1. Ask NYPL: The memory bank of our literary lives →

    Trying to remember that favorite book from your past? The bedtime story that you forced your folks to read to you over and over again? Or that novel you read ages ago but simply can’t forget? (well, everything but the title) Did you know… Ask NYPL can help jog that memory? And all you have to do is call/email/chat/text!

  2. Did you know… that right down the street from NYPL’s Hudson Park branch you can find the home (well, the facade anyway) of one of television’s most beloved families? (We’ll give you a hint… Claire and Heathcliff had 5 kids) We recommend visiting Hudson Park’s facebook page where they have tons of fun facts about the branch and its historic neighborhood.

  3. Did you know... We have e.e. cumming's valentines to his wife, Marion? →

  4. Did you know… that the Wakefield Library was named after the birthplace of George Washington? 

    To the left is an illustration created by Currier & Ives of Washington’s Birthplace - Wakefield - located at Bridges Creek in Westmoreland Co. Va. Compare that to the image on the right - The Wakefield Library located at 4100 Lowerre Place in the Bronx. Enjoy!

  5. Did you know… before it became the Mulberry Street Library we all know and love, the building housed a chocolate factory, operated by Hawley & Hoops, at the turn of the 20th century. (This image, though not Hawley & Hoops specific, provides a look inside the  process of grinding chocolate - yum!) Check-out more fun facts about the Library on foursquare or visit our digital gallery for fun and factual images.)

    Did you know… before it became the Mulberry Street Library we all know and love, the building housed a chocolate factory, operated by Hawley & Hoops, at the turn of the 20th century. (This image, though not Hawley & Hoops specific, provides a look inside the  process of grinding chocolate - yum!)

    Check-out more fun facts about the Library on foursquare or visit our digital gallery for fun and factual images.)

  6. Here’s a fun fact for you to appreciate on a leisurely Sunday… NYPL’s Ottendorfer Branch opened in 1884 as New York City’s first free public library. The landmark library is one of the oldest in the system. 

    Here’s a fun fact for you to appreciate on a leisurely Sunday… NYPL’s Ottendorfer Branch opened in 1884 as New York City’s first free public library. The landmark library is one of the oldest in the system.