Flexible Office Spaces for Rent in Manhattan: Where to Find Them, by Neighborhood
Flexible office spaces for rent turn up across most of Manhattan's office neighborhoods: furnished lofts in SoHo, prebuilt tower floors in FiDi and Midtown, and loft floors in between. Every floor Nomad lists is in Manhattan, and none are in Brooklyn. For a team whose people live across the city, Brooklyn included, the useful question is which Manhattan address shortens the most commutes. Union Square is often the answer, because the 4/5/6, the N/Q/R/W and the L train all stop at 14th Street. Which floors are free changes week to week, so the live list on this page is the real answer to where.
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Send me Union Square floorsUpdated 2026-10-03 · Nomad Group
Where furnished and prebuilt floors turn up in Manhattan
Finished floors appear in most of the 11 neighborhoods we cover, and each has its own kind.
- SoHo: cast-iron lofts with high ceilings and tall windows, some of them offered furnished.
- FiDi: rebuilt prewar bank towers and newer glass buildings, where prebuilt floors with offices and a pantry in place are common.
- Midtown: tower floors, some of them delivered prebuilt.
- Chelsea, Flatiron and NoMad: prewar loft buildings, usually one tenant to a floor.
Which of them has something free changes from one week to the next, so no list written in a paragraph stays true. The live list does.
For a team that leans Brooklyn: what Manhattan offers
To be plain about it: the floors we list are all in Manhattan, and none are in Brooklyn. A team with many people commuting from Brooklyn does not need an office there to shorten their trips. It needs a Manhattan address on the lines they already ride. Union Square has the L. FiDi is one or two stops from Brooklyn on several lines. SoHo is direct from Brooklyn's western neighborhoods on four.
Why the block on this page shows Union Square
Union Square is the Manhattan office address that is easiest to reach from Brooklyn, and from most other places too. The 4/5/6 and N/Q/R/W lines stop at 14th Street under the park, and so does the L. The office market around it is small: prewar buildings facing the square, and loft side streets running toward Broadway. Supply is the constraint: few floors are on the market at any one time, so timing decides more here than preference does.
The block below shows the Union Square floors we list. A floor there may or may not come furnished or prebuilt, so read each listing before you tour. The Union Square guide describes the neighborhood.
If the team rides commuter rail instead
A team spread across the suburbs has a different answer. Metro-North riders arrive at Grand Central. The LIRR and NJ Transit come into Penn Station, next to Penn Plaza. An office a short walk from the right terminal spares those commuters a subway transfer at each end of the day, which matters more to them than any neighborhood's character.
How a team that commutes in chooses between two neighborhoods
Plot where the team lives before you open a single listing. Count transfers from each home station, not minutes on a map, and two neighborhoods will usually stand out. Then tour four to six floors across those two in one afternoon. How to choose a neighborhood sets out the method. Tell us the two and the headcount, and we will build the tour.
Union Square office space available now
Live from our listings · cheapest first2 offices are available in Union Square right now, from 2,500 to 13,754 square feet, asking $60 per square foot per year on the one with a published rent.
- Floors
- 2
- Sizes
- 2,500-13,754 sq ft
- Asking rent
- $60 / sq ft
- 29 West 17th Street, Partial 7th Floor 2,500 sq ft $60/sq ft about 14 people
- 836 Broadway, Entire 2nd Floor 13,754 sq ft rent on request about 79 people
The full guide
This page is the short answer. The long one, with the numbers worked through, is here:
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Are any of Nomad's flexible floors outside Manhattan?
No. Every floor we publish is in Manhattan, and we list nothing in Brooklyn or the other boroughs. What we can do for a team based elsewhere is find the Manhattan floor that is quickest to reach from where its people live.
Which Manhattan office neighborhood is quickest to reach on the L train?
Union Square. The L runs under 14th Street and meets the 4/5/6 and the N/Q/R/W there. Chelsea is also on the L, at Eighth Avenue.
Is Union Square cheaper than SoHo or Flatiron for a flexible floor?
We do not quote neighborhood rents in a paragraph, because they move with every listing. The block on this page shows the current Union Square figures, and the rent table shows every neighborhood beside it. Compare them on the day you look.
Is one afternoon really enough to compare two neighborhoods?
For a first pass, yes. Four to six floors is what a group can see and still remember. The two or three that survive get a second visit, at the hours you actually work, before any proposal goes out.
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