06/25/2025
Please note Webster Branch is closed today, June 25.
Webster Branch, The New York Public Library NYPL
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Founded as the Webster Free Library, it was named after Charles B. The branch opened to the public on October 24, 1906.
Among the oldest libraries in New York City, the Webster Branch has a history that can be traced back to 1893, before its incorporation into The New York Public Library Branch system. Webster, who donated the building on East 76th Street where the library was originally located. The current site on 78th Street and York Avenue was designed by architects Babb, Cook & Willard and was constructed from
06/25/2025
02/11/2022
The members of NYPL's Romance Committee have chosen what we think are some of the best romance novels, both recently published and classics, that we return to again and again. Check out the list!
50 All-Time Favorite Romance Books Classics, contemporary, LGBTQ, historicals, sci-fi/fantasy, thrillers—these books still have the power to make us smile or catch our breath.
02/08/2022
Coming Soon via 53rd Street Library NYPL:
What's Your Type: Examining Joseph Campbell and Character Archetypes Today!
Join Writer/Producer Steele Filipek and Librarian Gregory Stall for an online series of six weekly presentations each focusing on the narrative archetypes described by mythologist Joseph Campbell in his landmark text, The Hero with a Thousand Faces. Campbell's work has gained recognition in Hollywood as an influence on the Star Wars and Lord of the Rings productions as well as the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Register here: https://rb.gy/g4ldbq
12/21/2021
Here are the top checkouts of 2021!
NYPL's Top Checkouts of 2021 As we say goodbye to 2021, The New York Public Library is continuing its annual tradition of bringing you the most checked out books of the year. Though it has been another challenging year, we have been delighted to welcome book lovers safely back to branches across the Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten...
12/20/2021
While supplies last!
12/03/2021
Did you know Nella Larsen was an NYPL Librarian?
Nella Larsen and Passing in NYPL's Collections The Schomburg Center holds archival materials of Nella Larsen and The New York Public Library provides access to media that allows readers to explore Larsen’s work and legacy.
All units of NYPL will be closed tomorrow, November 11
10/27/2021
Hey teens! There's one more spot in our Screen Printing program happening this Friday! Grab it now!
Late Opening: The Library will open at 12 PM on Monday, Oct 25
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