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address:535 West 179th Street  New York, NY 10033 phone:212-927-3533 website:Fort Washington Branch Library email:

Events Calendar

Tuesday, December 8th

Chess With Hank Sutton

when:5:00pm, New York, NY
venue:Fort Washington Branch Library

Tuesday, December 15th

On The Stage - Drama In The Library

when:4:00pm, New York, NY
venue:Fort Washington Branch Library

Chess With Hank Sutton

when:5:00pm, New York, NY
venue:Fort Washington Branch Library

Tuesday, December 22nd

Game On At Fort Washington Branch

when:4:00pm, New York, NY
venue:Fort Washington Branch Library

Chess With Hank Sutton

when:5:00pm, New York, NY
venue:Fort Washington Branch Library

Branch History

When the Fort Washington Branch celebrated its 75th anniversary in 1989, several well-known personalities, including Henry Kissinger and journalist/author Edwin Newman, fondly recalled how important the branch was to them as teenagers. Among the many other noted residents this branch has served are Lou Gehrig, Maria Callas, Ralph Ellison, Marianne Moore, and Jacob Javits. Built with funds donated by Andrew Carnegie, Fort Washington opened to the public in April 1914 in its present location, two blocks east of the George Washington Bridge. Today the branch continues to be a valuable resource to the community. It houses the largest collection of reference materials in northern Manhattan and has book collections in Spanish, Russian, and other languages available for borrowing.

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