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Roosevelt Island Library

524 Main Street
New York, NY 10044-0001
(212) 308-6243
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Fully accessible to wheelchairs

Library Manager: Marietta A. Briguglio

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In 1976, Dorothy and Herman Reade of Forest Hills, Queens, retired to Roosevelt Island and made it their goal to create a community library. The one-room Roosevelt Island Community Library, run solely by volunteers, served residents for twenty years.

Upcoming Events

Today
10:45 am New! Infant Lapsit
11:00 am Baby/Toddler Story Time
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
10:45 am New! Infant Lapsit
11:00 am Baby/Toddler Story Time
Thursday, February 18, 2010
6:30 pm Book Discussion Groups: "The Door: Poems" by Margaret Atwood

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