Windsor Terrace Library Named One Of 10 Finalists In NYC Neighborhood Library Awards
After more than 13,000 nominations were submitted, the 10 finalists for the second annual NYC Neighborhood Library Awards were just announced — and Windsor Terrace Library (160 E. 5th Street, at Fort Hamilton Parkway) made the list!
The Stavros Niarchos Foundation and the Charles H. Revson Foundation yesterday unveiled the finalists in the competition that celebrates the crucial role of local libraries in serving the city’s diverse communities. Ultimately, five libraries will be selected as the winners in May — and each site will receive $20,000, which the Brooklyn Public Library pointed out in a press release yesterday is the largest cash award given to any branch library in the country.
“The awards generated more than 13,000 nominations from library users,” the library stated in the same press release. “The remarkable response – more than three times the previous record – underscores the vital role that libraries play in our city and reveals the many ways in which libraries support New Yorkers in their daily lives.”
The 10 finalists are now being reviewed by a panel of judges, including authors Maira Kalman, Jonathan Safran Foer, and Jacqueline Woodson; former Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services Susan Hildreth; Dutton Children’s Books publisher Julie Strauss-Gabel; and Counsel to Mayor Bill de Blasio Maya Wiley.
In one of the nominations received for the Windsor Terrace Library, neighbor and teacher Heath said, “We treasure our branch. Windsor Terrace Library has taught my two nieces to read with their children’s programming, has taught my mom to write her memoir with their community events, and brings me the books I read on my way to work each day. Our library enriches three generations of my family on a weekly basis.”
The other finalists include: the Cambria Heights Library in Queens, Clinton Hill Library, Jefferson Market Library in Greenwich Village, Langston Hughes Library in Queens, Mott Haven Library in the Bronx, New Lots Library in East New York, Parkchester Library in the Bronx, Stapleton Library in Staten Island, and Sunnyside Library in Queens
For more information about the contest, you can visit its website and Facebook page.
Congratulations to all the finalists!