New York Public Library: Stephen A. Schwarzman Building (476 Fifth Avenue)
New York Public Library
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building (476 Fifth Avenue)
476 Fifth Avenue (42nd St and Fifth Ave)
New York, NY, 10018
New York, NY, 10018
Tel: (917) 275-6975
Rating by Amanda: ★★★★☆
The Stephen A. Schwarzman Building is part of The New York Public Library, which consists of four major research libraries and 88 branch libraries located in the Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island. Often referred to as the "main branch," the Beaux-Arts landmark building on Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street house outstanding research collections in the humanities and social sciences as well as a circulating children’s collection.
The Stephen A. Schwarzman Building includes some different divisions, such as General Research Division, the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Manuscripts and Archives Division, Dorot Jewish Division, Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, and etc. Those divisions provide all readers or visitors a quiet place for reading a book or working. Besides, the New York Public Library, as a representative building of New York culture, also authorized some cultural events, such as Family Story Time, Preschool Story and Fun Time, Creating the West, and etc.
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