New York Public Library

The New York Public Library (NYPL) is the city's public library system. The New York Public Library is one of the largest libraries in the world for book readers, with about 53 million items and 92 locations. It is a private, non-profit, independently managed organization that receives both private and public funding. The library, formerly known as The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations, was established in the nineteenth century as a result of a merger of grassroots and social libraries of bibliophiles and the wealthy, aided by the charity of the wealthiest Americans of the time.

The Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island branches of the library have ties with academic and professional libraries in the New York metropolitan area. The city's other two boroughs, Brooklyn and Queens, are served by their respective borough library systems, which are the Brooklyn Public Library and the Queens Public Library, respectively. The public can use the branch libraries, which are circulating libraries. Four research libraries are also open to the public at the New York Public Library.

Location: New York City, U.S