Another Upper West Side Library To Reopen For Contactless Pickup

UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — The New York Public Library is reopening another of its branches on the Upper West Side.

The Morningside Heights branch at 2900 Broadway (near W. 113th Street and Broadway) will reopen for grab-and-go service on Sept. 8 as part of 20 more New York Public Library locations reopening for in-person service, library officials announced Monday.

Services will be limited to grab-and-go pickups and returns.

The grab-and-go service will allow library-goers access to a limited area of the Morningside Heights library, and you can reserve your items online or by phone.

You will receive an email when your item is ready to be picked up, and you can head to the library for contactless pickup.

The 20 branches opening on Sept. 8 join the 30 New York Public Library locations reopened since July 13.

The Riverside Library on 127 Amsterdam Avenue reopened on Aug. 3 as the first New York Public Library branch to open its doors again on the Upper West Side.

The New York Public Library closed all of its branches on March 14 to help curb the spread of the coronavirus outbreak as the city approached the peaks of its outbreak. The initial closure had a planned March 31 reopening, but the closure was quickly made indefinite after the original announcement.

Other Manhattan libraries branches opening on Sept. 8 include the 125th Street, 96th Street, Chatham Square, Columbus, Harlem, Kips Bay, Muhlenberg, Mulberry Street, and Webster locations.

Library users will not accumulate fines on overdue materials, even if their library branches reopen for grab-and-go service. Expanded online offerings such as e-book checkout, research databases, and virtual classes will continue to be offered during the library's phased reopening.

Patch reporter Brendan Krisel contributed to this report.