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The Macomb’s Bridge Branch of The New York Public Library opened in 1955. The branch is located in the Harlem River Houses at 152nd Street and Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Boulevard. Although the smallest of the branch libraries, Macomb’s Bridge has book collections for all ages. The one-floor building is partially accessible to people using wheelchairs. Read more...
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The Kips Bay Branch of The New York Public Library opened in 1972, replacing two former libraries: St. Gabriel’s and Nathan Straus. Designed by the award-winning architect, Giorgio Cavaglieri, it was one of the first branches to be built fully accessible to people who use wheelchairs. The branch is named after a 17th-century farmer, Jacobus Kip, whose farm extended from Read more...
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Originally a courthouse, the Jefferson Market Library has served the Greenwich Village community for over forty years. The building, a New York City landmark, was designed by architects Frederick Clark Withers and Calvert Vaux (who also assisted in the design of Central Park) in a Victorian Gothic style. It was erected—along with an adjacent prison and market—between 1875 and 1877 Read more...
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Inwood Library, Manhattan’s northernmost branch, serves a large, multiethnic community. The branch has strong Spanish-language and small Russian-language collections, which include a wide range of audiobooks and DVDs. The branch also offers English classes for adults whose native tongue is another language. The children’s room on the second floor includes space for programs; events for teenagers and adults take place Read more...
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Tucked away on one of the most beautiful streets in the city, Hudson Park has served Greenwich Village since 1906. The building, designed by the architectural firm of Carrere and Hastings, was the sixteenth branch to be constructed with funds donated by Andrew Carnegie. The branch opened its doors to the community on January 24, 1906; in 1920, the building Read more...
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Recalling the beginning of his illustrious career, actor/playwright Ossie Davis fondly described the Harlem Branch as “the only home I had … the very temple of my existence, my craft, the place that trained me, the first institution to welcome me.” The Harlem Branch has been welcoming community residents since 1826, when Harlem was an isolated village. The library was Read more...
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Designed in the style of an Italian palazzo by the esteemed architectural firm of McKim, Mead and White, the Hamilton Grange Branch was opened in 1907 with funds donated by Andrew Carnegie. The roots of its name date back to 1802 when Alexander Hamilton moved his family into a country house he called The Grange in the then-rural outskirts of Read more...
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The branch and its neighborhood park are both named for Hamilton Fish (1808–93), the distinguished American statesman who was governor of New York and secretary of state under Ulysses S. Grant. The original Hamilton Fish Park Branch was built in 1909, with funds from Andrew Carnegie. When Houston Street was widened for an approach to the FDR Drive, the original Read more...
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The Grand Central Branch, a 12,000 square foot, two-story, light-filled space, is conveniently situated for commuters and area workers, as well as families living to the east. The branch offers 45 computers, 32 of which are laptops; outlets and data ports are located at the bar-height seating looking out on 46th street. Grand Central has collections of DVDs, CDs, large-print, paperbacks, and Read more...
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George Bruce was an enterprising Scotsman who sailed to the United States before he was 15. Eventually settling in New York, he became a well-known typefounder and inventor of printing machinery. In 1877, Bruce’s daughter, Catherine, contributed $50,000 for a library building and books in memory of her father. Completed in 1888, the original George Bruce Library was located on Read more...
