About the Stapleton Library
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The Stapleton branch of The New York Public Library, which originally opened in 1907, is located on Canal Street, near the center of Stapleton Village and adjacent to Tappen Park and the Old Village Hall. The graceful, single story, brick and limestone building was constructed with funds provided by Andrew Carnegie and designed by Carrère and Hastings.
The library was closed in 2010 for extensive expansion and renovations, and reopened on June 11, 2013, to great fanfare. Today the Stapleton branch continues to be a center of community life. The branch serves its diverse neighborhood by presenting programs for all ages, providing access to computer technology, and lending books, magazines, and other media to inform, educate, and entertain.
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Information About Environmental Remediation Projects in Your Community
Many New York Public Library locations serve as public repositories for documents related to nearby remediation projects. Documents related to sites near Stapleton Library can be found below.
Brownfields are properties where redevelopment is complicated by actual or suspected environmental contamination from past land usage. Because of New York City's long industrial history, brownfields are found in areas throughout the five boroughs. The New York City Office of Environmental Remediation offers programs that encourage environmental investigation of lightly-to-moderately contaminated sites, and that oversee clean up appropriate to a site's new end use. Information about these projects is available below:
- New York City Voluntary Cleanup Program
- Brownfield Educational Video series: Cleaning Up NYC
- Brownfield Cleanup Program Application
197–201 Canal Street Brownfield Application Project
- Site Management Plan (1)
- Final Engineering Report (1)
- Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) Certificate of Completion
- BCP Fact Sheet – December 2024 (Spanish)
- BCP Fact Sheet – December 2024 (English)
Hera Power Link Project Article VII Application
- Introduction, Wetland Regulations, Methodology
- Site Location Figures
- Site Location Figures and FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps
- Project Site Photographs
- Photograph Log, Impact Reports, Cultural Resources Report
- Environmental Review, Historic Resources Survey
- Electromagnetic Fields Study, Site Assessment Report
- Site Assessment Report (cont'd), Facility Detail Report
- FOIL Requests, Fire Insurance Map Documentation
- Aerial Photos and Topographic Maps
- City Directory Search, Site Assessment Reports
- NYSDEC Spill Report Forms, FOIL Requests, Sanborn Map Report
- Sanborn Map Report, Aerial Photo Package, Topographic Map Report
- City Directory Report, Photograph Log, Other Reference Information
- Site Connection Form, Overflow Information, Environmental Professional Statement