New York, NY 10011
Day | Hours |
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Monday | 10 AM–8 PM |
Tuesday | 10 AM–8 PM |
Wednesday | 10 AM–8 PM |
Thursday | 10 AM–8 PM |
Friday | 10 AM–5 PM |
Saturday | 10 AM–5 PM |
Sunday | 1 PM–5 PM |
For Kids
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Toddler Story Time
Monday, March 27 | 11 AM -
Baby Story Time
Tuesday, March 28 | 11 AM -
Arts and Crafts
Wednesday, March 29 | 3 PM
For Adults
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Author Talk with Jennifer Coburn
Saturday, March 25 | 3:30 PM -
Online short story discussion: "The Fortune-Teller" by Machado de Assis
Monday, March 27 | 1 PM -
Music in the Lobby: Musique Libre Femmes
Wednesday, March 29 | 6 PM
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About the Library

Originally a courthouse, the Jefferson Market Library has served the Greenwich Village community for over forty years. The building, a New York City landmark, was designed by architects Frederick Clark Withers and Calvert Vaux (who also assisted in the design of Central Park) in a Victorian Gothic style. It was erected—along with an adjacent prison and market—between 1875 and 1877 and cost the city almost $360,000. What the city got for its money, in addition to an architectural gem—voted one of the ten most beautiful buildings in America by a poll of architects in the 1880s—was a civil court on the second floor, now the Adult Reading Room, and a police court, now the first-floor Children's Room. The beautiful brick-arched basement, now the Reference Room, was used as a holding area for prisoners on their way to jail or trial. Scattered about the building were offices and chambers, and looming a hundred feet above ground was the firewatcher's tower. The tower, still intact, commands an uninterrupted view of Greenwich Village, and houses the bell that would summon volunteer firemen.
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