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Libraries

cityscape Sept. 23, 2019

The Hunters Point Library Was Too Expensive, and Is Worth ItA small, great civic monument on the Queens waterfront.

By Justin Davidson
libraries May 19, 2015

And the Library Oscar Goes To …On Wednesday, the city will announce the winners of its NYC Neighborhood Library Awards.

By Juliane Dressner
videos May 16, 2014

Libraries Now: A Day in the Life of NYC’s BranchesWatch an exclusive documentary about their evolving role, and the struggle to remain open.

By Jesse Hicks and Julie Dressner
media Jan. 22, 2013

Public Libraries Are Still Viable, As Places to Get OnlineAlmost as many people use the library to get Internet as to get books.

By Adam Martin
things that are awful Dec. 13, 2012

Long Island Boy Scouts Leader Busted for Child PornHe also worked at the library.

By Adam Martin
the war on bedbugs Dec. 6, 2012

Libraries Now Populated Entirely by BedbugsClutch your tablets close.

By Joe Coscarelli
neighborhood news May 16, 2012

Brooklyn Heights Library Sounds Like a Wild PlacePorn. Stabbings. Homeless people. It’s anarchy over there.

By Dan Amira
stupid crime of the day Apr. 20, 2011

Don’t Punch Anybody in the Library, Even If They Are Looking at Porn on a Public ComputerYou want to interrupt that with one of your own body parts?

By Chris Rovzar
stupid crime of the day May 19, 2010

Why Doesn’t Stuff Like This Ever Happen When We’re in the Library?A dude busted for drinking vodka in the Greenpoint branch went nuts earlier this week.

By Chris Rovzar
neighborhood news Mar. 24, 2009

Library Apologizes to Breast-feeding MomBreast-feeding in public is (still) not a crime.

By Jessica Pressler