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New York Public Library

The New York Public Library is a public library system in New York City. With nearly 53 million items and 92 locations, the New York Public Library is the second-largest public library in the United States behind the and one of the largest public libraries in the world.
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  • Type: Library
  • Description: public library system in New York City
  • Also known as: “New York City Library”, “New York City Public Library”, “New York Library”, “New York Public Library - Stephen A. Schwarzman Building”, “New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations”, “NY Public Library”, “NYPL”, “nypl.org”, “The New York Public Library”, and “The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Empire State Building and New York Public Library Main Branch.

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The is a 102-story, Art Deco-style supertall skyscraper in the Midtown South neighborhood of , New York City, United States. is situated 2,000 feet southwest of New York Public Library.

Library
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The Stephen A. Schwarzman Building is the flagship building in the New York Public Library system in the neighborhood of in .

Park
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is a 9.6-acre, privately managed public park in the borough of . It is located between and Avenue of the Americas and between 40th and 42nd Streets in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Midtown East and Diamond District.

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is the core retail and commercial neighborhood of , containing the highest concentration of business and money this side of, well, the planet.

Neighborhood
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A is an area where the cutting, polishing, and trade of diamonds and other gems takes place. There are a number of these districts around the world, including:…

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New York is a global center for media, entertainment, art, fashion, research, finance, and trade. The bustling, cosmopolitan heart of the 4th largest metropolis in the world and by far the most populous city in the United States, New York has long been a key entry point and a defining city for the nation.

New York Public Library

Latitude
40.75318° or 40° 45′ 11″ north
Longitude
-73.98225° or 73° 58′ 56″ west
Elevation
69 feet (21 metres)
Open location code
87G8Q239+74
Geo­Names ID
8478980
Wiki­data ID
Q219555
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“New York Public Library” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مكتبة نيويورك العامة”
  • Armenian: “Նյու Յորքի հանրային գրադարան”
  • Asturian: “Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York”
  • Azerbaijani: “New York Xalq Kitabxansı”
  • Azerbaijani: “Nyu-York İctimai Kitabxanası”
  • Basque: “New York Public Library”
  • Basque: “New Yorkeko Liburutegi Publikoa”
  • Belarusian: “Нью-Ёркская публічная бібліятэка”
  • Belarusian: “Нью-Ёрская публічная бібліятэка”
  • Bulgarian: “Нюйоркска обществена библиотека”
  • Catalan: “Biblioteca Pública de Nova York”
  • Catalan: “New York Public Library”
  • Central Kurdish: “کتێبخانەی گشتیی نیویۆرک”
  • Chinese: “NYPL”
  • Chinese: “紐約公共圖書館”
  • Chinese: “纽约公共图书馆”
  • Czech: “New York Public Library”
  • Danish: “New York Public Library”
  • Dutch: “New York Public Library”
  • Dutch: “Openbare bibliotheek van New York”
  • Esperanto: “Novjorka Publika Biblioteko”
  • Estonian: “New Yorgi Avalik Raamatukogu”
  • Finnish: “New York Public Library”
  • Finnish: “New Yorkin kaupunginkirjasto”
  • French: “New York Public Library”
  • French: “NYPL”
  • Galician: “Biblioteca Pública de Nova York”
  • Galician: “New York City Public Library”
  • Galician: “New York Library”
  • Galician: “New York Public Library”
  • Galician: “NYPL”
  • Georgian: “ნიუ-იორკის სახალხო ბიბლიოთეკა”
  • Georgian: “ნიუ-იორკის საჯარო ბიბლიოთეკა”
  • German: “New York Public Library”
  • German: “NYPL”
  • Greek: “Δημόσια Βιβλιοθήκη της Νέας Υόρκης”
  • Hebrew: “הספרייה העירונית של ניו יורק”
  • Hebrew: “הספרייה הציבורית של ניו יורק”
  • Hebrew: “ספריית העיר ניו יורק”
  • Igbo: “Óbá akwukwo nke goomenti di na New York”
  • Igbo: “Oba akwukwo”
  • Indonesian: “New York Public Library”
  • Indonesian: “Perpustakaan Umum New York”
  • Irish: “Leabharlann Phoiblí Nua-Eabhrac”
  • Italian: “Biblioteca Pubblica di New York”
  • Italian: “New York Public Library”
  • Japanese: “NYPL”
  • Japanese: “ニューヨーク公共図書館”
  • Japanese: “ニューヨーク市立図書館”
  • Javanese: “Perpustakaan Umum New York”
  • Kashubian: “Nowòjorskô Bibloteka Pùblicznô”
  • Korean: “뉴욕 공공 도서관”
  • Korean: “뉴욕 공공도서관”
  • Korean: “뉴욕 공립 도서관”
  • Korean: “뉴욕 공립도서관”
  • Korean: “뉴욕 도서관”
  • Korean: “뉴욕 시립 도서관”
  • Korean: “뉴욕 시립도서관”
  • Korean: “뉴욕공공도서관”
  • Korean: “뉴욕공립도서관”
  • Korean: “뉴욕도서관”
  • Korean: “뉴욕시립도서관”
  • Latin: “Bibliotheca Publica Novi Eboraci”
  • Latvian: “Ņujorkas publiskā bibliotēka”
  • Lithuanian: “Niujorko viešoji biblioteka”
  • Macedonian: “Јавна библиотека на Њујорк”
  • Malayalam: “ന്യൂയോർക്ക് പബ്ലിക് ലൈബ്രറി”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “New York Public Library”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “NYPL”
  • Norwegian: “New York Public Library”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Bibliotèca Publica de Nòva York”
  • Panjabi: “ਨਿਊਯਾਰਕ ਪਬਲਿਕ ਲਾਇਬ੍ਰੇਰੀ”
  • Persian: “کتابخانه عمومی شهر نیویورک”
  • Persian: “کتابخانه عمومی نیویورک”
  • Persian: “کتابخانهٔ عمومی نیویورک”
  • Polish: “New York Public Library”
  • Polish: “Nowojorska Biblioteka Publiczna”
  • Portuguese: “Biblioteca Pública de Nova Iorque”
  • Portuguese: “New York Public Library”
  • Romanian: “Biblioteca Publică din New York”
  • Russian: “NYPL”
  • Russian: “НЙПБ”
  • Russian: “Нью-Йоркская публичная библиотека”
  • Serbian: “Njujorška javna biblioteka”
  • Serbian: “NYPL”
  • Serbian: “Јавна библиотека града Њујорка”
  • Serbian: “Њујоршка библиотека”
  • Serbian: “Њујоршка јавна библиотека”
  • Slovak: “New York Public Library”
  • Slovenian: “Javna knjižnica v New Yorku”
  • Slovenian: “New York Public Library”
  • Slovenian: “Newyorška javna knjižnica”
  • Slovenian: “NYPL”
  • Spanish: “Biblioteca Publica de Nueva York”
  • Spanish: “Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York”
  • Spanish: “New York Public Library”
  • Swedish: “New York Public Library”
  • Tamil: “நியூயார்க் பொது நூலகம்”
  • Tatar: “Нью-Йорк халык китапханәсе”
  • Thai: “หอสมุดประชาชนนิวยอร์ก”
  • Turkish: “New York Halk Kütüphanesi”
  • Ukrainian: “New York Public Library”
  • Ukrainian: “Нью-Йоркська публічна бібліотека”
  • Vietnamese: “NYPL”
  • Vietnamese: “Thư viện Công cộng New York”
  • Vietnamese: “Thư viện công cộng Niu Yooc”
  • Vietnamese: “Thư viện công cộng Nữu Ước”
  • Vietnamese: “Thư viện Tổng hợp New York”
  • Vietnamese: “Thư viện tổng hợp Niu Yooc”
  • Vietnamese: “Thư viện tổng hợp Nữu Ước”
  • Waray (Philippines): “New York Public Library”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Sulod-Barasahan Publiko han New York”
  • Welsh: “Llyfrgell Gyhoeddus Efrog Newydd”
  • Welsh: “New York City Public Library”
  • Welsh: “New York Library”
  • Welsh: “New York Public Library”
  • Western Panjabi: “نیویارک پبلک لائبریری”
  • Wu Chinese: “纽约公共图书馆”
  • Yue Chinese: “紐約公共圖書館”

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