New York City has become a major hub for sharing economy organizations — with 8.5 million people crammed into such a small space, it really makes sense to share! From fashion startups to bustling coworking spaces to the longstanding Park Slope Food Coop, collaborative economy innovations are continuously bubbling up in the city that never sleeps.
Let’s Collaborate! have produced a directory of collaborative consumption organizations that have operations in New York. See the below list and be inspired by the diversity of what one can share!
Photo Credit: Jerry Ferguson
Accomodation
Airbnb – home sharing marketplace
onefinestay – upscale home rental
Purehouse – communal living and working
Roomorama – apartment rental
Barter
Gigz – barter network for communities
Igobono – buy and sell items using social currency
OurGoods – barter network for the creative community
Goodnikels.com – skills exchange platform that supports entrepreneurs and social causes
TimeRepublik – talent exchange with time as the currency
Design and Art
Artsy – online art marketplace
Etsy – peer to peer marketplace for handmade items
Turning Art – subscription art rental
Grand St – community hardware marketplace
Education
Aktively – hands-on workshop marketplace
Brooklyn Brainery – community-driven, crowdsourced education
Code Academy – learn how to code
General Assembly – tech education
Heartbeat – peer-to-peer support platform for micro businesses
Skillshare – community marketplace for classes
Trade School – school run on barter system
Experts
Contently – marketplace for writers
Fancy Hands – marketplace for assistants
Maestro Market – marketplace for experts
SideTour – marketplace for hosts who can offer experiences
Sparehire – marketplace for finance and consulting talent
Taskrabbit – platform for outsourcing tasks
Treatings – platform for professionals to meet over coffee
Fashion
Bib + Tuck – closet swapping platform
ClosetDash – online clothes swap store
Eleven James – luxury watch rental
Freshneck – subscription tie rental
Gwinniebee – maternity clothes exchange
Kookopa – peer to peer fashion platform
Rent the Runway – designer fashion rental
The Black Tux – tuxedo rental
Finance
CommonBond – student loan financing through crowdfunding
Indiegogo – crowdfunding platform
Ioby – crowdfunding platform for citizen-led projects
Kickstarter – crowdfunding platform
Rockethub – crowdfunding platform
Food
BK Swappers – food swap parties
EatWith – peer to peer social dining
Feastly – peer to peer social dining
Kichit – platform for hiring chefs
Kitchensurfing – platform for hiring chefs
Mealku – peer to peer home-cooked meals
Park Slope Food Coop – food coop
General Items
AptDeco – used furniture marketplace
eBay – second hand marketplace
Krrb – peer to peer marketplace for home items
NextDoor – neighborhood social network
Pley – toy rental
Rentah – marketplace for goods, services, and spaces
Revivn – repurposes outdated electronics to provide underprivileged communities with recycled technology
Trustlr – platform for people to post their needs
Legal
Shake – app that creates legally binding agreements for microentrepreneurs
On-Demand Services
Breather – on-demand space
Exec – marketplace for cleaners
getMaid – app for maids
Postmates – on-demand delivery
Wun Wun – on-demand delivery
Zeel – on-demand massages
Reputation Systems
Trustcloud – online reputation system
Space
AlleyNYC – coworking space
Breather – on-demand space
Center for Social Innovation – coworking space for social enterprises
COWORKRS – coworking space
DUMBO Startup Lab – coworking space
Grindspaces – coworking space
Impact Hub – coworking space for social enterprises
Krash – coliving space
Liquidspace – workspace rental
Made in LES – short-term space rental in underused storefronts in the LES
Neuehouse – upscale coworking space for creatives
New Work City – coworking space
NY Media Center – coworking space for creatives
PivotDesk – short term office space for startups and small businesses
Projective Space – coworking space
Purehouse – communal living and working
Storefront – marketplace for pop-up shops
Studiomates – coworking space for creatives
Turn to Tech – free coworking space for people in tech
Wix – free coworking space
Weleet – workgroups that trade and share space
We Work – coworking space in multiple locations
Spaces for Makers
Alpha One Labs – makerspace with shared equipment
Collab – collaborative workspace for makers
Manufacture NY – fashion incubator with shared equipment
NYC Designs – coworking space for designers with shared tools
NYC Resistor – hacker collective with shared space
TechShop – space that provides access to tools and equipment
Transport
Bandwagon – taxi and car ridesharing service
Citibike – bike sharing system
Enterprise CarShare – car sharing service
Gett – on-demand rides
Go Green Ride – green car service
Hailo – taxi hailing app
Parking Panda – Reserve and rent parking spots
Uber – black car service
ZipCar/Avis – car rental
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This list was put together by Let’s Collaborate!, an organization that is connecting and promoting the collaborative consumption movement in New York.
Melissa,
Super comprehensive coverage on NYC sharing economy. Quick edit request: Gwynnie Bee is actually a ready to wear wardrobe rental service for wome sizes 10-32.
Just signed up for the newsletter and look forward to staying tuned to more of your coverage on the sharing economy in NYC.
NeighborGoods, the peer-to-peer household goods loaning and borrowing site, should be added to this list. We are now based in Brooklyn.