A Quiet Place?

breukelyn · October 2007

Help!
I have been studying for the LSAT for a few weeks now and am am in search of a quiet place to take practice tests. I've tried the BPL on 6th ave and also the central library but they're generally pretty loud and distracting. I can't seem to find the small out of the way room that is never used. I've also tried the NYPL on 5th and in manhattan but the big reading room is too much stimulation.

I'm looking for a place that has either a small, quiet unused room or a private room I can rent by the hour. Like a little private office or something. I cant stay home b/c there are too many ways to procrastinate.

Any secret hiding places people are willing to share?

dw438 · October 2007

Try the Montauk Club.

drabrabbit · October 2007

or maybe a table at elementi

belzjm · October 2007

Hahaha. Seriously drabrabbit.

I walked by there yesterday and today and not a SOUL in the place.

I even saw one of the people who work there come out and walk onto 7th Avenue and look in each direction to see if there were actually people out and about (of course there were).

I'd say the faux 6 foot palm trees have a little something to do with it...

restless native · October 2007

People pay serious money for the type of space you're talking about.. there's a thing called something like the "Park Slope Writer's Collective Commune" or something that I considered once, until I saw that it cost something like $1200 bucks a year and required your "publisher or agent" to vouch for you :roll:

When I was studying for the LSAT I just used the Brooklyn Central Library, although I prefer to study in more open type spaces.

By the way, good luck with all that, admission to even the top second-tier schools has gotten significantly tougher over the last few years, and legal jobs aren't exactly the hottest ticket in town right now. Might wanna reconsider your options. :?

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119040786780835602.html

brooklynjack · October 2007

Would noise canceling headphones help? David Pogue did a round up not too long ago

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/14/technology/14pogue.html?_r=1&ref=technology&oref=slogin

http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/06/14/blocking-out-background-noise/

and found a couple that he liked not too expensive

veets · October 2007

DrabRabbit wrote: or maybe a table at elementi

Just perfect!!!!

sasho2 · October 2007

Subject: Re: A Quiet Place?

The Brooklyn room in the central library is usually completely quiet. It's on the middle of the second level, entrance overlooking the main lobby. Open less than the rest of the lib though.

I was having exactly the same issues while writing my dissertation (still not quite done). My current hypothesis is that having someone similarly engaged to buddy up with may help with (avoiding) procrastination. But no such study partners available for now. I guess dissertations are a well known lonely activity.

daver · October 2007

BrooklynJack wrote: Would noise canceling headphones help? David Pogue did a round up not too long ago

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/14/technology/14pogue.html?_r=1&ref=technology&oref=slogin

http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/06/14/blocking-out-background-noise/

and found a couple that he liked not too expensive

I actually bought the PANASONIC RP-HC500 based on this article and a couple other recommendations. Under $100, and they are awesome. If you are looking for that kinda thing and don't have the outrageous cash for the Bose ones.

1646412 · October 2007

I agree with the suggestion of the 'Brooklyn Collection' room (2nd floor at the Central/G.A.P. branch) but warn you that the hours are not the same as the rest of the library:
Sunday & Monday: Closed
Tues & Thurs: 1-7:30
Wed & Sat: 1-5:30
Fri: 10-1

breukelyn · October 2007

Subject: Thanks...

...for the suggestions. I did in fact eat at Elementi the other night. I felt bad for the folks working there as they were standing around analyzing where a bucket catching rain from a leaky ceiling in the middle of the dining room should be, exactly. Food was okay. The "would you like pepper" guy was a little aggressive asking me if I wanted it, before my entree had arrived.

..but i digress...

as to the noise canceling headphones, i have tried them, but the BPL is a distracting visual feast what with all walks of life coming in there, (one day a man offered me the other half of the pink pill he pulled out of his pocket) so my noise canceling headphones would not be complete without the blackout eye mask.

I've found a secret hiding place at the Central Lib in Manhattan that'll have to do.

veets · October 2007

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

...for the suggestions. I did in fact eat at Elementi the other night. I felt bad for the folks working there as they were standing around analyzing where a bucket catching rain from a leaky ceiling in the middle of the dining room should be, exactly. Food was okay. The "would you like pepper" guy was a little aggressive asking me if I wanted it, before my entree had arrived.

Ditto.. The vibe in the place is really bad. Aggresively trying to be some thing or other they havent figured out.. But... come on.. the leak in the middle of the dining room is priceless considering whoever designed the interior was so unimaginative and aspiring to some classic /serious design that didn't come off and tra la. la.. mother nature invades with a leak and the need for the ole fashioned bucket prevails... Love it!!

A Quiet Place?

Comments

Howdy, Stranger!

Categories