Mid-Manhattan Library - New York City, NY
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This New York City Branch Library is located at 455 Fifth Avenue (at 40th Street) New York, NY 10016- 0122
Waymark Code: WMCDXQ
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 08/26/2011
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Located just two blocks from the more famous Main New York Public Library (
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It adds:
"There is an extensive selection of popular reading, new books, movies, music and a large collection of older and classic fiction.
The nonfiction collections, shelved in open stacks, cover a full range of subjects including applied art and art history, consumer health, cookbooks, education, history, language, literature, philosophy, political science, psychology, religion, sociology, travel and more. Also included is a large selection of books and DVDs in world languages. The Picture Collection offers circulating and reference images on paper and online.
The Mid-Manhattan Library serves as a bridge between The New York Public Library’s neighborhood libraries and its in-depth, non-circulating research collections."
All NYC public libraries offer free wirless internet. (
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