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Kids can pick out picture books, early readers and graphic novels, and the branch runs NYPL's free early-literacy story times for babies, toddlers and preschoolers. Its entire third floor is a roughly 4,400-square-foot Teen Center for ages 13–17, with computers, a media room and a performance space, while younger kids use the children's room.
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Hours vary by day; see the branch page on nypl.org for current hours and this season's story time calendar.
Free; library card is free. Check individual program listings for any registration.
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All ages.
Free; library card is free. Check individual program listings for any registration.
Hours vary by day; see the branch page on nypl.org for current hours and this season's story time calendar.
503 West 145th Street, 10031, in Hamilton Heights, Manhattan.
Yes. Hamilton Grange Library is indoors, so it works on rainy or cold days.
The children's area stocks board books through middle-grade novels, and librarians lead free story times plus seasonal activities like Summer Reading. Long one of NYPL's smallest branches, it moved to a larger space in northern Harlem that includes a Teen Center with gaming, crafts and a 3-D printer.
Kids can pick out picture books, early readers and graphic novels, and the branch runs NYPL's free early-literacy story times for babies, toddlers and preschoolers. A multi-floor Washington Heights branch where kids have a dedicated room and teens can find their own space to study.
The children's area stocks board books through middle-grade novels, and librarians lead free story times plus seasonal activities like Summer Reading. Named for the Harlem Renaissance poet and set beside the Schomburg Center, the branch normally offers a children's room and a Teen Center.
At the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, middle and high schoolers join a free Saturday program that uses the archives for research, writing, art and media projects about the history and culture of the African diaspora.
Little ones can join lapsit and toddler story times that mix songs, rhymes and books, and older kids can borrow books, use computers and get help finding homework resources. A West Harlem branch near Columbia's Manhattanville campus with a children's section and room for after-school reading.
Families come for free story times and sing-alongs for the youngest readers, while school-age kids use the space for reading, computers and homework after class. A central Harlem branch near Marcus Garvey Park that has added a Teen Center alongside its children's space.