Jefferson Market Library To Close For Renovations In April

WEST VILLAGE, NY —The Jefferson Market Library in the West Village is expected to close for renovations on April 1.

The more than two year project will involve asbestos abatement at the facility and accessibility improvements with elevator upgrades, an ADA ramp at the library's entrance, among other upgrades.

"Certainly, the ADA access is going to be vastly improved," said Robin Rothstein, chair of Community Board 2's Arts & Institutions committee, which heard the Department of Design and Construction project details on Tuesday.

The branch, located at 425 Sixth Ave., will partially re-open July 15.

All of the construction will be complete by spring 2021, according to the DDC presentation to CB 2.

The library, built in the 1870s originally as a courthouse, will be fully closed for three and a half months beginning in April, according to the DDC presentation.

Then, for 19 months, the cellar and first floor reading room and Sixth Ave. entrance will be open to the public while accessibility improvements are made.

During the third phase of construction, which lasts four months, all reading rooms, the meeting room, the lobby, and 10th St. entrance ramp and elevator will be open to the public.

Upon completion, the West Village library will be fully ADA accessible — with a new ramp, ADA double-door entrance, ADA accessible bathrooms, according to the DDC presentation.

See below for the full presentation.

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