If you’re not too busy and find yourself on standby for too long, here’s a few of our favorite spots to sit around, free of charge and doom scroll until that next job comes in. Some of these spots even got toilets for that emergency 💩

  • all New York Public Libraries!

    • (18th street, west 53rd street, and 445 5th avenue)

  • Indoor Atriums/Public Plazas:
    - 575 5th avenue
    - 645 5th avenue
    - 115 east 57th street
    - 590 Madison Avenue
    - 601 Lexington Avenue
    - 55 east 52nd street
    - 875 3rd Avenue
    - 805 3rd avenue lower level
    - David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center (Broadway between 62nd & 63rd street)
    - 1991 Broadway (next to the Apple Store)
    - 1 Bryant Park
    120 Park Ave.
    - 60 Wall Street Atrium
    - 180 Maiden Lane
    - Urban Hawker
    - Chelsea Market
    - Essex Market
    - Hudson Yards Mall
    -Brookfield Place (indoor 🌴)
    -Urban Space Food Courts
    -Whole Foods
    -Barnes & Nobles



Sure, we can add your fav bar/coffee shop/restaurant to this list but this is for some of us who are trying to make that paycheck last a bit longer. We’re highlighting standby locations where you wouldn’t really need to spend money to stay warm. Have you got some spots we might’ve missed? Let us know!

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