New York Public Library, 115th Street Branch

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204A W 115th St, New York, NY 10026, USA

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N40° 48' 10" W73° 57' 14"   (40.802777777778, -73.953888888889) Start navigation »

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New York Public Library, Harry Belafonte 115th Street Branch is a historic library building located in Harlem, New York, New York. It was designed by McKim, Mead & White and built in 1907–1908 and opened on November 6, 1908. It is a three-story-high, three-bay-wide building faced in deeply rusticated gray limestone in a Neo Italian Renaissance style. The branch was one of 65 built by the New York Public Library with funds provided by the philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, 11 of them designed by McKim, Mead & White. The building is 50 feet wide and features three evenly spaced arched openings on the first floor.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. In 2017, the branch was renamed to honor Harry Belafonte.

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