Midtown East · Manhattan
Central library
Free to walk in, read, sit and work, and use the Wi-Fi. Borrowing needs a free library card.
455 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016
The New York Public Library’s largest circulating branch—the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL)—is currently open for nearly full service following a full-scale renovation. Located at the site of the former Mid-Manhattan Library, the new, state-of-the-art library, designed by architect Francine Houben, of Mecanoo, with Beyer Blinder Belle, features services for all ages, thanks to a genero
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