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Stephen A. Schwarzman Building

Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street
New York, NY 10018-2788
(917) 275-6975

Fully accessible to wheelchairs

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Hours for individual divisions vary.
No call slips accepted after 7:00 PM.

Future closings for the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building:
Monday, November 1, for the Library's annual Library Lions fund-raising event.
Sunday, December 5, for the annual Holiday Open House, a Friends of the Library celebration to thank our donors.

  • Visit the real Winnie the Pooh and friends

  • The NYPL Digital Gallery provides access to over 700,000 images.

  • Ghostbusters return to the Schwarzman Building of the NYPL.

  • Mapping New York's Shoreline, 1609-2009

  • Dr. Paul LeClerc has announced that he will retire from his position as President in the summer of 2011.
     

  • The New York Public Library has introduced a brand new logo and mission statement for the future.
     

Often referred to as the "main branch," the Beaux-Arts landmark building on Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street houses outstanding research collections in the humanities and social sciences as well as a circulating children’s collection.  The non-circulating graduate-level collections were initially formed from the consolidation of the Astor and Lenox Libraries, and have evolved into one of the world's preeminent public resources for the study of human thought, action, and experience -- from anthropology and archaeology, to religion, sports, world history, and literature.
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