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Ottendorfer Library, New York

The oldest continuously existing free lending library in New York, it was originally designed in 1884 as a 'Deutsches Bibliothek' when this neighborhood was part of Kleindeutschland (Little Germany) and now serves as a branch of the New York Public Library.

The oldest continuously existing free lending library in New York, it was originally designed in 1884 as a 'Deutsches Bibliothek' when this neighborhood was part of Kleindeutschland (Little Germany) and now serves as a branch of the New York Public Library. A lovely red brick building, it contains reliefs of heroes of German culture such as Goethe. Another part of the building, constructed as a 'Deutsches Dispensary,' stopped functioning as a clinic several years ago and has lain vacant ever since.


Hours

Sun

Closed

Mon

10:00

18:00

Tue

10:00

20:00

Wed

10:00

18:00

Thu

10:00

20:00

Fri

10:00

17:00

Sat

10:00

17:00

About Ottendorfer Library

 135 Second Avenue

 +1 212 674-094

 www.nypl.org

Ottendorfer Library and Nearby Sights on Map

Tompkins Square Park

Not much to see, but a nice park nonetheless and historically significant for its long reputation of political demonstrations and radical thought

Union Square

The most important site is the square itself, which was revamped in 2002 to provide more space for outdoor events and less space for napping homeless people (an earlier version of the square appeared in the film ''The Conversation'')

Sara Delano Roosevelt Park

Another good spot to people-watch

Washington Square Park

The park and the famous arch is located in the heart of the Village

Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace

A designated National Historic Site, Roosevelt lived at this site from his birth in 1858 until the age of 14 years

New Museum

Building designed by award winning Japanese office SANAA

Metropolitan Life Insurance Building

A lovely building with a tall clock tower just across Madison Ave from Madison Square Park

Tenement Museum

Lower East Side Tenement Museum

Kehila Kedosha Janina Museum

Museum telling the story of Greek Jews located inside the only Romaniote (Greek-speaking) synagogue in the Western Hemisphere