Feb 10, 2012
Also Visit NY State Arts
Libraries
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Brooklyn
This library system--the fifth largest in the country--serves more than six million people each year. The famous Central Library, whose building resembles an open book, is the main reference center and the core of a borough-wide system with 58 branches in as many neighborhoods.
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DeKalb Branch—Brooklyn Public Library
Brooklyn
Mon, Tues & Fri: 10 am-6 pm
Wed: 1-8 pm
Thurs: 1-6 pm
Sat: 10 am-5 pmThe DeKalb branch opened in 1905. The 12,000 square foot Classical Revival library, is a two-story, three-bay brick and limestone building with high-ceilinged reading rooms. It has materials in English, Spanish and Chinese. For more information, click here.
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Manhattan
This gallery presents rotating exhibitions on the performing arts.
Dongan Hills Branch—New York Public Library
Staten Island
Mon & Wed: 11 am-7 pm
Tues & Thurs: 10 am-6 pm
Fri & Sat: 11 am-5 pmA modern, one-story branch, Dongan Hills houses nearly 50,000 books, periodicals, CDs, cassettes, videos and other materials. A meeting room, with a seating capacity of 60, is used for library events such as story hours, films and lectures, as well as for community-sponsored events.
For more information on the branch, click here.
Douglaston/Little Neck—Queens Library
Queens
Mon & Thurs 1-8 pm
Tues 1-6 pm
Wed & Fri 10 am-6 pm
Sat & Sun closed
Foreign Language collections at this branch include Chinese and Korean.
For more information on the branch, click here.