The new Greenpoint Library (107 Norman Ave.) was the site of a meetup on Monday evening hosted by the Friends of Greenpoint Library where dozens of attendees received a tour of the building.
It is approaching three years since the last time that Greenpointers had a functioning public library; in July of 2017 the former library closed ahead of demolition. An initial completion…
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Main staircase Three floors? Unlike the new Queens LIC library, with its super-sized-staircase fiasco that make things so difficult for the elderly, I see elevators in the these photos. Hopefully they are for customer use! Also, hopefully the new Greenpoint library will have 24/7 kiosks for returning library materials, no matter whether the branch is open or not – as is currently available in many Queens libraries.