Late night cafes and coffee shops in Brooklyn good for studying

July 22, 2010 6:08 PM

I'm looking for the names of cafes/ coffee shops in Brooklyn open late night (ie, past 9 pm) good for studying and preferably with wifi?

Off the top of my head, I know that Tea Lounge in Park Slope is open pretty late. I've heard that Vox Pop is open late, but after checking their website, it doesn't seem like the environment is especially conducive to studying, as they seem to have bands playing and events going on fairly often at night.

posted by cotesdurhone to Society & Culture (3 answers total)

Tea Lounge tends to have live music as well. The last time I went there, a string quartet was covering the works of Sufjan Stevens.
posted by griphus at 6:53 PM on July 22, 2010

Response by poster: Yes. I've found that out. I'm here now (10:30 pm), and a clamorous (though not altogether bad) jazz band is playing, and a number of people are drinking at a bar near the stage. A number of people sit farther away, working on laptops or otherwise trying to study, some cringing periodically at particularly loud parts of the songs. Now a barista is walking around collecting donations for the band... This is all fine-- but not exactly conducive to studying. Next time, must go elsewhere.

Incidentally, I came across two Starbucks open daily until 11 pm-- one inside the Barnes and Noble-- on 7th Avenue as I was walking over here from the 7th ave F/G stop.
posted by cotesdurhone at 7:43 PM on July 22, 2010

also, for whatever it's worth, when the weather is cooperating the garden space behind the non-Barnes and Noble Starbucks is lovely.
posted by You Can't Tip a Buick at 8:07 PM on July 22, 2010