Index • IRL NYC

Index NYC is a shared studio, event space, and community center in downtown NYC.

We offer monthly memberships to our workspace and host regular public programs and happenings.

We welcome all types of kind, creative, community-minded people to come and share space with us!

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Reserve a spot

Dedicated Desk

⬤ 12 SPOTS REMAINING

$720p/month

Your own workspace in our shared studio, available only to you, 24/7, each and every day.

Casual Member

⬤ 6 SPOTS REMAINING

$420p/month

Work 10–6 at communal areas of the space, or use unsold dedicated desks on a first-come, first-serve basis.

All memberships include:

Collaborative counters, tables, stadium seating, cafe tables etc.
Coffee, tea & filtered water
Call booths & meeting rooms
Kitchen and amenities
500mb/500mb FiOS internet

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*Please note, membership pricing is subject to ~3% yearly increases (proportional to our lease terms).

Financial transparency

Unlike the hulking corporate coworking spaces we've all come to loathe, Index IRL operates with open finances. We'd prefer to have the space sparsely populated, so our pricing isn't intented to be competitive with clickfarms.

Instead, we want to engage our community in open planning, and build the best space we can with what we've got.

At the current time, we're estimating Index will cost $21,780 per month to upkeep.

Scholarships

We wanted to create a central location for our community, but rent in the dead center of lower Manhattan is not cheap.

To maximise inclusivity (within our means), we'll be offering 1x Fixed Desk, and 2x Casual Memberships at 50% of our standard pricing (subsidized by our full paying members).

Carbon Offsetting & Donations

Everything we build causes damage to our planet; building and operating Index is no different.

We'll be working with our partners Seaborne to assess the environmental damage of our buildout, and the day-to-day emissions of our operation, to purchase high quality offsets and make meaningful donations to local environmental organizations, like the Lower East Side Ecology Center.

Our space

People people at various tables and desks at Index

YES		NO
Making lunch		Skipping lunch
Democratic decision-making		Opaque corporate structure
Everything in its place		Uptight organization
Chatting at the espresso machine		No one knows your name
Iterative and functional		Finished and perfect
Bring your friends		Closed door policy
Quiet space to think		Deafening silence
Easy communication		Passive aggressive notes
Ambient music		Soundtrack domination
Everyone pitches in		Maid service
Workspace variety		Sitting still for 8 hours a day
Open-minded, creative people		Weenies
Group hangs		Obligatory binge drinking
Dogs		No Dogs

Why Index?

Index is a place to gather, create, exchange, listen, and celebrate.

The paradigm for how — and why — we work is shifting. Old habits are no longer hardened. There is power in that shift, and freedom to shape spaces for new and hopeful futures.

As artists, designers, technologists, architects, writers, futurists, and friends, we are building a new space to earn a livelihood — and to enjoy living.