NYPL's Newest Library Branch is LEED Gold Certified The Battery Park Library finally opens today and it just so happens to be the greenest library branch of the New York Public Library system! Certified LEED Gold and built at the ba...

   This morning the New York Public Library cut the ribbon on their brand new Battery Park City Library, which also happens to be the first green library in Manhattan. Their 88th branch, located at 175 North End Avenue, is about 10,...

The Battery Park Library happens to be the greenest library branch of the New York Public Library system. Certified LEED Gold and built at the base of a LEED certified condominium high rise, the new community addition will certainly...

Just when we are most needed, the New York Public Library is facing the harshest City funding cut in its history: a staggering $33 million.

The New York Daily News reports that "there's a scandal in the stacks at the Brooklyn Public Library." The head of the sprawling system abruptly quit last week after a plan to lay off 13 employees backfired and ended in a very publ...

Concerts and Tours, NewsSomething that you may not know about Vampire Weekend vocalist Ezra Koenig: he recently revealed that he was a rapper. Last night during a discussion at the New York Public Library, Koenig said t...

We're a little late to the party, but the New York Public Library is hosting a special series of events for manga and anime fans all week long. Dubbed the Otaku Take Over, it's a series of after-school events running until March 6t...

Earlier this month the New York Public Library launched their interactive map site, which allows users to bring the old city landscape together with the current one. Now the folks at SepiaTown are zooming in a little bit closer....

NEW YORK, NY.- The New York Public Library celebrates the life and work of three distinguished women photographers (all of whom passed away last year) with an exhibition showcasing a sampling of their insightful, exceptional photogr...

I had originally wanted to do our couple portraits on the steps of the main branch of the New York Public Library -- you know, the one with the lions out front (Ghostbusters, baby!):

Just a little interesting find from NFI Research, Top Public Libraries on TwitterHere's the top ten from the list: 15,000+ Followers 1 New York Public Library, New York, NY 4,000+ Followers 2 Houston Public Library, Houston, TX 2...

New York City has a budget shortfall of monumental and historical proportions. Library services are likely to be cut. So you can imagine my shock...

The New York Public Library is holding a multimedia exhibition in association with "The Jazz Loft Project," photographs and audio recordings of jazz artists made by W. Eugene Smith in the 1950s and '60s.

AnnaLynne McCord attends the Jill Stuart Fall 2010 Fashion Show held at the New York Public Library during the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York City on Monday (February 15). At the event, the 22-year-old 90210 actress blew kis...

'90210's' AnnaLynne McCord was snapped at the Jill Stuart Fall 2010 Fashion Show at the New York Public Library today. What do you think of her dress? She certainly has the ...

Photo by Jen Carlson/Gothamist The crack team at the New York Public Library is where to go when the Google machine leads you down a dead end. Today the NY Post talks to the six senior librarians who field hundreds of questions ...

The crack team at the New York Public Library is where to go when the Google machine leads you down a dead end. Today the NY Post talks to the six senior librarians who field hundreds of questions a day from their station in the Ros...

This week in New York, white tents are set up behind the New York Public Library in Bryant Park. It is called Fashion Week because it is a celebration of fashion of the sartorial kind. While that is happening in the park, we’ll be d...

September 2009 marks 400 years since Henry Hudson sailed into New York Harbor and up the Hudson River, almost to what is now Albany, performing detailed reconnaissance of the Hudson Valley region. Other explorers passed by the outwa...

In Tough Times, a Library Branch Reopens The reopening of the St. Agnes branch of the New York Public Library has given the library system something to celebrate in the face of budget woes....