1. Throughout January, Citi Pond® at Bryant Park™ — NYC’s first and only free-admission skating rink — offers library cardholders who are 17 and under a reduced skate rental price of $10 per rental (a 30% discount from the usual $14) as part of its “Read To Skate” program. To get the special $10 rental price, skaters must show their New York City library cards (from The New York Public Library, Brooklyn Public Library or Queens Library) to rink staff at the Citi Pond Skating Pavilion, located in Bryant Park, on 40th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues.

    Throughout January, Citi Pond® at Bryant Park™ — NYC’s first and only free-admission skating rink — offers library cardholders who are 17 and under a reduced skate rental price of $10 per rental (a 30% discount from the usual $14) as part of its “Read To Skate” program. To get the special $10 rental price, skaters must show their New York City library cards (from The New York Public Library, Brooklyn Public Library or Queens Library) to rink staff at the Citi Pond Skating Pavilion, located in Bryant Park, on 40th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues.

  2. Baby It’s Cold Outside…

    … well, it’s starting to get cold outside, which makes it the perfect time to stock up on winter fashion. Here at the Library, we’re thinking of scarves, hats, mittens - you get the picture (like this one above from the Mid-Manhattan Picture Collection - available in our digital gallery). Whether you’re a beginner, amateur, or expert knitter (or crochet-er), the Library has classes throughout the City that will help you (and your like-minded cohorts) complete your winter accessories before we get our second snowfall. (That October snow was shocking wasn’t it?) Check out the classes here!

  3. Everyone seems to love snow photos, so in honor of the first day of winter, here’s another one! It shows a snowstorm on Fifth Avenue and 17th Street in Manhattan in 1893. Click on it to see even more images from our collections!  

    Everyone seems to love snow photos, so in honor of the first day of winter, here’s another one! It shows a snowstorm on Fifth Avenue and 17th Street in Manhattan in 1893. Click on it to see even more images from our collections!