The New York Public Library announced today that its central circulating branch, Mid-Manhattan Library, will temporarily close to the public beginning in August.
Mid-Manhattan Library—located at 455 Fifth Avenue in Midtown—is slated to get a long-awaited $200 million renovation that will transform the outdated building into a state-of-the-art library with a dramatic, multi-story wall of bookshelves; a full-floor business library; a full floor dedicated to separate libraries for children and teens; the only free public roof terrace in Midtown; and hundreds of additional seats.
The Library announced last year that the building would close during the renovation to allow work to happen as quickly and efficiently as possible. Today, in an email to Mid-Manhattan patrons, the Library shared news that the closure will begin in August.
The renovated Mid-Manhattan Library is expected to open in early 2020.