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[Library]: Stephen A. Schwarzman Building (Main Branch)[1]
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[Address]: Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street
[Historical Note]: Built after the New York Public Library was formed as a combination of two libraries in the late 1890s. The architectural firm Carrère and Hastings constructed the structure in the Beaux-Arts style, and the structure opened on May 23, 1911. The building was declared a National Historic Landmark, a National Register of Historic Places site, and a New York City designated landmark.
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[Library]: Library for the Performing Arts (Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center)[2]
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[Address]: 40 Lincoln Center Plaza
[Historical Note]: Opened in 1965, it houses one of the world's largest collections of materials relating to the performing arts.
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[Library]: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture[3]
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[Address]: 515 Malcolm X Boulevard
[Historical Note]: Designed by McKim, Mead & White and opened in 1905.
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[Library]: Science, Industry and Business Library[4]
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[Address]: 188 Madison Avenue
[Historical Note]: Created in 1996 when materials relating to science, business, and related fields were relocated from the Schwarzman Building to the former B. Altman & Company Building at Madison Avenue and East 34th Street.
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[Library]: 53rd Street Library
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[Address]: 18 West 53rd Street
[Historical Note]: The 53rd Street branch opened on June 27, 2016.
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[Library]: 115th Street Library[5]
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[Address]: 203 West 115th Street
[Historical Note]: Designed by McKim, Mead & White and opened in 1907
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[Library]: 125th Street Library[6]
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[Address]: 224 East 125th Street
[Historical Note]: Designed by McKim, Mead & White and opened in 1904.
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[Library]: 58th Street Library[7]
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[Address]: 127 East 58th Street
[Historical Note]: Originally designed by Carrère & Hastings and opened May 10, 1907. The original building was demolished and replaced by a new branch in two floors of an office tower at 127 East 58th Street, which opened in 1969.
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[Library]: 67th Street Library[8]
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[Address]: 328 East 67th Street
[Historical Note]: Designed by the firm Babb, Cook, & Willard; and was constructed with funds provided by Andrew Carnegie; built to resemble the Yorkville Branch of the library; renovated in the 1950s, and then again in 2005
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[Library]: 96th Street Library[9]
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[Address]: 112 East 96th Street
[Historical Note]: Designed by Babb, Cook, & Willard and opened in 1905; constructed with funds provided by Andrew Carnegie.
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[Library]: Aguilar Library[10]
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[Address]: 174 East 110th Street
[Historical Note]: Originally named the Aguilar Free Library Society in 1896, for Grace Aguilar, a Sephardic Jewish author; merged with the NYPL in 1905 and moved into a new location that was built using Carnegie funds. The Library is known for its large collection of Spanish titles.
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[Library]: Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library[11]
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[Address]: 40 West 20th Street
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[Library]: Battery Park City Library[12]
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[Address]: 175 North End Avenue
[Historical Note]: Designed by 1100 Architect in 2010.
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[Library]: Bloomingdale Library[13]
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[Address]: 150 West 100th Street
[Historical Note]: Opened in 1898 as the Bloomingdale Branch of the New York Free Circulating Library; merged with the New York Public Library in 1901; rebuilt one block east in 1961.
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[Library]: Chatham Square Library[14]
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[Address]: 33 East Broadway
[Historical Note]: Opened in 1903 as a branch of the New York Free Circulating Library; rebuilt in 1911 with funds contributed by Andrew Carnegie; one of the busiest branches of the NYPL.
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[Library]: Columbus Library[15]
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[Address]: 742 10th Avenue
[Historical Note]: First opened in 1909 and was built using funds contributed by Andrew Carnegie; Columbus Library received major collections from the reading room of the Columbus Catholic club; operated on one floor from the 1970s until 2004, until more rooms were incorporated after a 2005 remodel.
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[Library]: Countee Cullen Library [16]
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[Address]: 104 West 136th Street
[Historical Note]: Opened on January 14, 1905, originally named the 135th Street Branch; built using funds contributed by Andrew Carnegie; original building is now part of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; named for the poet and teacher Countee Cullen, who plays a role in the Harlem Renaissance, in 1951.
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[Library]: Donnell Library Center[17]
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[Address]: 20 West 53rd Street
[Historical Note]: Opened in 1955, and closed in 2008; had a large reference and circulating collection.
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[Library]: Epiphany Library[18]
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[Address]: 228 East 23rd Street
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[Library]: Fort Washington Library[19]
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[Address]: 535 West 179th Street
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[Library]: George Bruce Library[20]
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[Address]: 518 West 125th Street
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[Library]: Grand Central Library[21]
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[Address]: 135 East 46th Street
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[Library]: Hamilton Fish Park Library[22]
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[Address]: 415 East Houston Street
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[Library]: Hamilton Grange Library[23]
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[Address]: 503 West 145th Street
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[Library]: Harlem Library[24]
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[Address]: 9 West 124th Street
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[Library]: Hudson Park Library[25]
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[Address]: 66 Leroy Street
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[Library]: Inwood Library[26]
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[Address]: 4790 Broadway
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[Library]: Jefferson Market Library[27]
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[Address]: 425 Avenue of the Americas
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[Library]: Kips Bay Library[28]
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[Address]: 446 Third Avenue
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[Library]: Macomb's Bridge Library[29]
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[Address]: 2633 Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Boulevard
[Historical Note]: The branch opened in 1955 at 2650 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard, inside the Harlem River Houses, and was the smallest NYPL branch at 685 square feet (63.6 m2). In January 2020, the branch moved across the street to a larger space.
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[Library]: Mid-Manhattan Library[30]
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[Address]: 455 Fifth Avenue
[Historical Note]: Opened in 1970 to replace the circulating division at the Schwarzman Building. Renovated from 2017 to 2020.
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[Library]: Morningside Heights Library[31]
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[Address]: 2900 Broadway
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[Library]: Muhlenberg Library[32]
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[Address]: 209 West 23rd Street
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[Library]: Mulberry Street Library[33]
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[Address]: 10 Jersey Street
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[Library]: New Amsterdam Library[34]
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[Address]: 9 Murray Street
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[Library]: Ottendorfer Library[35]
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[Address]: 135 Second Avenue
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[Library]: Riverside Library[36]
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[Address]: 127 Amsterdam Avenue
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[Library]: Roosevelt Island Library[37]
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[Address]: 524 Main Street
[Historical Note]: Opened In 1979 after being located in the Herman and Dorothy Reade apartment, then a community room, for three years.
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[Library]: Seward Park Library[38]
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[Address]: 192 East Broadway
[Historical Note]: Originally a branch of the Aguilar Free Library Society, and was initially built in 1886; the branch that stands today was built with Carnegie funds and opened in 1909.
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[Library]: St. Agnes Library[39]
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[Address]: 444 Amsterdam Avenue
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[Library]: Terence Cardinal Cooke–Cathedral Library[40]
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[Address]: 560 Lexington Avenue
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[Library]: Tompkins Square Library[41]
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[Address]: 331 East 10th Street
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[Library]: Washington Heights Library[42]
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[Address]: 1000 St. Nicholas Avenue
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[Library]: Webster Library[43]
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[Address]: 1465 York Avenue
[Historical Note]: Originally part of the Webster Free Library, founded by the East Side House settlement in 1894; absorbed by the NYPL in 1904, and it was set for a new library to be built with funds from Andrew Carnegie's gift to the city.
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[Library]: Yorkville Library[44]
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[Address]: 222 East 79th Street
[Historical Note]: Opened in 1902 as the first library built with Carnegie funds; designed by James Brown Lord.
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[Library]: Allerton Library[45]
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[Address]: 2740 Barnes Avenue
[Historical Note]: Opened in 1960, designed by Hertz and Salerni in conjunction with Department of Public Works.
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[Library]: Baychester Library[46]
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[Address]: 2049 Asch Loop North
[Historical Note]: First opened in 1973, and remodeled in 2003.
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[Library]: Belmont Library and Enrico Fermi Cultural Center[47]
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[Address]: 610 East 186th Street
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[Library]: Bronx Library Center[48]
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[Address]: 310 East Kingsbridge Road
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[Library]: Castle Hill Library[49]
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[Address]: 947 Castle Hill Avenue
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[Library]: City Island Library[50]
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[Address]: 320 City Island Avenue
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[Library]: Clason's Point Library[51]
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[Address]: 1215 Morrison Avenue
[Historical Note]: Designed by John J. O'Malley.
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[Library]: Eastchester Library[52]
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[Address]: 1385 East Gun Hill Road
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[Library]: Edenwald Library[53]
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[Address]: 1255 East 233rd Street
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[Library]: Francis Martin Library[54]
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[Address]: 2150 University Avenue
[Historical Note]: Named after Francis W. Martin, the first district attorney of the Bronx.
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[Library]: Grand Concourse Library[55]
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[Address]: 155 East 173rd Street 40°50′38″N 73°54′36″W / 40.84389°N 73.91000°W / 40.84389; -73.91000
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[Library]: High Bridge Library[56]
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[Address]: 78 West 168th Street
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[Library]: Hunt's Point Library[57]
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[Address]: 877 Southern Boulevard
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[Library]: Jerome Park Library[58]
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[Address]: 118 Eames Place
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[Library]: Kingsbridge Library[59]
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[Address]: 291 West 231st Street
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[Library]: Melrose Library[60]
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[Address]: 910 Morris Avenue
[Historical Note]: Opened in 1914 as the first free circulating collection of books in the South Bronx using a portion of Andrew Carnegie's gift to the city; the building was designed by the Carrere and Hastings.
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[Library]: Morris Park Library[61]
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[Address]: 985 Morris Park Avenue
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[Library]: Morrisania Library[62]
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[Address]: 610 East 169th Street
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[Library]: Mosholu Library[63]
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[Address]: 285 East 205th Street
[Historical Note]: Opened in 1954.
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[Library]: Mott Haven Library[64]
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[Address]: 321 East 140th Street
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[Library]: Parkchester Library[65]
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[Address]: 1985 Westchester Avenue
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[Library]: Pelham Bay Library[66]
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[Address]: 3060 Middletown Road
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[Library]: Pelham Parkway–Van Nest Library[67]
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[Address]: 2147 Barnes Avenue
[Historical Note]: "The history of the branch goes back to 1912, when it was first established as a station of NYPL's Travelling Libraries program, bringing library books to neighborhoods that didn't yet have branches. The Van Nest sub-branch opened in 1917, and occupied a series of small, but progressively larger storefront locations around the neighborhood, until it moved to its current location in 1968." After years of "clamoring" and "an unprecedented amount of support" for the renaming of the branch, the Van Nest Library was renamed Pelham Parkway-Van Nest on August 27, 2014.
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[Library]: Riverdale Library[68]
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[Address]: 5540 Mosholu Avenue
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[Library]: Sedgwick Library[69]
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[Address]: 1701 Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard
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[Library]: Soundview Library[70]
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[Address]: 660 Soundview Avenue
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[Library]: Spuyten Duyvil Library[71]
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[Address]: 650 West 235th Street
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[Library]: Throg's Neck Library[72]
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[Address]: 3025 Cross Bronx Expressway Extension
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[Library]: Tremont Library[73]
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[Address]: 1866 Washington Avenue
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[Library]: Van Cortlandt Library[74]
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[Address]: 3874 Sedgwick Avenue
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[Library]: Wakefield Library[75]
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[Address]: 4100 Lowerre Place
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[Library]: West Farms Library[76]
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[Address]: 2085 Honeywell Avenue
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[Library]: Westchester Square Library[77]
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[Address]: 2521 Glebe Avenue
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[Library]: Woodlawn Heights Library[78]
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[Address]: 4355 Katonah Avenue
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[Library]: Woodstock Library[79]
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[Address]: 761 East 160th Street
[Historical Note]: The Woodstock branch, a two-story Carnegie library building opened in 1914, contains children's, young adult, and adult collections at ground level and a multipurpose room on the second floor.
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[Library]: Dongan Hills Library[80]
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[Address]: 1617 Richmond Road
[Historical Note]: The branch started operating out of a location on Richmond Road in 1957 and moved to its current one-story location in 1975. The building was refurbished in 2008.
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[Library]: Great Kills Library[81]
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[Address]: 56 Giffords Lane
[Historical Note]: The Great Kills branch was opened in 1927 as a one-story building and was replaced by the current three-story building in the 1950s. Fully renovated in 2005, it currently has a lower level for community events, a first floor for adult collections, and a second floor for children's collections.
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[Library]: Huguenot Park Library[82]
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[Address]: 830 Huguenot Avenue
[Historical Note]: The branch opened in January 1985, replacing what was once the smallest New York Public Library building just east of the station (still standing). The Huguenot Park branch was possibly named in honor of the nearby Staten Island Railway station's former name.
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[Library]: Mariners Harbor Library[83]
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[Address]: 206 South Avenue 40°38′5″N 74°9′59″W / 40.63472°N 74.16639°W / 40.63472; -74.16639
[Historical Note]: Opened on December 16, 2013, the Mariners Harbor Library is located amidst the rich maritime heritage of Staten Island's Mariners Harbor neighborhood. A single-story branch library situated on a 16,000-square foot plot, Mariners Harbor is the thirteenth branch of The New York Public Library on Staten Island and serves roughly 30,000 people.
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[Library]: New Dorp Library[84]
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[Address]: 309 New Dorp Lane
[Historical Note]: First opened in 1907, then moved several times. In 1910, the branch moved to a real estate office owned by a local resident, in 1920 the community provided and maintained the library building, then in 1926, the library became part of the NYPL system. Finally, the branch moved to a store building, renamed the "James Watson Hughes Memorial Library," in 1928.
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[Library]: Port Richmond Library[85]
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[Address]: 75 Bennett Street
[Historical Note]: Interest in a library began in 1833, and various private library groups operated during the 19th century. The Port Richmond branch's current Carnegie library structure was built in 1905, becoming Port Richmond's permanent library. The Chimes Playhouse auditorium was constructed in 1939, and the Children's Room was rehabilitated in 2008.
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[Library]: Richmondtown Library[86]
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[Address]: 200 Clarke Avenue
[Historical Note]: The Richmondtown branch opened in 1996 and contains two floors: a first floor for adults and a second floor for children.
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[Library]: South Beach Library[87]
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[Address]: 21-25 Robin Road
[Historical Note]: The South Beach branch started operating out of a location on Sand Lane in the mid-20th century, but was destroyed in a 1989 fire. The South Beach branch reopened in 1990 and moved to its current one-story, 3,000-square-foot (280 m2) location on Robin Road in 2000.
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[Library]: St. George Library Center[88]
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[Address]: 5 Central Avenue
[Historical Note]: Opened June 1907, designed by Carrère and Hastings and built using Carnegie funds.
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[Library]: Stapleton Library[89]
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[Address]: 132 Canal Street
[Historical Note]: The Carrere & Hastings-designed Carnegie library was built in 1907. It underwent significant renovations and remodeling from 2011 to 2013, including the addition of a 7,600-square-foot (710 m2) building. A minor controversy arose over the discrepancy of architectural styles between the modernist black-glass addition and the original structure.
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[Library]: Todt Hill–Westerleigh Library[90]
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[Address]: 2550 Victory Boulevard
[Historical Note]: The three-story branch opened in 1991.
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[Library]: Tottenville Library[91]
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[Address]: 7430 Amboy Road
[Historical Note]: The one-story Carnegie library building was designed by Carrère and Hastings and opened in 1904. It is a New York City designated landmark.
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[Library]: West New Brighton Library[92]
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[Address]: 976 Castleton Avenue
[Historical Note]: When the branch opened in 1913, it was a sub-branch of the NYPL. The West New Brighton moved to a second location in 1918, and then to its present site in 1933.
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