I never saw the inside of the Brooklyn Writers Space, where quite a few of my friends do their writing. So I thought this was cool. This is from Brooklyn Based today, which features a piece by Jennifer DeMerritt on writing spaces around Brooklyn. She's got nfo and pix on writing spaces in Ditmas Park and Gowanus/Park Slope. Good reading if you're looking for a place to be productive.

Silence is golden at the popular Brooklyn Writers Space,
a 2,000-square-foot facility at 58 Garfield Place in Park Slope that
provides desk carrels, internet access, printers, a roof deck, and the
all-important free coffee for serious writers. Members mute their cell
phones and computers before entering the main work room (as a member,
I’ve been sternly shushed for inadvertent computer beeps) and talk only
in the kitchen or phone room. BWS’s formula of total freedom from noise
and distraction works for many notable Brooklyn writers, and monthly
readings at Union Hall, hosted by BWS’s founder, Scott, Adkins, let you
check out the talent lurking in those quiet cubicles. Full-time
membership costs $310 per quarter.

Journalists who like BWS’s affordable space but can’t work without their phones can try Room 58, located in the Brooklyn Artists Gym
at 168 7th Street in Gowanus. Co-founded by Scott Adkins of BWS and the
Brooklyn Artists Gym, Room 58 provides file storage, research
materials, and fellow members who won’t give you the fisheye when you
need to take that call.