Events

Join us for fun stories and songs every Tuesdays and Thursdays at Tompkins Square Library. Recommended for children infants to 5 years of age. No registration required.

NYPL After School is a free drop-in program for kids ages 6–12 that takes place after regular school hours on Mondays through Thursdays. Join our tutors and Teen Reading Ambassadors for homework help, reading recommendations, fun writing, STEAM, and enrichment activities—and even snacks! No need to register—just show up! Everything is free.

Children will enjoy exploring and using their imagination with our activities. Recommended for children ages 4 to 8 years of age.

This event will take place at the Tompkins Square Library. Join us for an afternoon of crafting. Bring your creativity and create a charm bracelet using an assortment of beads and enamel charms. All materials will be supplied.

This program will be presented in-person. J​​​​​​oin acclaimed photographers James and Karla Murray for a special, illustrated conversation about their latest book, Store Front NYC: Photographs of the City's Independent Shops, Past and Present. The Murrays will select a number of photos from their book to discuss their “Storefront" photography - the use of artistic intervention to help draw attention to and preserve the wonderful “Mom-and-Pop” stores that define each neighborhood of New York…

Tummy Time is a story time just for babies and their caregivers where they can participate in fun stories and rhymes and meet other babies and caregivers. Join us to explore the world through your babies eyes with sensory activities. Recommended for infants up to 18 months with their caregiver. No registration is required.

NYPL After School is a free drop-in program for kids ages 6–12 that takes place after regular school hours on Mondays through Thursdays. Join our tutors and Teen Reading Ambassadors for homework help, reading recommendations, fun writing, STEAM, and enrichment activities—and even snacks! No need to register—just show up! Everything is free.

This event will take place at the Tompkins Square Library. Stop by the Tompkins Square Library and pick-up a Leaf Tissue Paper Craft Kit. Each kit will have everything you need to create a Tissue Paper Leaf. The kit will include instructions, a foam leaf, acetate sheet, tissue paper and a ribbon. The kits will be available while supplies last.

Watch some Japanese anime from the aughts at Tompkins Square Library! We'll be watching the first two episodes of 2011's Nichijou. Rated PG. Screenings will be in the community room on the basement floor, Wednesdays @ 4:00 PM.

Join us for fun stories and songs every Tuesdays and Thursdays at Tompkins Square Library. Recommended for children infants to 5 years of age. No registration required.

NYPL After School is a free drop-in program for kids ages 6–12 that takes place after regular school hours on Mondays through Thursdays. Join our tutors and Teen Reading Ambassadors for homework help, reading recommendations, fun writing, STEAM, and enrichment activities—and even snacks! No need to register—just show up! Everything is free.

Children will enjoy exploring and using their imagination with our activities. Recommended for children ages 4 to 8 years of age.

This program will be presented in-person at the Tompkins Square Library. The Tompkins Square Library, in collaboration with the Cuala Foundation, presents a Lower East Side Book Festival event. Terese Svoboda, author of Anything That Burns You: A Portrait of Lola Ridge, Radical Poet, talks with Cuala Foundation founder and director, Susan McKeown, about the life of Lower East Side Irish poet, Lola Ridge. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A session. Registration is required b…

NYPL After School is a free drop-in program for kids ages 6–12 that takes place after regular school hours on Mondays through Thursdays. Join our tutors and Teen Reading Ambassadors for homework help, reading recommendations, fun writing, STEAM, and enrichment activities—and even snacks! No need to register—just show up! Everything is free.

NYPL After School is a free drop-in program for kids ages 6–12 that takes place after regular school hours on Mondays through Thursdays. Join our tutors and Teen Reading Ambassadors for homework help, reading recommendations, fun writing, STEAM, and enrichment activities—and even snacks! No need to register—just show up! Everything is free.

This event will take place at the Tompkins Square Library. Join us for an afternoon of crafting. Bring your creativity and create your very own Holiday Card. All materials will be supplied.

Please join us for the third session of the Tompkins Square Library Monthly Adult Book Group for 2023-24. For this second session, we will be reading and discussing Sam Lipsyte's East Village saga, No One Left to Come Looking for You (Simon & Shuster, 2022). Copies of the book are available at and through the New York Public Library in print, in electronic format, or in electronic audiobook format. Some print copies are available at the Tompkins Square Library (please check at the fro…

NYPL After School is a free drop-in program for kids ages 6–12 that takes place after regular school hours on Mondays through Thursdays. Join our tutors and Teen Reading Ambassadors for homework help, reading recommendations, fun writing, STEAM, and enrichment activities—and even snacks! No need to register—just show up! Everything is free.

This event will take place at the Tompkins Square Library. Stop by the Tompkins Square Library and pick-up a December Themed Coloring Page Kit. Each kit will have an assortment of coloring pages and coloring pencils. Kits will be available while supplies last.

We'll be setting up our Playstation 5 and Nintendo Switch in the community room! Join us and play!

NYPL After School is a free drop-in program for kids ages 6–12 that takes place after regular school hours on Mondays through Thursdays. Join our tutors and Teen Reading Ambassadors for homework help, reading recommendations, fun writing, STEAM, and enrichment activities—and even snacks! No need to register—just show up! Everything is free.

This workshop will take place in-person at the Tompkins Square Library. Ruth DiRoma of INCLUDEnyc will help you better understand your child’s IEP and answer your questions. Registration is required. Please use eiher of the links below to register. INCLUDEnyc Registration Link: https://includenyc.org/events/understanding-your-childs-iep-22/

NYPL After School is a free drop-in program for kids ages 6–12 that takes place after regular school hours on Mondays through Thursdays. Join our tutors and Teen Reading Ambassadors for homework help, reading recommendations, fun writing, STEAM, and enrichment activities—and even snacks! No need to register—just show up! Everything is free.

This event will take place at the Tompkins Square Library. Join us for an afternoon and bring your creativity. Using a plastic mason jar, hot chocolate packets, marshmallows, peppermint candy, ribbon, buttons and washi tape.

NYPL After School is a free drop-in program for kids ages 6–12 that takes place after regular school hours on Mondays through Thursdays. Join our tutors and Teen Reading Ambassadors for homework help, reading recommendations, fun writing, STEAM, and enrichment activities—and even snacks! No need to register—just show up! Everything is free.

This event will take place at the Tompkins Square Library. Join us and bring your creativity and create a one-of-a-kind Winter Themed Charm Enamel Bracelet. All materials will be supplied.

NYPL After School is a free drop-in program for kids ages 6–12 that takes place after regular school hours on Mondays through Thursdays. Join our tutors and Teen Reading Ambassadors for homework help, reading recommendations, fun writing, STEAM, and enrichment activities—and even snacks! No need to register—just show up! Everything is free.

This event will take place at the Tompkins Square Library. Stop by the Tompkins Square Library and pick-up a Game Kit. The Kit will include a word search, a word scramble, a dot-to-dot, and a maze. The kits will be available while supplies last.

NYPL After School is a free drop-in program for kids ages 6–12 that takes place after regular school hours on Mondays through Thursdays. Join our tutors and Teen Reading Ambassadors for homework help, reading recommendations, fun writing, STEAM, and enrichment activities—and even snacks! No need to register—just show up! Everything is free.

NYPL After School is a free drop-in program for kids ages 6–12 that takes place after regular school hours on Mondays through Thursdays. Join our tutors and Teen Reading Ambassadors for homework help, reading recommendations, fun writing, STEAM, and enrichment activities—and even snacks! No need to register—just show up! Everything is free.

NYPL After School is a free drop-in program for kids ages 6–12 that takes place after regular school hours on Mondays through Thursdays. Join our tutors and Teen Reading Ambassadors for homework help, reading recommendations, fun writing, STEAM, and enrichment activities—and even snacks! No need to register—just show up! Everything is free.

This program will be presented in-person. The Tompkins Square Library continues its year-long celebration of East Village/Lower East Side music and music writing. Jesse Rifkin is the author of This Must Be the Place: Music, Community, & Vanished Spaces in New York City (Hanover Square Press, 2023). Roger Manning is a New York City based singer-songwriter who plays an aggressive acoustic style of music. Manning, along with a small handful of other artists, established the original New Yor…