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New York Public Library
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system includes libraries in
Manhattan
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,
the Bronx
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, and
Staten Island
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. This page is organized by borough, and alphabetically. The boroughs of
Brooklyn
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and
Queens
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are supported by their own separate library systems.
Research libraries
Libraries in Manhattan
Libraries in the Bronx
Libraries in Staten Island
See also
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List of Brooklyn Public Library branches
The Brooklyn Public Library consists of a Central Library, a Business & Career Library, and 58 neighborhood branches in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Eighteen libraries are historic Carnegie libraries. The Brooklyn Public Library also h ...
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List of Carnegie libraries in New York City
The following list of Carnegie libraries in New York City provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in New York City, where 67 libraries were built with funds from one grant totaling $5,202,261 (worth some $ million today), ...
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List of Queens Library branches
The Queens Public Library, also known as the Queens Library and Queens Borough Public Library, is one of three separate and independent public library systems in New York City. The other two are the New York Public Library (serving the Bronx, Manha ...
References
Further reading
* Dain, Phyllis. 2000. The New York Public Library: a universe of knowledge. New York: New York Public Library in association with Scala Publishers, London.
* Dierickx, Mary B. (1996). The Architecture of Literacy: The Carnegie Libraries of New York City. New York: Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art and the New York City Dept. of General Services. .
External links
New York Public Library Visual Materials 1875-, Collectionat the New York Public Library Archives & Manuscripts.
5 Design Concepts for New York's Branch Library of the Future 2014
Official map of locations
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