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The Bronx Library Center is a branch of the New York Public Library in the Fordham section of the Bronx in New York City. The library is located at 310 East Kingsbridge Road between Fordham Road and East 192nd Street, two blocks east of the Grand Concourse. It is the central library for the Bronx, and the largest library in the borough.
Bronx Library Center: 310 East Kingsbridge Road 50 Castle Hill Library: 947 Castle Hill Avenue 51: City Island Library: 320 City Island Avenue 52: Clason's Point Library: 1215 Morrison Avenue Designed by John J. O'Malley. 53: Eastchester Library: 1385 East Gun Hill Road 54: Edenwald Library: 1255 East 233rd Street 55: Francis Martin Library
The New York Public Library (NYPL) operates the Bronx Library Center at 310 East Kingsbridge Road. The Bronx Library Center opened in 2006 and is the Bronx's largest NYPL branch. The Bronx Library Center opened in 2006 and is the Bronx's largest NYPL branch.
The current two-story building is the branch's fourth structure since the establishment of the Kingsbridge Free Library in 1894. McKim, Mead & White designed a Carnegie library for Kingsbridge when the NYPL took over the Kingsbridge branch in 1905; a third library structure was built at 280 West 231st Street in 1959, across from the current ...
The Bronx Library Center of the New York Public Library is located nearby at Kingsbridge Road. The plaza is located near several attractions of Bronx Park, including the New York Botanical Garden and the Bronx Zoo.
Poe Park and Kingsbridge Road today. In 1962, Poe's Cottage was designated a Bronx landmark, [31] and in 1966 it was recognized by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission as an official city landmark. [32] In 1974 vandals struck, as in the past, leading to further criticism of the Cottage's management and preservation efforts. [33]
Kingsbridge Heights is a residential neighborhood geographically located in the northwest Bronx, New York City. Its boundaries are Van Cortlandt Park to the north, Jerome Avenue to the east, Kingsbridge Road to the south, and the Major Deegan Expressway to the west. Sedgwick Avenue is the primary thoroughfare through Kingsbridge Heights.
The Kingsbridge Road station is a local station on the elevated IRT Jerome Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Kingsbridge Road and Jerome Avenue in the Kingsbridge Heights neighborhood of the Bronx , it is served by the 4 train at all times.