The New York Public Library (NYPL) has nearly 53 million items, placing it at third largest in the world, beaten only by the Library of Congress, and the British Library. The noteworthy architecture and the iconic lions guarding the stairs leading up to the Main Branch building are only the beginning of the Library’s magnificence.
Almost any book you’re looking for can be found in the New York Public Library, making it a great place for any reader of any age, and causing it to be visited by hundreds of thousands of people every year.
The New York Public Library’s large collection also makes it a wonderful tool for those working on research projects. The library has a Digital Gallery of over 700,000 images, containing historical maps, vintage photographs and posters; Research Collections, containing rare maps, books, prints, and other media; Research Guides, and Databases with online access to thousands of newspapers, journals, magazines, reference works, and a great deal more.
The Library is divided between its main branch building (which contains the majority of its extensive collection), four research libraries, four non-lending libraries, a library for the blind, and 77 branch libraries in the Bronx, Staten Island, and Manhattan. The New York Public Library can be found online at NYPL.org.
The library can be found at 5th Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018.
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