I love it here. So historical and beautiful. I should have spent more time here. Go to be carefule though with cameras...there are signs up saying not to use flash cameras. One of my favorite places during my first visit to ny and very breath taking

Behind Bryant Park you'll find this library. Free to go. It has two reading hall's in which you must have seen them studying (or what).

If I could afford to have gotten married here I would have. Every book imaginable, true library ambiance and excellent place for research if your in college. I could live here....

Lovely. Great, huge ceilings with marvelous decor. Great place to walk through beside Bryant Park. It is worth a stop on your NYC trip.

The New Your Public Library is an amazing building that would make any museum proud but this is not a museum. The main entrance is a masterful design with the splendor of the entrance as a focal point. To really see and investigate the contents of the Library look at the best part of a day.

This is an awesome building. I use to work in a library and it brought back a lot of good memories. The architecture both inside and outside are spectacular. It is almost like a church for books. It was cool to see some of the old school machines to view microfiche or play Beta or VHS tapes. The one table... More

I walked past this incredible building more times than I can count before I finally decided to go in. What a treat! Beautiful, amazing, not enough superlatives can describe it. Especially gratifying because it was right under my nose the whole time! I will take the free tour the next time, this time I just wandered around in awe!

As a teacher my Mum loves libraries and the NY library is very impressive (although she still likes the Boston one better). The tour was fun and we were able to wander around on our own as well.

As lions go, these are beautiful. The building itself, not to mention it's "backyard" Bryant Park, is a worthy tourist site. Then to enter and see the reading rooms, art, ceilings and the original Winnie The Pooh animals is like finding a palace disguised as a city-owned service. It makes you wish you were a researcher!