Battery Park City Library

Happy June! Swipe through to see our free Adult Programs this week! ✏🤓

Lego Time for ages 5+ this Monday, June 1st at 4PM.

Sign up begins tomorrow at

nypl.org/bpc

David Oppenheimer with Van Jones: The Diversity Principle
Today, Wednesday, May 27 at 7 PM. Online.
Learn how “All of us living today have benefited from the diversity principle, whether or not we’re willing to recognize its impact.”
Oppenheimer talks with CNN political correspondent Van Jones about the role of diversity as a vital component of a thriving intellectual and political culture.
Sign up at: https://events.leapevents.com/tickets/david-oppenheimer/tag/nyplconnect

Swipe through to see all of the Adult Programs at the library this week! 😎

Please note that we are closed Monday, May 25th, for Memorial Day and will reopen Tuesday at 11 AM.

Reads for All Ages for Jewish American Heritage Month

See a list that highlights memoirs, fiction, and nonfiction, books for children and young adults that reflect the richness of Jewish life and history across time and place. These titles explore themes of identity, migration, family, tradition, resilience, and reinvention.

https://www.nypl.org/blog/2026/04/28/reads-all-ages-jewish-american-heritage-month

Come to the Library and meet other people who are practicing English, just like you! 😁

Classes are every Friday at 10:30AM

NO REGISTRATION NEEDED

Calling all New Yorkers! The Library is launching our first-ever Big Summer Book Club and we’re inviting readers from across NYC to join. Plus, complete our Summer Reading Challenge and get free merch—while supplies last!

We will be reading N.K. Jemisin’s The City We Became. In this epic fantasy, New Yorkers from every borough must come together to save the city from destruction.

https://www.nypl.org/summer/2026/book-club