I visit this place every time I'm in New York. The architecture, sweeping staircases, art, Gutenberg Bible, and Map Room are highlights. But the main reading room always seems to be closed when I go.
Must see in NY. I'm not usually the one to visit libraries but this one is worth it! Just wonder around and admire the architectural features and decorations in the various rooms
Beautiful architecture. A lot of tourists (just like me) in the public are but the study room are always quite and nice. Go there if you really want to have a productive weekend afternoon.
Such a glorious place to crank out your work. But the library's park is what makes coming here the complete package. especially in the summer when you can get your ping pong and chess on.
One of the beautiful building in the city to visit. Free of charge. If you have kids, don't miss their children library section in the basement. Take a copy of their monthly activity calendar.
Somehow, the 80 people together in a huge room of this Library manage how to keep the quietness of the whole building. It's an awesome place to do some work or simply chill out. A monument to books!
Follow signs to the South Court and go down. See where the stone changes from polished white to rough black? It’s the leftover foundation from a giant block-sized pyramid called the Croton reservoir.
patience and fortitude, the library lions, make this my most favorite library in the world. a beautiful building and one you'll remember from ghostbusters! the map room is not to be missed.
If you need a quiet place to work with WiFi, check out the main catalog room on the third floor (plugs are hidden underneath the wooden tabletops). Or keep walking thru it to the Rose Reading Room.
A New York City gem filled with tourists searching for the reading room, the booktrains and sharing admiration for the architecture. Lots of great exhibits cycle through so always worth a visit.
One of the most beautiful, peaceful and classy places in New York. Not that peaceful, still a lot of tourists, BUT it’s nice to be in one of the reading rooms.
I work from here everyday. It's the most beautiful home for books I've ever been in. Lots of little places to study and get work done. Free wifi all day!!!
Filled with as much great art and history as many museums, the New York Public Library is a great stop on a day where your schedule isn't swamped. Step inside & discover all the hidden gems it holds.
The 3rd largest public library in the world is housed in an architectural masterpiece. Free tours - don't miss the map room! On a nice day, check out a book and read in gorgeous Bryant Park.
Deep in the bustling metropolis of New York City, is a full of history building that towers over Bryant Park and provides a stark contrast to the hyperactivity a few blocks away at Times Square
Beautiful building both inside and out, but as it's so busy with tourists I don't think it would be the best place to read or study! Help support the library by visiting the gift shop on the 1st floor
Home of the Manhattan Cocktail Classic opening night gala ... definitely THE EVENT for any cocktail lover. "There can't be good living where there is not good drinking" -Benjamin Franklin Cheers!
The New York Public Library’s Rare Books Division houses Harry Crosby’s The Sun, the tiniest librarybook! It’s 1in by 3⁄4in, set in 3point type, and you need a magnifying glass to read it. Read more
[Escapes] A stunning building to return to many times. See the beautiful reading rooms (Rose etc), check out the shop and take a free tour (11am and 2pm). Free wifi too.
This place would be a lovely place to study if it wasn't for the goddamn tourists. If you're desperate, bring a pair of headphones. It can get chilly, so pack a light sweater during the summer.
The beautiful backdrop to Bryant Park is more than just a library. It’s a New York landmark that houses over 25,000 bindings and a handwritten copy of the Declaration of Independence.
I am in love. I always thought I have been here before. But that memory was actually me remembering Breakfast At Tiffany's. I was NEVER here. Now I never want to leave.
Two-story underground book vault.The first level holds research materials, including rare books and manuscripts, available by request in the Reading Room. The second hold research books
Go to the map collection room on the ground floor and ask about "Building Inspector." The foundations of historically accurate #VR worlds are being built there and you can pitch in too.
The fourth largest library in the world, the NYPL holds more than 53 million items and was built over 12 years using 530,000 cubic feet of marble. Read more
NYPL named the Rockettes one of the treasures of America’s favorite public library. View beautiful historical photographs of the Rockettes in the commemorative book Know the Past, Find the Future.
Eating messy food at the park and forgot to get napkins? Get a quick fix at the hand sanitizer machine that gives generously on the 5th ave entrance of the library.
Walk past marble lions nicknamed Patience and Fortitude into a 1911 masterpiece of Beaux-Arts design by famed firm Carrère and Hastings. - Green Guide Editor
One of the largest repositories of human knowledge. Astronomy section lacking in scholarship beyond what humans call the "Milky Way" (Intermutual K-27.f) as planet is still pre-quantorial.
Your request for a book used to be shot throughout the building via giant brass pneumatic tubes. Now obsolete, the pipes can still be viewed at the clerk’s desk in the third-floor catalog room. Read more