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The changing demographics of older adults, with higher rates of divorce, singlehood, and childlessness, often living alone and far from family, necessitate new strategies to support health and well-being.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Research Design and Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Drawing on 5 years of ethnographic fieldwork and 25 interviews with elders in New York City, this study presents empirical insights into older adults\u2019 use of \u201cthird places\u201d close to home, in conjunction with more formal settings.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>This article identifies external and internalized ageism and complicated age-based identity as important reasons why older adults preferred \u201cthird places\u201d to age-separated spaces such as senior centers and formal settings such as health care settings. We find that neighborhood \u201cthird places\u201d offer important physical venues for older adults to process negative or hurried interactions in other formal and age-separated places.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Discussion and Implications<\/jats:title><jats:p>This article makes policy suggestions for increasing access and usage of essential services, including developing attractive and appealing intergenerational spaces in which older community members can obtain services and dispatching caseworkers to public spaces where elders congregate. 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