Tompkins Square Library

331 East 10th Street (near Avenue B)
New York, NY 10009-5099
(212) 228-4747

Fully accessible to wheelchairs

Library Manager: Colleen Castellani

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The Tompkins Square Branch of The New York Public Library has been serving residents of Manhattan's Lower East Side since 1904.

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Thursday, May 2, 2013
3 p.m.	Teen Movie: The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey
Saturday, May 4, 2013
1 p.m.	The New York Opera Forum Presents Verdi's Don Carlo
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
11:30 a.m.	Toddler Time
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
11:30 a.m.	Toddler Time
4 p.m.	Rosie

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