Google Providing Free WiFi Access “Hot Neighborhood” in Southwest Area of Chelsea in New York City

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In January Chelsea Improvement Company and Google teamed up to create “New York City’s largest contiguous Wi-Fi network”, providing free connectivity to the southwest area of Chelsea, which is home to Google’s NYC offices.

Instead of a hotspot, they are referring to it as Manhattan’s first “Hot Neighborhood”.

photo by Scott Beale

Scott Beale
Scott Beale

Scott Beale founded Laughing Squid in 1995 in San Francisco and is currently based in New York City. When not running the blog, Scott can be found posting on Bluesky and sharing photos on Instagram.