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.
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Saturdays 10 AM–3 PM during the academic year; annual application with group interviews in the fall.
Tuition-free; competitive application
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Ages 11–17.
Tuition-free; competitive application
Saturday: 10 AM–3 PM. Saturdays 10 AM–3 PM during the academic year; annual application with group interviews in the fall.
515 Malcolm X Boulevard, 10037, in Harlem, Manhattan.
Yes. Schomburg Junior Scholars Program 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. Named for the Harlem Renaissance poet and set beside the Schomburg Center, the branch normally offers a children's room and a Teen Center.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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. The children's room is a steady after-school stop for East Harlem families near the Lexington Avenue subway.