Morrisania Library

🏢 New York Public Library — The Bronx, New York

Morrisania Library

Built in 1908 with a Carnegie gift and designed by the firm Babb, Cook & Willard, the Morrisania Library is one of the Bronx's original Carnegie branch libraries — a century-old two-story building still serving one of the borough's most storied neighborhoods. Its STEAM Discovery Kits and after-school programming bring twenty-first-century learning into a historic space.

📖 About Morrisania Library

<p>The Morrisania Library opened in 1908, funded by a grant from Andrew Carnegie and designed by the New York architectural firm Babb, Cook &amp; Willard — the same office responsible for several Carnegie branches across New York City. The two-story building places adult and young adult collections on the first floor and the children's library on the second, a layout preserved through more than a century of community use. Morrisania itself takes its name from the Morris family's colonial-era manor, and the neighborhood today is a predominantly Latino and African American community in the southwestern Bronx. The branch is fully accessible and has eliminated late fines.</p>

⭐ What makes this branch special

• Historic 1908 Carnegie library designed by Babb, Cook &amp; Willard
• Two-story building with dedicated children's floor on the second level
• STEAM Discovery Kits covering robotics, coding, circuitry, engineering, and microbiology
• NYPL After School program for ages 6–12, Monday–Thursday during the school year
• Adult and teen programming including Family Storytime, Young Artists' Workshop, crochet, and storytelling classes

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✓ Hours & details last verified from official sources in October 2026.