Historic Seward Park Library to open its doors again May 7

The completion of a two-year, $6.3 million renovation of the Seward Park Library will be celebrated by local elected officials and the community at the library’s opening ceremony on May 7. The stately five-story branch was completed in1909, and has served millions of Lower East Side residents. The renovation included improvements, such as a new grand entrance facing Seward Park, air-conditioning, an elevator, 30 public-use computers, a community room, a story-hour room for children’s programs, a new security system and new lighting fixtures. At 20,000 sq. ft., the library is one of the largest neighborhood branches in The New York Public Library system.