New City Free Library

Established as a single room in New City School in 1936, it has expanded into a 32,000-square-foot (3,000 m2) facility with over 200,000 volumes.

It began as a room in the New City School, opening one afternoon a week, but as the book collection of the library increased, space quickly became a concern.

Funding also became a concern, particularly in 1950 when the New City School was no longer able to provide space or finances for the library.

When the New City Fire Department deemed the building safe for occupancy only by 14 patrons at a time in 1965, a vote was held to appropriate sufficient funds for the library to purchase a new location, to which it moved on January 2, 1967.

After the budget was approved for the construction of a much larger building in December 2007, ground was broken in November 1978.