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), awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York on December 8, 1899. Although the original grant was negotiated in 1899, most of the grant money was awarded as the libraries were built between 1901 and 1923. Carnegie libraries were built in all 5 boroughs.

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Carnegie libraries in Manhattan, the Bronx, and Staten Island

In Manhattan, the Bronx, and Staten Island, 39 libraries were built and became part of the New York Public Library.

Carnegie libraries in Manhattan

Library ImageLocation NotesDierickx, Mary B. (1996). The Architecture of Literacy: The Carnegie Libraries of New York City, pp. 104-186. Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art and the New York City Dept. of General Services, New York. . 1 115th Street 203 W. 115th St. Designed by McKim, Mead & White and opened in 1908. 2 125th Street 224 E. 125th St. Designed by McKim, Mead & White and opened in 1904. 3 135th Street 103 W. 135th St. Designed by McKim, Mead & White and opened in 1905. Now part of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, a research center of The New York Public Library. 4 58th Street 121-7 East 58th Street Designed by Carrère & Hastings and opened May 10, 1907. It was demolished and replaced by a new branch in two floors of an office tower at 127 East 58th Street, which opened in 1969. 5 67th Street 328 E. 67th St. Designed by Babb, Cook & Willard in the style of the Yorkville branch and opened in 1905, this building has undergone two extensive renovations in the 1950s and 2005. 6 96th Street 112 E. 96th St. Designed by Babb, Cook & Willard and opened on September 22, 1905. 7 Aguilar 174 E. 110th St. Designed by Herts & Tallant, this building opened as a branch of The New York Public Library in November 1905. "This library is apparently not an entirely new building but is rather an extensive renovation of the earlier Aguilar Library building on the same site."Dierickx. The Architecture of Literacy, p. 125. 8 Chatham Square 33 E. Broadway Designed by McKim, Mead & White and opened in 1903. 9 Columbus 742 10th Ave. Designed by Babb, Cook & Willard and opened in 1909. 10 Epiphany 228 E. 23rd St. Designed by Carrère & Hastings and opened in September 1907. 11 Fort Washington 535 W. 179th St. Designed by Cook & Welch and opened in April 1914. 12 Hamilton Fish 388-92 East Houston Street Designed by Carrère & Hastings and opened in 1909, the building was razed during the widening of Houston Street. The road and a small park now stands at its original site. A new Hamilton Fish Park Branch opened at 415 East Houston Street in 1960. 13 Hamilton Grange 503 W. 145th St. Designed by McKim, Mead & White and opened in 1907. 14 Harlem 9 W. 124th St. Designed by McKim, Mead & White and opened in 1909, this building was renovated in 2004 at a cost of nearly $4 million. 15 Hudson Park 66 Leroy St. Designed by Carrère & Hastings and opened in 1906. 16 Muhlenberg 209 W. 23rd St. Designed by Carrère & Hastings, this branch opened February 19, 1906. 17 Riverside 190 Amsterdam Ave. Designed by Carrère & Hastings and opened in 1905, this building stood until 1969, when it was replaced by a new one on the same 69th St site. That branch was replaced by another in 1992, at 127 Amsterdam Ave & 65th St. 18 Rivington Street 61 Rivington St. Designed by McKim, Mead & White and opened in 1905, the building was then taken over by a church several decades after. In 2021, the building was renovated into condos, preserving the original facade. 19 Saint Agnes 444 Amsterdam Ave. Designed by Babb, Cook & Willard, this branch opened in 1906. 20 Saint Gabriel's Park 303-5 East 36th Street Designed by McKim, Mead & White and opened in 1908, across from St. Gabriel's Park. Razed in order to construct the Queens–Midtown Tunnel. 21 Seward Park 192 E. Broadway Designed by Babb, Cook & Willard, this branch opened on November 11, 1909. 22 Tompkins Square 331 E. 10th St. Designed by McKim, Mead & White, this branch opened in 1904. 23 Washington Heights 1000 St. Nicholas Ave. Designed by Carrère & Hastings, this branch opened in 1914. 24 Webster 1465 York Ave. This Babb, Cook & Willard work opened on October 24, 1906. 25 West 40th Street 457 West 40th Street Designed by Cook & Welch, the structure was a Classical Revival limestone building that first opened in 1915. It became part of the Covenant House complex. Covenant House is now redeveloping the site into affordable housing and a new international headquarters. The building was demolished in 2020. Covenant House is pursuing the option of storage, and re-installation of the first-floor and basement facade of the Carnegie Library. 26 Yorkville 222 E. 79th St. Designed by James Brown Lord, this branch opened December 13, 1902, the first Carnegie library built in New York City.

Carnegie libraries in Staten Island

Library ImageLocation Notes 27 Port Richmond 75 Bennett St. Designed by Carrère & Hastings and opened in 1905. 28 Saint George 5 Central Ave. Known today as the St. George Library Center, this Carrère & Hastings work opened on June 26, 1907, and is the largest library on Staten Island. 29 Stapleton 132 Canal St. Designed by Carrère & Hastings and opened in 1907. 30 Tottenville 7430 Amboy Rd. A Carrère & Hastings design, this branch opened in 1904.

Carnegie libraries in the Bronx

Library ImageLocation{ Notes 31 Fordham 2556 Bainbridge Ave. Designed by McKim, Mead & White and opened in 1923, this building was the Fordham Library Center, The New York Public Library's central branch in the Bronx, through 2005, when it closed and was replaced by the newly built Bronx Library Center. 32 High Bridge 78 W. 168th St. Designed by Carrère & Hastings and opened in 1908. Demolished in 1975 and replaced by a new High Bridge Branch on the same site. 33 Hunts Point 877 Southern Blvd. Designed by Carrère & Hastings and completed in 1929, this was the final Carnegie building added to the New York Public Library system. 34 Kingsbridge 3041 Kingsbridge Ave. Designed by McKim, Mead & White and opened May 19, 1905. This branch outgrew its original building and closed in 1958. It is now the Spuyten Duyvil Preschool. 35 Melrose 910 Morris Ave. A Carrère & Hastings design, this branch opened January 16, 1914. It was originally four stories but was reduced to two in 1959. 36 Morrisania 610 E. 169th St. Designed by Babb, Cook & Willard and opened in 1908. 37 Mott Haven 321 E. 140th St. The oldest library building in the Bronx, this branch opened in 1905, designed by Babb, Cook & Willard. 38 Tremont 1866 Washington Ave. Designed by Carrère & Hastings and opened in 1905. 39 Woodstock 761 E. 160th St. Designed by McKim, Mead & White and opened in 1914.

Carnegie libraries in Brooklyn

Brooklyn received $1.6 million ($ million today) of the entire grant to construct 21 libraries for the Brooklyn Public Library.