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.
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
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.[5]
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.
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.
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.
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.
Opened in 1972 as a replacement for the St. Gabriel's and Nathan Straus branches, which had been torn down to make way for construction of the Queens–Midtown Tunnel and Kips Bay Towers, respectively.[8]
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.[9]
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.[14]
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.[15]
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.[19]
"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."[21] After years of "clamoring"[22] 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.[23]
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.[24]
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.[25]
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.[26][27]
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.[28]
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.[29]
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.[30]
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.[31][32]
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.[34]
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.[36] A minor controversy arose over the discrepancy of architectural styles between the modernist black-glass addition and the original structure.[37]
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.[40]
^Benanti, Carol Ann (February 2, 2017). "Vintage photos of Staten Island libraries". Staten Island Advance. Retrieved March 21, 2019. The photo was taken in the 1940s... It was replaced with a newer and larger library before 1957.
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