We hope you will join us for our special events that pay tribute to the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. We also have recommendations for great books and movies about Dr. King, and a special resource from our Queens Memory team. All Queens Public Library locations…
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Queens Public Library’s Queens Memory Project has embarked on an ambitious, new participatory digital archiving project—and we’re seeking your input. The recently launched Queens Name Explorer map unlocks the history behind our borough’s named places—including streets,…
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New York City’s Three Public Library Systems Share the Top Checkouts of 2022 The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave, The Midnight Library by Matt Haig, and The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley are three of the most popular books in NYC Brooklyn Public Library, The New York…
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Here is the Library's holiday schedule for the end of December 2022. All Queens Public Library locations will be closed on Saturday, December 24; on Christmas Day, Sunday, December 25; and on Monday, December 26. All QPL locations will be closed on Saturday, December 31; on…
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Do you remember your first library card? I do. I was eight years old when my mother took me to the South Hollis branch of Queens Public Library. She told me to speak up and tell the librarian that I wanted a library card. I am still astounded by the idea that there’s a place…
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