Discover SNFL! Tour the Building with Library Staff

Explore NYPL’s largest circulating branch in a 1-hour guided tour.

Designed to inspire, building highlights include:

The only free, publicly accessible rooftop terrace in Midtown

A dramatic “Long Room” with 42-foot-high atrium offering five levels of open, browsable book stacks

Commissioned public art celebrating creativity and curiosity

SNFL:

Located at the site of the former Mid-Manhattan Library, the completely transformed Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL) reopened in June 2021 thanks to a generous gift from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation and support from the City of New York.

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