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LuEsther T. Mertz Library

The LuEsther T. Mertz Library is located at the in , New York City. Founded in 1899 and renamed in the 1990s for LuEsther Mertz, it is the United States' largest botanical research library, and the first library whose collection focused exclusively on botany.
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  • Opening hours: Monday—Friday 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
  • Email: libref@nybg.org
  • Type: Library
  • Description: New York Botanical Garden library
  • Also known as: “LuEsther T. Mertz Library, The New York Botanical Garden”, “Mertz Library”, “New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library”, and “The LuEsther T. Mertz Library”
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include New York Botanical Garden and Botanical Garden station.

Garden
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The is a botanical garden at in , New York City. Established in 1891, it is located on a 250-acre site that contains a landscape with over one million living plants; the Enid A.

Railway station
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad's Harlem Line, serving the section of , . is situated 890 feet west of LuEsther T. Mertz Library.

Park
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is a public park along the , in , New York City. The park is bounded by Southern Boulevard to the southwest, Webster Avenue to the northwest, Gun Hill Road to the north, East to the east, and East 180th Street to the south.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bedford Park and Norwood.

Neighborhood
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is a residential neighborhood in the northwest Bronx, New York City, adjacent to the . Its boundaries, starting from the north and moving clockwise, are: Mosholu Parkway to the north, Webster Avenue to the east, East 196th Street to the south, and Jerome Avenue to the west.

Neighborhood
, also known as Bainbridge, is a residential neighborhood in the northwest , , U.S. It is bound by and Woodlawn Cemetery to the north, the to the east, and Mosholu Parkway to the southwest.

Neighborhood
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is a primarily residential neighborhood in the in . Its boundaries are Fordham Road to the north, to the east, East 181st Street to the south, and Third Avenue to the west.

LuEsther T. Mertz Library

Latitude
40.86654° or 40° 51′ 60″ north
Longitude
-73.87876° or 73° 52′ 44″ west
Height
108 feet (33 metres)
Operator
The New York Botanical Garden
Open location code
87G8V48C+JF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 284835768
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­library
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q31079305
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In Other Languages

From French to Spanish—“LuEsther T. Mertz Library” goes by many names.

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