Their connection is known as "Bourbon" on your airport connection detector. There also is an open linksys connection that you can use if "Bourbon" is down ("Bourbon" is down most of the time because the owner will not upgrade his connection for reasons that are lost on me). Additionally, the owne...
Bowling Green is located at the intersection of Broadway, State Street, Whitehall, and Beaver Streets. It is in front of the US Custom House, just north of Battery Park. Wireless service is available anywhere in this plaza.
Wireless: free
Food: Variety of hot food
Hours: unknown
Wifi connections are available in limited locations throughout the park. They include: Delacorte Theater, Dana Discovery Center, Rumsey Playfield, Arsenal/Zoo, Sheep Meadow, Wollman Rink, and Merchants' Gate. Check the NYC Parks & Rec website, http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_your_park/wifi/index.h...
There is an outdoor wifi hotspot at the Southwest corner of Central Park (also known as the Merchants' Gate). It extends into the fountain area of Columbus Circle (which has some seats). Between sunup and dusk there's usually a concession stand open, with overpriced food for sale.
Wireless: free
Food: Variety of hot food
Hours: Sun-Thursday: 6am-11pm, Fri&Sat: 6am-Mid
The owner and staff are very friendly to people who like to "hang out": there are people like me who want to use wifi all day long, others who come in during the day to have business meetings and those who come in every evening to play board games. Unfortunately, all outlets have been covered ove...
Wireless: free
Food: Variety of hot food
Hours: unknown
Be still, my beating heart, but have i found the perfect place AT LONG LAST?? If you want to sit and sip a tasty beer while surfing the internet using free wireless ("Dublin House"), then this is THE place on the UWS (they even have Smithwick's on tap). Unfortunately, their beers on tap are $6 ea...
Wireless: free
Food: Variety of hot food
Hours: Mon-Sat 11:am-9pm; Sun 11am-6pm
There's usually a hotspot open in the Dining Concourse (lower level of the Terminal). Hours listed above apply to shops, not wifi.
During business hours, there's lots of good (if slightly expensive) food, including Junior's Cheesecake. Homeless tend to congregate (read: sleep in the chairs) i...
Lobby of a hotel. Alcoholic and Non-Alcoholic beverages available. Free wine, cheese and live music on Tuesday. I believe that you can order food from the restaurant (Barna) downstairs, but I am not 100% sure about that.
Wireless: free
Food: Variety of hot food
Hours: open 7 days per week, noon-2(4)am
the food here is great, as are the drinks, but the wifi signal (linksys, another is netgear -- you can also ask the bartender for the password to the bar's wifi connection, appropriately named "McAleers") is sporadic, although they are free. The signal is strongest by the window (McAleers is stro...
Bookstore with nice cafe. Wifi is password-protected, they will give you the login in password as long as you buy a coffee or something (or ask nicely.) Network generally pretty good.
Wireless: free
Food: No Food
Hours: Tues & Wed 11am-730pm, Thurs-Sat noon-6pm Sun & Mon closed
There is free wireless in room 108 (1st floor), which is the periodicals reading room, but there are NO OUTLETS! So be sure that your laptop battery is charged and ready to go before you get there.
Free wifi in first floor reading room but alas, NOT A SINGLE OUTLET (!!), so you are stuck relying battery power only. This is the library with the two marble lions sitting outside the front doors (named "patience" and "fortitude" for the trivia buffs out there); beautiful (historic) building wit...
excellent and fast connection located on the second floor. they do have a firewall that blocks access to "certain sites" (ahem, if ya know what I mean)
Wireless: free
Food: No Food
Hours: Mon 12-8pm; Tues&Wed 11-6pm; Thurs 12-8pm; Fri 11-6pm; Sat 10-6pm; closed Sunday
There's an area with "public seating" on the second floor where you can plug in your computer and either recharge your battery or save it. Filtered access, as per all NYPL libraries.
Wireless: free
Food: Variety of hot food
Hours: 5pm -2am Tues-Sun
Satsko's is a sake bar serving asian/french fusion type food. The staff is beyond friendly and while the wifi is password protected any customer is more than welcome to tap in and enjoy a drink at the bar and hang out.
The coffee is fabulous and affordable, they also serve beer and wine. The food includes a variety of soups, sandwiches and sweets, and the Belgian waffles here are supposed to be wonderful. You can plug in your laptop if you sit at the big table (the outlets are in the floor under the table itsel...
Wireless: free
Food: Variety of hot food
Hours: Daily 10:30am-4am
They've got wifi, but the place is a bar at night. So if you don't mind browsing over the loud noise,and every so often having a near heart attack as beer splashes, knock yourself out. Of course, if it's before 10pm, you could have a more calm experience over at Sympathy for the Kettle or alt.c...
Wireless: free
Food: bakery-type snacks
Hours: open 7 days per week, 6am-11pm
The food and drinks here are great, but the wifi is expensive (T-mobile) and there are only a few outlets (on the left side of the establishment as you walk in). But the wifi signal is strong, if you can afford it.
Wireless: free
Food: bakery-type snacks
Hours: open 7 days per week, 6am-11pm
The food and drinks here are great, and the wifi has a strong signal, but the wifi (T-mobile) is only available to those who pay for it. There aren't many outlets, either.
Wireless: not free Food: Variety of hot food
Hours: open 24 hours per day, 365 days per year.
Large seating area (more than 200 seats). Wi-Fi connection costs money (about $3 for 2 hours of service). The food is typical McDonald's, nothing new to write on that point, but there's a 99-cent ATM on the first level (which means the ATM only charges 99 cents to use as opposed to some of the hi...
Vietnam Veteran's Memorial Plaza is located at Coenties Slip between Water and South Streets. Enter the plaza at Coenties Slip and Water Street. Service is available anywhere in this plaza, but strongest in the vicinity of the fountain.
Wireless: free
Food: Variety of hot food
Hours: unknown
The Winter Garden is located in the World Financial Center, between buildings 2 and 3. Wireless service is available anywhere in the two-story, indoor plaza.