We’re aware of 4 membership-based spaces for writers in NYC … let us know if there are others … aguyinnewyork [AT] gmail.com …
Brooklyn Writers Space … “Membership rates are paid quarterly: $250 per quarter for full time membership (24/7 access to the space); $150 per quarter for part time membership (weekday evenings after 6:00pm and anytime on the weekends); There is a one time $50 initiation fee and a $20 refundable key deposit.” … 58 Garfield Place, between 4th and 5th Avenues, 718-788-2697
Paragraph … memberships vary for full- and part-time … Full-time: $132/month, $672/6 months, $75 initiaion fee … Part-time: $100/month, $4802/6 months, $75 initiaion fee … includes wireless Internet … 35 West 14th Street, 3rd Floor, between 5th and 6th Avenues, 646-216-8407
The Writers Room … “Memberships vary from $350.00 to $550.00 per half year (payment is due on January 1st and July 1st). There is a one-time initiation fee of $75.00″ … 740 Broadway, 12th Floor, around the corner from Astor Place, 212-254-6995
Village Quill … 3 levels of membership … Evening and Weekends – $109/month, $600/6 months, $1100/year … Basic – $129/month, $700/6 months, $1300/year … Full – $149/month, $800/6 months, $1500/year … for monthly, “a 3-month committment is required. There will also be a one-time $50 administrative fee at sign up.” … 106 Franklin Street, between Church Street and West Broadway, 2nd Floor, 212-226-0442

More

• New York City Writers Group blog
• “Topic: Writer’s refuge space,” mediabistro
• “Top 6 Writers’ Rooms,” Ginny Wiehardt, about.com
• “A Cubicle for You and Your Muse,” Liesl Schillinger, The New York Times, October 9, 2005 … “Ms. Parisi compares writers’ rooms to gyms. In both, a large group of people share the same equipment. And, paying for membership helps writers take their commitment to writing seriously, she said, and gets them “off of the couch” and onto the literary StairMaster.” …
• “Writers’ space opens in Tribeca,” by Hemmy So, Downtown Express, Jan. 21 – 27, 2005