A bit small but has a lot of character. Used to be a court house. has a main floor, upper floor and reading room in the basement with rotating exhibitions. Stairs and elevator available. free entrance.

On the way walking to Greenwich Village area, we encountered this building. It is an amazing work of architecture. It is a highly Victorian Gothic style. It was originally a courthouse and now a library. It is on the list of historical building and has a plaque commemorating this. This building was slated to be demolished in the 1950s, and it took until 1963 to finally convince the people that it should be saved. It was the work of Margot Gayle, a Democratic activist that worked to get the clock in the tower running again, which led to the mayor pitching in to help save the building.

This is a branch of the New York Public Library. What makes it worth visiting is that it looks like it had been a church in the past. The outside looks like a church and inside there is an interesting winding staircase with some pretty stained-glass windows. This is not really worth going out of your way to see, but if you are in the area, it is worth stepping inside for a few minutes.