Seward Park Library - New York, New York

Virmar Sosa Boulton

Tiene un excelente personal, buenas instalaciones aunque un poco viejas pero tiene mucha información a la mano. Además tiene varias clases a las que puedes asistir sin costo alguno y son bastante buenas!

Andrea

Fun times, this library has storytime every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturdays at 11:00 a.m.
Fun for the kids, books song and dance always a really good time.

Monsoon S

Really cool library. Very quiet.

merouane sabri

Horrible experience, I tried to charge my phone couldn’t find a place only one area( teens area), the security come up to me asking to stop bothering the teens, ( how I am bothering them when I’m
Just reading my book), due to this gentleman age I didn’t want to cause a scene, but this older gentleman was out of line telling I can’t charge my phone in a public library, I know it’s late but maybe a little refresher will do him well .

Naomi Garcia

This is the library I grew up with. Being a teenager for me was overwhelming and scary. And this library felt like it was all that I needed to not feel alone. I would see the same friendly faces of librarians working hard. And they always said hi. Felt so welcoming.

Now I am 28 y/o. Two years ago November 2021 I brought my 1 y/o at the time to the kids library section. It was just me my daughter and the librarian with short blonde hair and blue eyes. I remember at the time how depressed I was. My hair was always undone. First time being a mother, and breastfeeding exclusively day and night. However, I made sure to take my baby out daily for neighborhood walks, playgrounds and my favorite library that made me feel safe until it didn’t. I remember I was breastfeeding my baby in the kids library section. And the joy I had seeing my baby finally be independent from me as I sat there watching her look through books. Next thing you know more than one staff, and security were asking my daughter if she was okay.. I remember how stuck in my head I was I didn’t realize what was going on and I remember telling my one year old at the time to say hi. It wasn’t until I was walking out the library I realized security was called on me. I remember looking on google “reasons why someone would call the security on someone and it stated it meant someone’s is putting themselves or others in danger… so when I realized this I was triggered and scared to speak up for myself at the time. I felt uncomfortable to come back.. I tried my best to go back and I have but not as much at the time.. I also remember during quarantine I was searching for therapy and it was so hard. It took a year to find a therapist that my insurance could help cover for.. I had to deal with feelings of fear by myself. However, I’ve been coming here but sometimes I think about it and it’s uncomfortable and still a scary thought for me. However, what made me feel a little better is knowing that there are cameras. And hopefully they were on.

Today, I feel strong, supported, and courageous to speak up for myself and feel like I want to understand why that happened.. so I asked a woman who was one of the persons to check up on my baby and I asked her if she remembered me and she said no.. I expressed what happened and she told me “we wouldn’t call security on someone for breastfeeding” and it was left like that. I didn’t say anything else and thanked her. It felt dismissive for me and it landed for me to express myself on this review.

Daniela Pet

I don't live in New York, but I love this library (NYPL) more than any other library in the world because of the online series by Andrew Fairweather. Now, I want to be a wise librarian just like him. I truly enjoyed his series on Hegel (and previously on Freud). They are food for the soul, mind, and brain. Well done!

Maggie veloz

Big place have enough seating and computers
DVD, comic books , restroom
Great sections of books

Abilene Castillo

Open for browsing and computer use. Please call to find out if restrooms are available. You have to place items on hold online and wait until you get a notification by email or phone that your item is ready for pick up.