Originally a courthouse, the Jefferson Market Library has served the Greenwich Village community for over forty years.

Tell us your story/detailed overview

"The atmosphere in which literature and knowledge are dispensed is part of a cultural package. Today it is the fashion to offer a kind of statistical, book-counting culture in visually illiterate surroundings. At Old Jeff there is also the literature of architecture: cut stone faces and flowers, spiral stairs, soaring stained glass windows, the feeling, form and sensibility of another age. This, too, is the record of civilization." —Ada Louise Huxtable, architecture critic, The New York Times, November 28, 1967

When open (hrs.)

Open M-FL: 10AM–8PM

Need To Know/Community Rules

We truly appreciate your presence in our community, and your support means the world to us. As a café, we’re grateful when you savor our delicious offerings and share your appreciation through generous tips. Your kindness helps us keep our mission alive. Here are other tidbits for you: Open M-FL: 10AM–8PM Embrace your place—this is where you truly belong!