – 84 E 4th – 212-979-2034
• Best Value Electronics – 4-6 W 14th St – 212 414 9697
• Boqueria – 53 W 19th St – 212-255-4160
• Bowery Poetry Club – 308 Browery – 212 614 0505
• Bryant Park – between 40th and 42nd Streets & Fifth and Sixth Avenues
• Burger King – 103 E 161st St – 718-537-3181
• Burger King – 255 W 34th St – 917 351 0500
• CBS Mobile Zone – Times Square to Central Park South and from 6th Avenue to 8th Avenue
• Cafe Andalucia – 533 9th Ave
• Cafe Brahma – 2nd Ave, between 9th and 10th
• Cafe Mocha – 116 2nd Ave – 212 253 2050
• Caffe MED – 1268 2ND Ave – (212) 744-5370
• Cake Shop Cafe & Record Store – 152 Ludlow St. btwn Stanton and Rivington St
• Chelsea Market – 75 Ninth Avenue, at 16th Street
• Chelsea Piers – within Sports Center/probably members only – 23rd St & the Hudson River
• Chevys Fresh Mex Restaurant – Battery Park City, 102 North End Avenue – (212) 786-1111
• Circa Tabac – 11:30 AM-5PM – 32 Watts Street – (212) 941-1781
• City Club Hotel – 55 W 44th St – 212-921-5500
• Columbia University Campus – 114th-120th St between Broadway and Amsterdam
• Comfort Inn – 31 West 71st – 212-721-4770
• Cosi – 2186 Broadway – 212 595 5616
• Courtyard by Marriott – lounge area – 866 Third Ave – 212-644-1300
• Cup of NYC – a list of coffee shops with Free Wi-Fi, with reviews
• Cyclo Restaurant – 203 1st Ave – 212-6733957
• Danku – W 57th
• Digby’s – 52nd and Fifth Avenue
• Ditch Plains – 29 Bedford St – 212-633-0202
• Downtown Alliance provides free access in City Hall Park, Bowling Green Park, Winter Garden, Stone Street, Vietnam Veteran’s Plaza at 55 Water Street, 1 New York Plaza, Staten Island Ferry Terminal and at South Street Seaport.
• Dunkin Donuts – 2nd Avenue between 10th and 11th streets
• Earth Matters – 177 Ludlow – (212) 475-4180
• Food Emporium – upstairs – 59th Street Bridge
• Giana – 1584 First Ave – 212 452 1111
• Gizzi’s Coffee – 16 W 8th St – 212-260-9700
• Good to Go Rest. – 1894 Eastchester Rd – 718 829 2222
• Guy and Gallard – 469 7th Ave – 212-695-0006
• Happy 16 Diner – 16 Pell St – (212) 962 – 6588
• Herald Square Hotel – 19 West 31st Street – (212)279-4017
• Holiday Inn – 440 West 57th St
• Hostos Community College/CUNY – Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos – 450 Grand Concourse @ 149th Street
• Hotel Chelsea – lobby area for guests – 222 West 23rd Street – 212 243 3700
• Hotel Metro – 45 W 35th St – 212-947-2500
• Hotel Wales – 1295 Madison Ave – 212 876 6000
• Hip Cup Cafe – Park Row
• Housing Works Cafe – 126 Crosby St
• INI ANI – 105 Stanton St – 212.254.9066
• Indian Cafe – 2791 Broadway – 212 749 9200
• James Duane Restaurant – 185 Duane St – 866-James Duane
• Joe, the art of coffee – 141 Waverley Pl – 212-924 6750 and 9 E 13th St – 212 924 7400 and 405 W 23rd St – 212 206 0669 and Grand Central Terminal/Graybar Passage – 212 661 8580
• Jazz on the City Hostel – 201 W 95th St – 212-678-0323
• Jazz on the Lenox Hostel – 104 W 128th St – 212-222-5773
• Jazz on the Park Hostel – 36 W 106th St – 212-932-1600
• Jazz on the Town Hostel – 307 E 14th St – 212-228-2780
• Jazz on the Villa Hostel – 12 W 129th St – 212-722-6252
• Lalita Java Espresso Bar and Coffee Lounge – 210 East Third St. at Ave. B – 212-228-8448
• Lenax Terrace bldg 10POC – 3-5 West 122, #4C – 646-326-9450
• Les Halles – 411 Park Avenue South
• Les Halles – 15 John Street
• Lincoln Center Plazas – between West 62nd and 65th Streets and Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues
• Lit Lounge – 5PM-4AM – 93 2nd ave btwn 5th & 6th
• Little Owl – 90 Bedford St – 212-741-4695
• Metropolitan Museum of Art – admission charge to museum, limited access area – 1000 5th Ave – 212-535-7710
• NewsCafe on Broadway – 11 Broadway
• New York Public Library locations in The Bronx and Manhattan offer “filtered” access. Main branch on 5th Ave at 41st St: WiFi only in Room 108 the Periodical room
• Millenium Hilton – lobby bar and Church & Dey restaurant – 55 Church St – 212-693-2001
• Omni Berkshire Place – 21 East 52nd Street at Madison Avenue
• Organique – 110 East 23 St – 212-674-2229
• Parish & Co Restaurant – 202 Ninth Avenue – 212-414-4988
• Penn Station – W 33rd St
• Pig Heaven Rest. – lunchtime hours – 1540 Second Ave – 212 744 4887
• Portland Square Hotel – 132 West 47th Street – (212)382-0600
• Queens Public Library Branches
• Red Roof Inn – 6 West 32nd Street
• Risa Restaurant – 47 East Houston Street between Mott and Mulberry Streets – 212.625.1712
• Saurin Park Cafe – 301 West 110th Street – 212 – 222-0683
• Schiller’s Liquor Bar – 131 Rivington St – 212-260-4555
• Sip Bar & Lounge – 998 Amsterdam Ave – 212-316-2747
• Society – 2104 Frederick Douglas Blvd – 212 222 3323
• Spitzer’s Corner – 101 Rivington St – 212 228 0027
• St. Dymphna’s – 118 St. Mark’s Place (btw. 1st + Ave. A) – 212-254-6636
• State of Grace Pub – 1074 1st Ave – 212.207.3858
• Sunburst Espresso Bar – 206 3rd Ave – (212) 674-1702
• Sympathy for the Kettle – 109 St. Marks Place
• TechSpace – West Village – 95 Morton Street – Ground Floor – (212)-331-1100
• Tekserve – 119 West 23rd Street (b/w 6th & 7th) – 212.929.3645
• The Cellar – 325 East 14th Street – 212.477.7747
• Think Coffee – 248 Mercer Street (between 3rd and 4th Streets) – (212) 228-6226
• Tribal Spears Gallery – 2167 Frederick Douglas Blvd – 212 666 6550
• Union Square Park – At the cross section of 4th Ave and Broadway between 14th & 17th Sts.
• Virginia Park – by East 177th St. – Parkchester Station and Westchester Ave.
• Veniero’s Pasticceria & Caffe – 342 East 11th Street – (212) 674-7070
• Waffin Tea Room – 161 Allen St – 212 228 7685
• Washington Market Park – Chambers St. and Greenwich St.
• Washington Square Hotel – for guests only – 103 Waverly Place
• Waterside Plaza – 25th to 30th Sts and FDR Dr ‘wichcraft – 60 East 8th street (corner of Broadway), 397 Greenwich Street (corner of Beach Street), Bryant Park Kiosks, 555 5th Avenue (corner of 46th Street), 69 Prince Street (corner of Crosby inside the Equinox Gym Lobby), 269 Eleventh Avenue (between 27th and 28th)
• WebTokerHotSpot – 231 Lexington
• Yogurteria – 213-35 39th Avenue (off of Bell Boulevard), Bayside, Queens – (718)224-1000
• Zeytuna – 59 Maiden Lane

Brooklyn

• Amazon Cafe – 227 Smith – (718) 852-5948 – Bergen St.
• Atlas Cafe – ask for password – 116 Havemeyer St. – Williamsburg – Marcy Ave
• Baked – 359 Van Brunt St – 718-222-0345
• Blue Marble – 420 Atlantic Ave
• Bread Stuy – 403 Lewis Avenue – Bedford Stuyvesant – 718-771-0633 – Throop/Utica
• Bristens Cafe – 525 Dekalb Avenue – 718 935 0218 – Classon/Bedford-Nostrand
• Bridge Park – at the foot of Washington Street in DUMBO
• Brooklyn Public Library – Central Library at Grand Army Plaza – Grand Army Plaza
• All Brooklyn Public Library Branches
• Brooklyn Museum of Art – public plaza, cafe, and most galleries – 200 Eastern Parkway – East Pkwy/Brooklyn Museum
• Brooklyn Lyceum coffee shop – 227 4th Avenue – Union St.
• Cafe Sutra – 639A 5th Ave(at 18th St.) – 718-499-0279
• Coffee Den – 144 Union St – 718-875-8720
• Crest Cafe – 436 Union Ave – 718 384 4488
• Fix Cafe – corner of N11th St & Bedford Ave – Williamsburg – Bedford Ave.
• Gimme! Coffee – 495 Lorimer St – 718 388 7771
• Gorilla Coffee – (free with purchase) – 97 5th Avenue – Bergen St.
• Grille de Paris Rest. – 904 Kings Hwy – 718-336-3469
• Heights Coffee – 335 Flatbush Ave. (betw. Park Pl. and 7th Ave.) – 7th Ave
• ICI – M-F, 8-4 – 246 Dekalb Avenue – 718 789 2778 – Clinton-Washington Ave.
• Kdog & Dunebuggy Coffee – 43 Lincoln Rd – 718 282 7139
• Kitty Kiernans Bar – 9715 Third Avenue – 718 921 0217 – 95th St.-Ft. Hamilton
• Le Gamin – 556 Vanderbilt Ave. (between Bergen & Dean) – 718-789-5171 – Clinton-Washington Ave.
• Lindenwood Diner – 2870 Linden Blvd
• Naidre’s – after 3PM – 7th ave. between 11th and 12th – 7th Ave-Park Slope
• Outpost Coffee Lounge/Juice Bar/Gallery  1014 Fulton St. (between Grand & Classon) – 718-636-1260 – Clinton-Washington Ave.
• Polytechnic University-Brooklyn Campus – 6 Metrotech Ctr – (718) 260-3600 – Lawrence St.-Metrotech (M,N,R) + Jay St.-Borough Hall
• Saje Cafe – 710 Franklin Ave – 646-393-5897
• Schnack – 122 Union St – 718-855-2879 – Carroll St. (F,G) + Atlantic Ave.
• Supercore – Bedford and S. 2nd – Williamsburg – Marcy Ave. (JMZ) + Bedford Ave.
• Tavern on Nostrand – 813 Nostrand Ave – 718 778 7160
• Tea Lounge – 254 Court St – 718-624-5683
• The Archive – 49 Bogart Street between Seigel and Moore
• The Brooklyn Lyceum – 4th and Carroll – Union St.
• The Tea Lounge on Union between 6th & 7th – Union St.
• The Mark Bar – 1025 Manhattan Avenue – Greenpoint -(718) 349-2340 – Greenpoint Ave.
• The Greenpoint Coffee House – 195 Franklin Street – Greenpoint – (718) 349-6635 – Greenpoint Ave.
• Tillie’s – 248 DeKalb Avenue – (718) 783-6140 – Clinton-Washington Ave.

Wherever you are in New York City you’re never far away from a free wi-fi location.

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