Rising Tech: 26 Free Wi-Fi Locations in NYC

New Yorkers can stay connected for free at 26 locations in 20 NYC parks across the five boroughs. The five-year initiative was launched last year in partnership with AT&T at no cost to taxpayers. This initiative is part of the longer-term plan to make NYC one of the leading digital cities in the world.

A few of these locations are slated to be live in 2012 so let us know if the Wi-Fi is up and running there!

Manhattan

• Battery Park: Bosque area
• Battery Park: Ferry landing
• Central Park: Mineral Springs (around the restaurant)
• Central Park: Rumsey Playfield
• Central Park: Tavern on the Green
• Central Park: Zoo
• Marcus Garvey Park: Amphitheater
• Thomas Jefferson Park
• Tompkins Square Park: around the field house
• The High Line (2012)
• Holcombe Rucker Park (2012)

Brooklyn

• Brooklyn Bridge Park: Pier 1
• Brooklyn Bridge Park: Pier 6
• Fort Greene Park: around the monument & visitor’s center
• Herbert Von King Park: Amphitheater
• McCarren Park: around the field house
• Prospect Park: around the Picnic House

Bronx

• Joyce Kilmer Park: north playground
• Devoe Park
• Hunts Point Riverside Park (2012)

Queens

• Astoria Park: track & ball fields
• Flushing Meadows Corona Park: Queens Zoo (2012)
• MacDonald Park (2012)

Staten Island

• Clove Lakes Park: ball fields
• Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach: around the South Fin Restaurant (2012)

This is part 4 of a 10 part series on the NYC tech scene:

• The Rising Tech Scene in NYC: A New Hub for Startups
• The Rising Tech Scene in NYC: Applied Sciences
• The Rising Tech Scene in NYC: Becoming a Digital City

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