Your Guide to Brooklyn Coworking Spaces

Brooklyn is known for its many entrepreneurs, creatives and freelancers, and it has also become a hotbed of coworking spaces to accommodate them.

From Gowanus to Bushwick, there are many options for writers, tech startups, media companies and other creatives in need of shared offices, studio space or desks.

The recipe for a coworking space is simple. Get a nifty name, lease a large commercial space, carve it up into areas of varying sizes with monthly — or even daily — rental fees, and offer lots of extras.

More affordable and flexible than typical office rents and leases, coworking spaces allow full-time and part-time workers alike to establish a work space as varied as their daily routine.

Beyond the expected desks, wi-fi and plenty of coffee, some coworking spaces offer phone booths for private calls, studios, conference rooms and event spaces. Some even let you bring your dog to work.

Here’s our list of Brooklyn coworking spaces — locales where you can rent a desk or office by the day, week, or month and rub elbows with some of the borough’s best and brightest.

Bat Haus
Rates: Full for $225/month; Lite $175/month; Fiver for $85/month; Day for $25/day; Community for $25/month; Virtual for $75/month
Location: 279 Starr Street in Bushwick
Target: All, creatives

The Bakery
Rates: Desk for $550/month
Location: 325 Rutledge Street in Williamsburg
Target: Art people

Brooklyn Art Library
Rates: $95/month
Location: 28 Frost Street
Target: Artists, entrepreneurs and freelancers

Brooklyn Commons
Rates: Meeting rooms are $20 an hour; desks start at $300 a month
Location: 495 Flatbush Avenue in Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Target: Freelancers and others

Brooklyn Creative League
Rates: Private office for $1,500-$3,000/month; full-time desks for $495-$575/month; part-time workspace for $225-$350/month; virtual office for $79/month
Location: 540 President Street in Gowanus
Target: Freelancers, small-shop companies, and nonprofit organizations

Brooklyn Desks
Rates: Unlimited for $250/month; limited for $179/month; shared office with a private desk for $325/month; one-desk office for $425/month; two-desk office for $650/month; three-desk office for $1,000/month
Location: 49 Wyckoff Avenue in Bushwick
Target: All are welcome

Brooklyn Metal Works
Rates: Semi-private studio rental for $500/month; dedicated bench rental for $350/month; hourly and daily bench rental for various prices
Location: 640 Dean Street in Prospect Heights
Target: Artists, designers and makers

Brooklyn Research
Rates: Desk membership for $300/month
Location: 630 Flushing Avenue, 6th Floor, in Bed Stuy
Target: Independent artists and researchers

BrooklynWorks at 159
Rates: Desks for $325/month; one-person offices for $475/month; two-person offices for $725/month; two-person window offices for $825/month; three-plus-person offices starting at $925/month; virtual office for $80/month
Location: 159 20th Street #1B in South Slope
Target: All are welcome

The Brooklyn Writers Space
Rates: Full-time for $140/month; part-time for $108/month or $132/month
Location: 185 1st Street, 2nd Floor, and 168 7th Street, 3rd Floor in Gowanus; 286 Court Street in Carroll Gardens
Target: Writers

The Compound Cowork
Rates: Open coworking for $225/month; dedicated desk for $375/month; night owl for $120/month; private conference room for $35/hour; one-person office for $500-$850/month; daily rate is $45
Location: 1120 Washington Avenue, 2nd Floor, in Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Target: All are welcome

Coworkrs
Rates: Conference rooms for $50/hour; open workspace for $350/month; dedicated desks for $450/month; private office suites for $750/month
Location: 68 3rd Street in Gowanus
Target: All are welcome

Dean Machine
Rates: Flex desk membership for $275/month; dedicated desk membership for $425/month; dedicated partner membership for $600/month
Location: 1037 Dean Street in Crown Heights
Target: All are welcome

Double 6 Studio
Rates: Starting at $850/month
Location: 66 Green Street in Greenpoint
Target: Stills, photo or catalog shoots, and film/video production

Free Candy Creative Studio
Rates: $250/month; $25/day; cultural supporter for $30/month
Location: 905 Atlantic Avenue, 2nd Floor, in Crown Heights
Target: Creative professionals

Friends Work Here
Rates: full-time dedicated desk for $650/month; “floaters” who get access to space but no dedicated desk for $400/month
Location: 47 Bergen Street, 3rd Floor, in Cobble Hill
Target: All are welcome

The Gowanus Studio Space
Rates: Membership fee is $300; basic membership for $160/month; basic plus membership for $205/month; full membership for $370/month; studio membership for $500-725/month
Location: 166 7th Street, Ground Floor, in Gowanus
Target: Designers and artists

Green Desk
Rates: Virtual office for $49/month; single desk for $299/month; conference room for $40/hour or $200/day; private office for $425-$2,400/month; large spaces for $3,000-$9,000/month
Location:147 Prince Street in Downtown Brooklyn; 240 Kent Avenue in Williamsburg; 67 West Street in Greenpoint; 195 Plymouth Street, 68 Jay Street and 155 Water Street in Dumbo
Target: All are welcome

Industrious Brooklyn
Rates: Desks start at $500/month; offices start at $700/month
Location: 594 Dean Street in Prospect Heights
Target: All are welcome

Lemonsqueeze Space
Rates: Fixed desk for $550/month, includes office service; drop in day pass for $30; virtual office for $300/month; non resident meeting room for $40/hour
Location: 185 Wythe Avenue, 2nd Floor, in Williamsburg
Target: Startups and entrepreneurs

Mica Studios
Rates: Eight hours for $600 ($50/hour for overtime); four hours for $450 ($50/hour for overtime)
Location: In the process of moving to a new location
Target: Daylight rental photo studio

Myrtle Light Studios
Rates: Rooms start at $650/month
Location: 1533 Myrtle Avenue in Bushwick
Target: Creative workers

No-Space
Rates: $200-300 for dedicated desks with 24/7 access
Location: 67 West Street #304 in Greenpoint
Target: All are welcome

Nowhere Studios
Rates: Starting at $180/month
Location: 1582 Atlantic Avenue in Crown Heights
Target: All are welcome

NY Studio Factory
Rates: $500 to $3,000 a month depending on size, location, specs and amenities
Location: 88 North 1st Street and 153 Roebling Street in Williamsburg; 2 St. Nicholas Avenue and 44 Stewart Avenue in Bushwick
Target: Designers and artists

OfficeOps
Rates: Base student rate is $225/half day (four hours or less) and $375 for a full day (eight hours); base audition rate is $20/hour for weekdays and $30/hour nights and weekends; base rehearsal rate is $15/hour; darkroom is $15/hour
Location: 57 Thames Street in Bushwick
Target: Creative professionals

Prospect Commons
Rates: Private office space for $795/month; designated workspace for $395/month; shared workspace for $225/month
Location: 172 Empire Boulevard in Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Target: All are welcome

SHARED Brooklyn
Rates: Part-time for $225/month; full-time for $375/month; dedicated desk for $475/month; private office for $750/month; workshare for $175/month
Location: 185 Van Dyke Street in Red Hook
Target: All are welcome

SPark Workshop Brooklyn
Rates: Shop membership for $199/month; shop and storage for $306/month; private or shared studio for $710-$1,416/month
Location: 33 34th Street in Sunset Park
Target: Wood workers

St. Lydia’s
Rates: $80/month for eight hours/week, $160/month for 20 hours/week, and $240/month for 40 hours/week
Location: 304 Bond Street
Target: All are welcome

WeWork
Rates: Desks from $500/month; offices from $600/month
Locations: 81 Prospect Street in Dumbo Heights; 195 Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights; 240 Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg; 109 S. 5th Street in South Williamsburg
Target: All kinds of workers and companies from advertising to technology and media

The Yard
Rates: Open coworking for $250/month; dedicated desk for $400/month; private office for $500-$3,600/month
Location: 33 Nassau Avenue in Greenpoint
Target: Businesses, freelancers and creative professionals

Did we miss a Brooklyn coworking space? Let us know in the comments and we’ll add it.

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