Your browser does not support JavaScript! You would need it turned on to utilize the full functionality of the site. You can turn it on in your browser's preference or otherwise some of the functionalities of the site will not service properly.

Library

Information for Visitors

The Bank Street Library is open to:

  • all staff
  • faculty
  • alumni
  • students, and parents of students in the School for Children
  • New York City Board of Education teachers with a valid BOE identification card.

Bank Street Library participates in the Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO), which includes many academic libraries in New York City as well as New York Public Library.

Visitors from the New York Metropolitan Area

Visitors from the metropolitan area are asked to obtain a metro referral card from their college or local public library, or consider membership through subscription.

Metro Referral Cards

Ask your library for a Metro Referral Card if you need to visit Bank Street. Please check to see if the public library has what you are looking for before asking for a Metro Referral Card. Please check our catalog before you arrive, to see if we own the journals and books you are looking for, or call ahead if you are not sure if we have materials in a certain subject area.

  • A yellow Metro Referral Card is issued for a particular item, and is good for one visit.
  • A blue Metro Referral Card is issued for a subject strength, and is good for up to five consecutive days.
  • Metro Referral Cards do NOT give visitors borrowing privileges.

Please give your Metro Referral Card to the Reference Librarian when you arrive. If your school does not participate in Metro, call us at 212-875-4456 to make arrangements.

Visitors from Outside the New York Metropolitan Area

Students from colleges outside the New York metropolitan area are admitted upon presentation of a valid form of school identification. Other visitors from outside the New York region may call 212-875-4456, for an appointment. Everyone must show identification upon entry to the building.

Membership

If you would like to use the Library on a more extended basis, consider buying a Library Associate's Card, or ask about group membership for nonprofits.

Library Associate Card

The cost is $75.00 for four months and includes borrowing privileges, but are ineligible for free interlibrary loan. Library Associates should notify the Library of any accompanying guests.

Group Membership for Nonprofits & Corporations

Please contact Kristin Freda 212-875-4558 for any questions regarding membership.