You can catch a breather while walking around and sit on the steps out front but we recommend venturing inside to see the simply spectacular Reading Room.
Carrée and Hastings was one of the outstanding Beaux-Arts architecture firm in the United States. In 1897 the firm was selected to design and built New York Public Library.
NYC [Read] Come to the Map Room inside NYPL to unfurl decades/centuries old map scrolls and explore old world and old manhattan! Oh the places you'll go!