• Source: List of Carnegie libraries in New York City

      • The following list of Carnegie libraries in New York City provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in New York City, where 67 libraries were built with funds from one grant totaling $5,202,261 (worth some $190 million today), awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York on December 8, 1899. Although the original grant was negotiated in 1899, most of the grant money was awarded as the libraries were built between 1901 and 1923. Carnegie libraries were built in all 5 boroughs.


      Key


      Building still operating as a library
      Building standing, but now serving another purpose
      Building no longer standing
      Building listed on the National Register of Historic Places (including buildings that are also New York City designated landmarks)
      Building is a New York City designated landmark but not on the National Register of Historic Places


      Carnegie libraries in Manhattan, the Bronx, and Staten Island


      In Manhattan, the Bronx, and Staten Island, 39 libraries were built and became part of the New York Public Library.


      = Carnegie libraries in Manhattan

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      = Carnegie libraries in Staten Island

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      = Carnegie libraries in the Bronx

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      Carnegie libraries in Brooklyn


      Brooklyn received $1.6 million ($58.6 million today) of the entire grant to construct 21 libraries for the Brooklyn Public Library.


      Carnegie libraries in Queens


      Queens received $240,000 ($8.8 million today) from the grant and built seven libraries for the Queens Public Library.


      See also


      List of New York Public Library Branches
      List of Brooklyn Public Library Branches
      List of Queens Public Library branches


      Notes




      References


      Anderson, Florence (1963). Carnegie Corporation Library Program 1911–1961. New York: Carnegie Corporation. OCLC 1282382.
      Bobinski, George S. (1969). Carnegie Libraries: Their History and Impact on American Public Library Development. Chicago: American Library Association. ISBN 0-8389-0022-4.
      Jones, Theodore (1997). Carnegie Libraries Across America. New York: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-471-14422-3.
      Miller, Durand R. (1943). Carnegie Grants for Library Buildings, 1890-1917. New York: Carnegie Corporation of New York. OCLC 2603611.
      Dierickx, Mary B. (1996). The Architecture of Literacy: The Carnegie Libraries of New York City. New York: Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art and the New York City Dept. of General Services. ISBN 1-56256-717-9.
      Note: The above references, while all authoritative, are not entirely mutually consistent. Some details of this list may have been drawn from one of the references without support from the others.


      External links


      Historic Districts Council pages on Carnegie libraries in Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Queens.

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