For more information:
- phone: (718) 579-4244
- TTY: (718) 579-4244
- email: bronxlibrarycenter
@nypl.org
Throughout both days:
- Informative Tours of the new library leave from the main desk on the 1st floor, every hour on the hour.
- Meet & Greet Scholastic Characters: Clifford the Big Red Dog® and Maya & Miguel™
- “Make and Take” Kids Bookmark Activity
- Surprise Story Time
This building was generously funded by The State of New York: George A. Pataki, Governor; Charles A. Gargano, Chairman, Empire State Development Corporation; the New York State Assembly and Assemblyman José Rivera; and The City of New York: Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor; A. Gifford Miller, City Council Speaker; Adolfo Carrión, Jr., Bronx Borough President; the Bronx City Council Delegation and City Council Majority Leader Joel Rivera.
A major grant from Roger and Susan Hertog provided lead private support for the Bronx Library Center. Support for cultural programming was provided by a generous grant from Bank of America, with additional funding from the New York Community Trust.
More information about the Bronx Library Center
Travel Directions
Subway

– to Fordham Rd.;
follow signs indicating exit to Grand Concourse and 188th St. On Grand Concourse walk north one block to Fordham Road, then east two blocks to East Kingsbridge Road.
– to 207th St.; change to BX12 bus eastbound
to Marion Ave.; walk two blocks west to Kingsbridge Road, then north on Kingsbridge Road.
– to White Plains Rd. and Pelham Parkway; then take BX12
bus west to Decatur/Marion Aves.; Walk three blocks west to Kingsbridge Road; then north on Kingsbridge Road.
Metro North – to Fordham Rd.; walk west four blocks, then north on Kingsbridge Road.
Bus
BX12 –to Valentine Avenue and East Fordham Road; walk east on East Fordham Road, keeping left, one curved block to East Kingsbridge Road then north on East Kingsbridge Road half a block.
BX9 –Going south: to Fordham Road and East Kingsbridge Road. Then back on East Kingsbridge Road half a block. Going north: to East Kingsbridge Road. Bus stops across the street from the library.
BX1, BX2 - to Fordham Road; walk east two blocks on East Fordham Road, keeping left, to East Kingsbridge Road; then north on East Kingsbridge Road half a block.
BX15, BX17, BX22, BX55 – to Fordham Plaza; walk west three blocks then north on East Kingsbridge Road half a block.
BX41 – to Fordham Road; walk west three blocks then north on East Kingsbridge Road half a block.
BX28, BX34 –to 192nd Street, Valentine
Avenue and East Kingsbridge Road. Walk south on East Kingsbridge
Road half a block.
Liberty Lines Express Bus: BXM4, 4A, 4B – Grand Concourse to Fordham Road; walk east on East Fordham Road, keeping left, two blocks to East Kingsbridge Road then north on East Kingsbridge Road half a block.