We are FRIENDS, an intentionally small, creative co-working community in the heart of Boerum Hill, Brooklyn.
FRIENDS is the work home to a wonderfully small group of creatively minded humans — designers, filmmakers, writers, illustrators, developers, photographers etc.
We work out of the third floor of 47 Bergen Street in Brooklyn in a beautiful open space with exposed brick, old wooden floors, and lots of natural light. The space includes a lounge area, full kitchen, phone booths, a conference room, lunch tables, whiteboards, and 30 work stations.
We welcome new members who are curious, take their side projects seriously, and who believe that collaborating is good for the soul. We adopt humans who love what they do and continuously strive to grow and get better. We appreciate people who love the internet as much as we do. We want doers and kind souls.
Seth Godin puts it best:
"Who you hang out with determines what you dream about and what you collide with. And the collisions and the dreams lead to your changes. And the changes are what you become. Change the outcome by changing your circle.”
– Seth Godin
FRIENDS is one of Tina Roth Eisenberg's labors of love. She started the first creative co-working space in Brooklyn in 2008 and called it Studiomates. In 2015 she moved the community to the current space and decided the new chapter called for a new name: “First we were Studiomates, now we are FRIENDS.”
LOCATION
47 Bergen Street Floor 3
Brooklyn NY 11201
(part of the Invisible Dog)
CURRENT MEMBERS
FRIENDS operates out of a historic factory building in Boerum Hill. The space is divided into a lounge and kitchen area in the front and a quiet work area in the back. The lounge area also includes two phone booths and a conference room. We are part of The Invisible Dog Art Center, rubbing shoulders with amazing 30 artists in residence. If surrounding yourself with kind, driven, creative people is your thing, you'll love it here.
(Photography by Tory Williams and Paul Jun)
BECOME A FRIEND
Friends Work Here isn’t just a place to sit with your laptop. It’s a small community of thoughtful, creative people who enjoy working alongside one another.
Some of us have been here for years. New people join slowly and intentionally. What connects us is simple: we care about our work and we enjoy being around kind, curious humans doing the same.
Membership here is intentionally limited so the space stays calm, friendly, and never crowded.
If that sounds like your kind of environment, we would love to meet you.
We currently offer two ways to join: Dedicated Desk Membership and Floating Desk Membership.
Dedicated Membership | $750
A Dedicated Membership gives you a permanent desk and full access to the space and community. This option is ideal if you like having your own setup ready to go and want the flexibility to access the space early mornings, evenings, or weekends. Many of our long-time members choose this because it gives them a steady rhythm and a place that truly feels like theirs.
When you work from FRIENDS, you get:
Your own reserved desk
24/7 access to the space
Ability to leave your monitor and equipment set up
Fast WiFi
Community events and member perks
Ergonomic, height-adjustable Steelcase chair
Access to our conference room and all four phone booths
Printer, Shredder, Scanner
Access to Slack Community
Floater Membership | $500
Floating Membership is a great way to join the community if you don’t need a permanent desk. On the days you come in, you simply grab an open desk and settle in. Some members pop in a few days a week, others come when they need a focused day outside the house.
A Floater Membership gets you:
Access to the coworking space during business hours
Access to open desks on a first-come basis
No permanent desk or overnight storage
Fast WiFi
Access to two / day-off phone booths
Community events and member perks
Access to Slack Community
Come spend a day with us
The best way to see if FRIENDS feels right is to come spend a day with us. Meet the community, settle in at a desk, and see how it feels. Fill out the form below and we’ll set up a visit.