All Library in Brooklyn

The 67th Street Branch is one of the branches built with funds donated to the city by Andrew Carnegie. The building was designed by Babb, Cook & Willard, one of three architectural firms selected to design the Library’s Carnegie branches. It was built, in agreement with the previous owner’s wishes, to resemble the Yorkville Branch. The 67th Street Branch reopened Read more...

The 58th Street Branch of The New York Public Library opened on May 10, 1907. Once housed in a Carnegie building it now occupies part of two floors of an office tower. The library has been open at its present site since 1969. This is a full-service adult branch with a small children’s collection. The first floor is accessible to Read more...

The Allerton Branch of The New York Public Library, which opened in January 1960, was designed by the architectural firm of Hertz and Salerni in conjunction with the New York City Department of Public Works. Fully accessible to people using wheelchairs, the two-floor brick limestone building houses a medium-sized library of 10,000 square feet. The adult, reference, and young adult Read more...

The 125th Street Branch has served East Harlem since 1904. Designed by McKim, Mead and White, this impressive building sits on the eastern end of Harlem’s famed 125th Street, between Second and Third Avenues. The library was built with funds from a grant by Andrew Carnegie. A visitor entering the library immediately experiences the distinctive first floor ceiling, which is Read more...

The 115th Street Branch of The New York Public Library, built with funds given to the city by Andrew Carnegie, opened in 1908. A 3-floor building, its distinctive facade and enduring elegance inspired its designation as a New York City landmark building. The New York City Landmarks book describes it as “an uncommonly rugged and handsome structure designed by McKim, Read more...