96th Street Library — Attraction in New York

I went to this library yesterday (Friday april 25/2025 )around 2:45 pm .l stop at the front desk in the first floor and told the young lady staff member,that l need to print a Dr form and that l don’t to much about computer.she told me to go to the 3rd floor and that they will help me.l get to the third floor and reserve computer 4.l log in.l went to the white gentleman and ask him for help.He look at me like if l was a Allien from another galaxy,but he walk with me to computer.l sit and he was standing.l ask him where l need to go in order for me to print my medical form.He replied to me in a rude way.”I can’t do everything for you,you should know how to do something.l replied to him that l didn’t ask him to do everything for me,l just ask him where to go to print the form,l informed him that lm an old school person and unfortunately don’t to much about computers..He walk away and dint help me,l feel descriminate because lm Spanish and don’t speak perfect English.staff in library should help anyone don’t matter your skin color. Or race .I will never going back to...

I only visit this library with my son and other homeschooling parents once a week. The library was nice to offer us a private room to organize a book club and traditional board game session for 2 hrs during non peak hrs (while majority of kids are in school). However, the library manager for some reason no longer allows us to utilize the room. Shame, our taxes and petition for library budget doesn't mean anything. We're only there once a week for 2 hrs. It's not like we take over the Library or anything. Hence, most of the time that room is hardly used by the library. Why let the room go to waste.

Other than that upset, this library does have an elevator to the 2nd and 3rd flrs for handicap and elderlies. It's not a very big library, yet it does have a lot of books in different languages like children's books in Japanese etc. I found the librarians on the children's floor very helpful and they have been kind to help pick out good books for the kids to read and discuss. So far the kids loved reading...

I’ve been here many times on different days and different times of day. Easily the loudest library in NYC, which is saying something. With my AirPods in active noise cancelling mode and music playing, I can hear kids SCREAMING on the second floor. Doors have haunted-house-level of squeak and slam. Librarians also pick and choose who they shush - phone calls and meetings get shushed, but people actively talking to one another don’t? A big reason people come to the library is for peace and quiet. Yorkville Library is much better about enforcing this, same with all the midtown libraries. There’s also only one bathroom available to the public (this is strange given the size of this location) and at least one for staff only. The hand...