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Battery Park City Library—New York Public Library

175 North End Avenue
(at Murray Street)
New York, NY  10282
Tel: (212) 790-3499
Map

• Libraries
• Foreign Language
• Children's Library
• Reading Room

Mon & Wed: 10 am-6 pm
Tues & Thurs: 12-8 pm
Fri & Sat: 10 am-5 pm

New York Public Library's first green LEED certified branch in Manhattan opened on March 18, 2010 on the bottom two floors of a residential high-rise. Designed by the architecture firm 1100 Architects, the branch includes 24,000 items, 36 public access computers and separate reading areas for children, young adults and adults. There is a multipurpose programming room on the second floor and two self-checkout machines. For more information on the branch, click here.

• Directions: Subway: E to World Trade Center

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