Inwood Branch of The New York Public Library

01/26/2026

something to read while you wait out the winter.

01/26/2026

11/14/2025

This coming Monday, November 17th, at 4:30pm! Come join us at the Inwood Library for a screening of Smoke Signals, directed by Chris Eyre and starring Evan Adams, Adam Beach, Gary Farmer, Tantoo Cardinal, Irene Bedard and John Trudell!

https://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2025/11/17/inwood-library-film-screening-smoke-signals-1998

10/17/2025

Join Dyckman Farmhouse Museum at The Annual Fall Festival this Saturday to experience this exhibition ONE LAST TIME before it closes!

📚 Strolling through Inwood this week? Don’t forget to check out these Inwood Library Staff Picks from NYPL! Each book is inspired by the themes and histories explored in We Were, We Are, We Will Be by Cheyney McKnight.

"Freedom Braids" by Monique Duncan (Author), Oboh Moses (Illustrator)
"Freedom Over Me" by Ashley Bryan (Author, Illustrator)
"Before She Was Harriet" by Lesa Cline-Ransome (Author), James E. Ransome (Illustrator)
"Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave" by Laban Carrick Hill (Author), Bryan Collier (Illustrator)

This exhibition is supported by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, through the Dutch Culture USA FUTURE 400 program of the Consulate General of the Netherlands in New York.

09/08/2025

It's back to campus for one of these dark, twisty reads...

09/05/2025

Virtual Short Story Discussions are coming back to Inwood Library! Join us virtually at 11AM on Monday, September 15th, for a discussion of Joyce Carol Oates' "The Long-Legged Girl". Register online at the webpage below, which includes links to the full text of the story, available online with a library card.

The Inwood Short Story Discussion program is back! We will be meeting again in September with a discussion of "The Long-Legged Girl" by Joyce Carol Oates. The full text of the story can be read at the following link(s) (NYPL library card membership may be required): https://www.jstor.org/stable/2645...

08/29/2025

Please note that all NYPL locations will be closed from Saturday, August 30, through Monday, September 1 for the Labor Day long weekend.

Explore all our online resources any time at nypl.org

06/16/2025

Please note that all NYPL branches will be closed on Thursday, June 19th. The Inwood Library will reopen on Friday, June 20th at 10am.

06/12/2025

Monthly film screenings continue at the Inwood Library! June is Pride Month, and on Wednesday, June 25th, we'll be showing the 90's classic But I'm A Cheerleader (1999) directed by Jamie Babbit, starring Natasha Lyonne, Clea VuVall, Cathy Moriarty, Rupaul Charles and Dante Basco! The screening will run from 4:30-6:30pm; no registration required, just show up! This program is open to all adults ages 18 and up.

06/03/2025

From nonfiction on the importance of q***r spaces to fiction exploring knotty relationships, this list will keep you busy all summer long.

05/23/2025

Monthly film screenings continue at the Inwood Library! On Wednesday, May 28th, we will be showing the film Bloodworth (2010) directed by Shane Dax Taylor, based on the Southern Gothic novel Provinces Of Night by William Gay and featuring an all-star cast including Dwight Yokoam, Francis Conroy, Hilary Duff and recently-deceased greats Kris Kristofferson and Val Kilmer! The screening will run from 4:30-6:30pm; no registration required, just show up! This program is open to all adults ages 18 and up!

05/07/2025

Take home your own piece of Black history with a special-edition library card to commemorate the Schomburg Center's 100th anniversary.