For the Love of Free Little Libraries! LATEST ADDITION: RICK TILSONs- 3 Surrey Way---list of some of the Little Free Libraries in Greenburgh
There are 100,000 and counting Little Free Libraries all over the world, and, by this map’s count, now over thirty just in the town of Greenburgh (villages and unincorporated Greenburgh)! Little Free Library is a movement, of the best and simplest kind, whereby tiny public book shelves open all over the place by anyone who cares to do it. 24/7 you can “take a book, leave a book” from these cute little cupboards. Here in Greenburgh, we’ve had Girl Scout Troops creating and filling them for their Bronze Medal projects; they’ve shown up alongside parks and in front of schools; they are built by groups, individuals and artists; and in one case, gifted to someone who dreams of becoming a librarian. Each Little Free Library has its own special look, personality and contents.
The latest addition was made by resident Rick Tilson at 3 Surrey Way and Barnwell and “our neighbors love it.”
According to the Little Free Library website, the first tiny library was created by 2009 by Todd Bol in Hudson, Wisconsin, when he built a model of a one-room schoolhouse as a tribute to his mother, a teacher who loved to read. He filled it with books and put it in his front yard to share; then made a few more to give away. Now Little Free Library is a 501c3 with a mission “to be a catalyst for building community, inspiring readers, and expanding book access for all through a global network of volunteer-led Little Free Libraries.
Starting one is as easy as buying a model or building your own, registering for an official charter number online, filling it with new or used books and letting anyone have at it.
Find all the libraries near you here: https://littlefreelibrary.org/ourmap/
A list just from Greenburgh and villages is here:
- 500 W Hartsdale Ave, Hartsdale, NY
- 95 E. Hartsdale Ave, Hartsdale, NY (Bob Gold Parklet)
- 15 Fieldstone Drive, Hartsdale, NY
- 25 Stevenson Avenue, Hartsdale, NY
- 39 Spencer Court, Hartsdale
- 99 Dromore Road, Scarsdale, NY
- On the corner of Clayton and Longview, Scarsdale, NY
- 100 Glendale Road, Scarsdale, NY
- 218 N Central Avenue, Scarsdale, NY
- 310 S Healy Ave, Scarsdale, NY
- 3 Major Appleby Rd, Ardsley, NY
- 42 Broadway, Tarrytown, NY
- 15 South Dutcher Street, Irvington, NY
- 39 Sycamore Lane, Irvington, NY
- Halsey Pond Lane
- 36 Walnut Street, Dobbs Ferry, NY
- 234 Palisade Ave., Dobbs Ferry, NY
- 45 S. Goodwin Ave, Elmsford, NY
- 22 S. Hillside Ave, Elmsford, NY
- 40 South Drive, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY
- Reynolds Playground, Hastings-On-Hudson, NY
- 60 Jefferson Avenue, Hastings On Hudson, NY
- 26 Kent Avenue, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY
- 84 Mendham Avenue, Hastings on Hudson, NY
- 360 Farragut Ave., Hastings On Hudson, NY
- 40 South Drive, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY
- Uniontown Playground, Hastings-On-Hudson, NY
- 3 Surrey Way and Barnwell, White Plains, NY
- 131 Augustine Rd, White Plains, NY
- 86 Virginia Road, White Plains,………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… NY/
The above list may have left out some of the Little Free Libraries in Greenburgh and in our villages. If I left out a library please e mail me at pfeiner@greenburghny.com and I will be sure to include the library in the next Little Free Library posting. Thanks, Rick Tilson and the other Little Free Library builders for encouraging their neighbors to read and share some great books.
PAUL FEINER Greenburgh Town Supervisor
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