About the Terence Cardinal Cooke-Cathedral Library

We serve the many people who work and live in our neighborhood providing books, audiobooks, CDs, and DVDs.

The Terence Cardinal Cooke-Cathedral Branch has had a long and colorful history since its origin as part of the New York Archdiocese's Cathedral Library Association in 1887. At its current address, below street level at 560 Lexington Avenue, it remains one of the more compact branches of The New York Public Library. Located halfway down the entrance of the number 6 subway at 50th Street, it serves many who work in the neighborhood as well as those who live there.