Archive: Local Libraries

Openings, Closings, Renovations, Groundbreakings, Centennials

2008

The Staten Island Branches Expand Opening Hours

2007

The New York Public Library's Bronx Library Center Recognized for Sustainable Design Features by the U.S. Green Building Council

115 Street Branch Reopens After Renovation

Clason's Point Branch Reopens

Jerome Park Branch Reopens After Renovation

New Mulberry Street Branch Opens

SCHOMBURG CENTER INVITES PUBLIC TO VIEW $11 MILLION RENOVATION (05-01-07)

2006

The New York Public Library Opens Its New Morris Park Branch in the Bronx (07-21-06)

The New Bronx Library Center Debuts to the Public (01-17-06)

 
2005

67th Street renovation (12-01-05)

Columbus Branch renovation (11-25-05)

Van Nest renovation (09-23-05)

Great Kills renovation (08-25-05)

Mott Haven Library Centennial (03-28-05)

Expanded Six-day Service at 14 Branches (03-10-05)

Port Richmond Library Centennial (02-25-05)

Allerton Library renovation (01-24-05)

2004

Tompkins Square Library Centennial (12-07-04)

Tottenville Library Centennial (11-16-04)

Harlem Library renovation (08-11-04)

Andrew Heiskell Library receives lighting upgrade (07-16-04)

Seward Park Library renovation (05-03-04)

125th Street Centennial (04-23-04)

Hamilton Grange Library renovation (03-23-04)

Columbus Branch groundbreaking (02-13-04)

Teen Central opens (02-09-04)

Stapleton receives $1,000 donation (01-30-04)

Mariner's Harbor Library plans unveiled (01-26-04)

2003

Historic 67th Street Library to be renovated (12-16-03)

Chatham Square Library celebrates centennial (11-03-03)

New Morris Park Library plans unveiled (10-22-03)

Baychester Library celebrates renovation (09-23-03)

Great Kills Library has groundbreaking (08-01-03)

Riverside Library gets spruced up (07-03-03)

Sedgwick Library adds second floor (03-21-03)

Webster Library reopens after major renovation (01-23-03)

2002

Yorkville Library celebrates its centennial (12-10-02)

Mott Haven Branch celebrates renovation (12-09-02)

Woodstock Library to be renovated (11-06-02)

Grand Concourse Branch celebrates major renovation (10-31-02)

Temporary site opens for Harlem and 115th Street Branches (09-24-02)

Allerton Branch receives funding for renovation of children's room (08-29-02)

Harlem and 115th St. Branches close for renovation (07-25-02)

Baychester Library receives funding for spruce-up (06-26-02)

Seward Park Libary groundbreaking (05-03-02)

South Court building opens (04-26-02) | History and background | Programs | Research instruction | Schedule of classes | Recent renovations | Little-known facts

Seward Park Library closes for renovation (04-04-02)

Edenwald Library celebrates spruce-up (01-30-02)

Hunt's Point Library celebrates spruce-up (01-02-02)

2001

Mosholu Library reopens after renovation (12-20-01)

Closest library to World Trade Center area (New Amsterdam Branch) reopens (11-30-01)

Donnell Library's Media Center reopens after redesign and renovations (11-27-01)

Morningside Heights Library opens on Broadway & 113th Street (09-01)

Performing Arts Library reopens after major renovation (09-04-01) | Fact sheet | LPA history | User stories | Fun Facts

Open house at Performing Arts Library (10-05-01)

Mott Haven Library reopens after major renovation | Fact sheet (08-09-01)

Francis Martin Library spruced up (08-21-01)

The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts to Reopen at Lincoln Center After Major Renovation (06-22-01)

Inwood Branch in Northern Manhattan reopens | Fact sheet (06-28-01)

George Bruce Branch in West Harlem opens after major renovation | Fact sheet (06-27-01)

Ottendorfer, New York's first public library, reopens after renovation | Fact sheet (06-18-01)

Chatham Square Branch in Chinatown reopens after 2-year renovation | Fact sheet (05-22-01)

Webster Branch Library will undergo $2.96 million in major renovations (05-04-01)

Sedgwick Library breaks ground for second-floor addition (04-11-01)

Muhlenberg Library reopens after renovation | Fact sheet (03-08-01)

Hunt's Point Branch receives funding for spruce-up (02-15-01)

Mott Haven Library receives $500,000 from Congressman Serrano (01-18-01)

2000

Castle Hill Library reopens after spruce-up (11-27-00)

NYPL to acquire site for new Kingsbridge Library (11-03-00)

St. George Library Center closes for spruce-up (10-27-00)

Harlem Library readies for first renovation phase (11-09-00)

New Dorp Library Celebrates grand reopening (10-30-00)

125th Street Branch Spruce-Up adds new children's room (9-19-00)

Landmark 115th Street Library readies for renovation (08-31-00)

Funding for renovation of the Fort Washington Library announced (7-17-00)

South Beach Library opens at new location (3-15-00)

Kips Bay Library renovation and expansion (2-18-00)

Woodlawn Heights Library opens at temporary site (2-17-00)

Mosholu Temporary Site opens (01-05-00)

1999

Six Neighborhood Libraries to Get Full Renovations through the Adopt-A-Branch Program (1-27-99)

Inwood, George Bruce, Mott Haven, Muhlenberg, and Ottendorfer -- with Chatham Square to follow.

1998

The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts: Full Renovation (6-30-98)

Collections and services available from interim locations
NYPL's Main Reading Room Grand Reopening (9-28-98)
Related fact sheets: Renovation, Construction; Fun Facts

The New York Public Library Online Bookstore Opens for Business (1-19-98)
Fact Sheet (4-30-98)

Stapleton Branch Library Reopens (2-28-98)  

1997

Morrisania Branch Library Reopens (11-13-97)

Expanded City Island Library Opens (3-27-97)

New Library Shop Opens (10-01-96)

 

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