Edwin B. Maxwell, who has worked for the library system for almost 20 years, was once the manager at the New Lots Library. "I’ve seen firsthand how our branches transform lives." ...

Eleven additional library branches across New York City will now offer service on Sundays. This expansion, created by Speaker Adrienne Adams and the New York City Council, is facilitated by a $2 ...

Local elected officials and staff members from the Queens Public Library (QPL) joined Queens Public Library President and CEO Dennis M. Walcott and New York ...

Queens is officially the most bookish borough. The World’s Borough library system saw the biggest surge in book checkouts from last year to this year — as bookworms across the Queens Public Library’s ...

The Hunters Point Library in Long Island City will undergo renovations to make all areas accessible to visitors with mobility-related disabilities, following a class-action settlement.

It’s Banned Book Week, and New York City is not immune from ever-increasing attempts to curtail freedom of speech and ban books. Recognizing this threat, in June the Legislature passed The Freedom ...