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Kips Bay Library

446 Third Avenue (at E. 31st St.)
New York, NY 10016-6025
(212) 683-2520

Fully accessible to wheelchairs

Library Manager: Kaydene Humphrey

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The Kips Bay Library will have a delay opening on Friday, June 21, 2013, to facilitate branch improvements.

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The Kips Bay Branch of The New York Public Library opened in 1972, replacing two former libraries: St. Gabriel's and Nathan Straus. Designed by the award-winning architect, Giorgio Cavaglieri, it was one of the first branches to be built fully accessible to people who use wheelchairs. The branch is named after a 17th-century farmer, Jacobus Kip, whose farm extended from Second Avenue and 35th Street to the bay that came to bear his name.

Upcoming Events

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11:30 a.m. Toddler Time
12 noon Toddler Playtime
12:30 p.m. Toddler Time
3:30 p.m. Theater Games and Story Time
Thursday, June 20, 2013
1 p.m. Kips Bay Quilting Club
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