Ottendorfer Library, The New York Public Library

The Ottendorfer Branch of the New York Public Library, located in New York City, is a historic landmark that opened in 1884 as the city's first free public library. Designed by architect William Schickel, the building combines Queen Anne and neo-Italian Renaissance styles, featuring innovative terracotta putti on its exterior.

This branch, a gift from Oswald Ottendorfer, owner of the New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung newspaper, offers a wide array of free resources, classes, events, and programs for all ages, including personalized book-selection services and online classes for the community to engage with the library's offerings.

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