Bronx Library Center
310 East Kingsbridge Road
Fourth Floor
Bronx, NY 10458
718-579-2425
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Fully Accessible
Closed today
Dr. Jay M. Gorell Reference Reading Room
Day Date Hours
Monday 12/23 9 AM–9 PM
Tuesday 12/24 9 AM–1 PM
Wednesday 12/25 CLOSED
Thursday 12/26 9 AM–9 PM
Friday 12/27 10 AM–8 PM
Saturday 12/28 10 AM–8 PM
Sunday 12/22 CLOSED

The fourth floor of the Bronx Library Center is home to the Dr. Jay M. Gorell Reference Reading Room, where you'll find a reference collection comprised of a small concentration of books on business, law, and literature, as well as a circulating Spanish collection. You will find special reference collections for browsing on Bronx history, the works of Edgar Allan Poe, the Foundation Center, and a rare Latino and Puerto Rican Cultural Collection in our Heritage Room, lovingly called El Cuartito. In this "little room," you will find a collection reflecting the Latino experience, and enjoy artworks by various Latino artists. Please see a librarian for access.

With your library card, you can access up to 400 research databases on various subjects accessible on our 48 computers available on this floor.

The Latino & Puerto Rican Cultural Center

The Latino & Puerto Rican Cultural Center, featuring colorful art on the walls and shelves of books.

Visit the Dr. Jay M. Gorrell Reference Reading Room on the fourth floor to explore our Latino and Puerto Rican Cultural Collection to browse and enjoy the monthly art exhibitions inside. Learn more.

Bronx History & Edgar Allan Poe Collections

Black and white photograph of a library room packed with young adults. A caption notes: Student attendance is over 50,000 annually.
College students using the Bronx Reference Center in Fordham Library (now Bronx Library Center), 1938.

With over 400 books, assorted maps, photographs, newspaper clippings, and pamphlets, the Bronx History and Edgar Allan Poe Collections are a true marvel to behold.

The Bronx Library Center's Reference Department has digitized many of the collections' book covers and developed a downloadable PDF database maintaining each available title on the Bronx Library Center's 4th floor.