{"id":317926,"date":"2026-08-10T18:08:30","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T18:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/317926\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T18:08:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T18:08:30","slug":"ev-grieve-tompkins-square-library-branch-books-a-temporary-closure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/317926\/","title":{"rendered":"EV Grieve: Tompkins Square Library branch books a temporary closure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEj9AsmSW7VnYj0YlP3GG_pC0zy4u05zx75dkFxSSyHcE3j4biZqHCluoD2CUJgjJkOoAPnpG5ISZf5DTli6vP9REptmBKC66dpfGx7T-qFrvdyGFwnUsGBp86bKtL48yIgjCgCy_6EvlG1VpUoPOWeQsUsCdRWPduzwzdSAQGvKAw1xtFQbEUbuXJGgIOE\/s1704\/viruswalk_8-1-26_r_w_006.jpg\" style=\"display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/viruswalk_8-1-26_r_w_006.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photos by Stacie Joy<\/p>\n<p>The Tompkins Square Library is checking out a two-week late-summer break.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The New York Public Library branch at 331 E. 10th St., between Avenue A and Avenue B, will be temporarily closed from today through Aug. 22 for &#8220;needed building work ahead of next year&#8217;s major renovation,&#8221; per door signage for patrons.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiwN8HVsI1gzAlBqmjzCwOJEcU9ce_fTYM8Xaxn3Ulzi8PEN87dJpj5uJYYl4NyqScrreDmKuurYbR5j0ikEOzzbfiDvhgyswxLDjG42KgI9Is2qDCQj6W3blQwPL9Kq1EQXfm8aw8jAAlbMKV0X88TD4XBXxjK5-2ZRlRA_FCKbHuPvOMO_oHixtlFho0\/s1704\/viruswalk_8-1-26_r_w_002.jpg\" style=\"display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/viruswalk_8-1-26_r_w_002.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>During the closure, patrons are encouraged to use the Ottendorfer Library, Seward Park Library or Epiphany Library. Hold requests made during the closure can be picked up at Ottendorfer, 135 Second Ave. between St. Mark&#8217;s Place and Ninth Street.The temporary closure comes ahead of a $30.2 million comprehensive renovation of the 122-year-old Carnegie branch, as we first reported <a href=\"https:\/\/evgrieve.com\/2026\/06\/tompkins-square-library-slated-for-302.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The project, now in the design phase, will reconfigure the library to create dedicated spaces for children, teens and adults.<\/p>\n<p>Plans also call for ADA upgrades to the entrance, bathrooms and elevator, along with new furniture, upgraded technology and modernized building systems.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Construction on the major renovation is currently projected to be completed in December 2028.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Previously on EV Grieve:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photos by Stacie Joy The Tompkins Square Library is checking out a two-week late-summer break.\u00a0 The New York&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":317927,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10],"class_list":["post-317926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=317926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/317927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=317926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}