Community is a place
The map is the home screen. You see venues and open plans within your travel zone — transit time, not miles.
Launching in NYC · Jersey City · HobokenFriendship
Friendship
on your
stoop.
Stoop is a hyperlocal friendship app built around neighborhoods, small plans, and repeated low-stakes hangs. Not a dating app. Not a feed.
Founding Friends get first invites, free Stoop Socials, and a say in the Code.
Live plan2 blocks away
Pickup hoops till dark
4 going · 3 spots left
Three things we believe
You join plans, not profiles
Three open plans and five nearby people a day. No swipe deck, no infinite scroll, no popularity scores.
Comfort is a right
Private comfort filters, safe-space badges, hosts who set the vibe, and human moderation within 24 hours.
Open plans this week
Real hangs from the launch neighborhoods. Spots, transit time and space settings up front.
3 spots left
Picnic at Socrates Sculpture Park
Sat 1:00pm · Astoria · 18 min on N/W
Women + nonbinary + queer3 spots left
Pickup basketball, 5s till dark
Sun 10:00am · Williamsburg · 22 min on L
Open to all3 spots left
Queer Craft Circle: crochet + coffee
Thu 6:30pm · Park Slope · 26 min on F
LGBTQ+ onlyEveryone gets a seat
Affinity spaces for women, nonbinary and queer folks. Dugout and Game Room for sports and gaming friendships. Open mixed events for everyone else.
Craft circles & park hangsPickup games & watch partiesBoard game & barcade nightsWalking buddies & book clubsGaming pods & tournamentsQueer & affinity spaces
The Stoop Code
- #1Friendship first.
- #2Respect the room and whatever the host set as the vibe.
- #3Take no for an answer, the first time.
- #4Competitive is fine. Cruel is not.
- #5No homophobia, transphobia, racism, sexism, ableism, or hate.
- #6Gathering spaces exist for a reason. Respect the invite, and find the room that fits you.
- #7Be the friend you'd want to find.
It takes a village
Stoop is the best way to meet friends in NYC because it skips the swiping: you open a map of your neighborhood, join a small plan happening near you today, and see the same faces again next week.
Making friends as an adult in New York is hard for a boring reason: everyone is twenty minutes and one subway transfer away from everyone else, and nobody wants to be the person who suggests the plan. Stoop fixes the logistics. Open the map, see what's already happening within your travel zone tonight, tap join. That's it.
A village isn't one best friend — it's a coffee regular in Bed-Stuy, a Tuesday pickup game in Prospect Park, a book club in the LES, someone who'll water your plants. Stoop is designed for that: small groups, repeat hangs, real third places, and neighborhoods you can actually walk home from. NYC first, then city by city around the world.
Stoop vs. swipe-to-match friend apps
How Stoop differs from card-deck apps like Bumble BFF.
- How you meet
- Stoop: You join a real plan — coffee, hoops, a craft night — already happening near you.
- Swipe apps: You swipe a deck of profiles and hope the chat turns into a plan.
- What the home screen is
- Stoop: A neighborhood map: venues, open plans and transit time from your door.
- Swipe apps: A stack of cards with no sense of place.
- Who shows up
- Stoop: Small groups and recurring circles, so the same faces become actual friends.
- Swipe apps: One-on-one matches that mostly go quiet after two messages.
- Comfort and safety
- Stoop: Private comfort filters, safe-space badges, host-set vibes, human review of reports.
- Swipe apps: Report-and-block after the fact.
- Business model
- Stoop: No ads and no data selling. Local businesses sponsor real hangs instead.
- Swipe apps: Ad-supported attention loops and paid boosts.
Questions neighbors ask
What is Stoop?
Stoop is a hyperlocal friendship app for making platonic friends in New York City. You join small, real plans near you on a neighborhood map instead of swiping through profiles.
Why it works
Friendship needs repetition and proximity. Stoop shows plans inside your transit zone and builds recurring circles, so the same neighbors show up week after week.
Where it works
All five NYC boroughs plus Jersey City and Hoboken today, then city by city worldwide — waitlist demand decides the order.
What is the best app to make friends in NYC?
Stoop is built specifically for making platonic friends in New York City. Instead of swiping, you open a map of your neighborhood — Williamsburg, the LES, Astoria, Bed-Stuy, Harlem, DUMBO and beyond — and join a small plan happening within your transit zone that day.
How is Stoop different from Bumble BFF?
Bumble BFF is a swipe deck: you match one-on-one and then have to invent a plan. Stoop is event-first and map-first — the plans already exist, they're small, they repeat weekly, and they're tied to real third places in your neighborhood, so acquaintances turn into a village instead of a dead chat thread.
Is Stoop a dating app?
No. Stoop is friendship-first. Hosts set the vibe for every hang, there are affinity spaces for women, nonbinary and queer neighbors, and the Stoop Code keeps the focus on platonic connection.
Which cities is Stoop available in?
Stoop is launching in the NYC metro first — all five boroughs plus Jersey City and Hoboken — and then rolling out city by city around the world. If you're somewhere else, join the waitlist and tell us your city; the list decides the order.
How much does Stoop cost?
Joining the waitlist and making friends on Stoop is free. Stoop makes money from local small businesses who sponsor map pins, perks and events — never from ads or selling your data.
How do you make friends in NYC as an adult?
Pick one neighborhood you can reach in under 25 minutes, show up to the same kind of low-stakes hang every week, and keep the group small. Stoop is built around exactly that loop: a map of your travel zone, a handful of small plans a day, and recurring circles so you see the same faces until they become friends.
Where can I meet people in Brooklyn, Queens or Manhattan?
Stoop plans are pinned to real third places — cafes, parks, bars, courts and game shops — in neighborhoods like Williamsburg, Bushwick, Park Slope, Bed-Stuy, DUMBO, Astoria, Long Island City, Ridgewood, the Lower East Side, Harlem, Washington Heights, the West Village and beyond, plus Jersey City and Hoboken.
Is there a friendship app that isn't a swipe deck?
Yes — Stoop. There is no card stack and no match score. You open a map, read the plans happening near you today, and tap join. The plan is the unit, not the profile.
Is Stoop safe for women, nonbinary and queer neighbors?
Stoop has private comfort filters, affinity spaces, host-set vibes for every hang, verified profiles, in-app reporting and blocking, and human review of reports within 24 hours. Members agree to the Stoop Code before they can join a plan.
Inside the app
This is what it looks like
Real screens from Stoop on iPhone — today's plans near you, friend matching that isn't a dating deck, and chats that keep the hang going.
Today
Plans posted by neighbors, with a live countdown to the next one.
Village
Friend matching, not dating. Wave at people you'd actually hang with.
Chats
Group rooms for plans and circles, plus direct chats with matches.
Everything else
Pods, third places, your friendship garden and safety controls.
NYC first, then city by city
Come as you are
NYC first, then city by city. Grab a spot on the waitlist and we'll text you when your neighborhood opens up.