New York Public Library, Fifth Avenue
Free to visitMidtown
The main library on Fifth Avenue, with the lions Patience and Fortitude out front.
- Time there
- 20–30 min
- Best time
- Weekday morning, when the reading room is quiet
- Cost
- Free
- Good to know
- The Rose Main Reading Room is upstairs on the third floor.
Filmed here
Spider-Man (2002)
Uncle Ben drops Peter off here and gives him the speech about power and responsibility.
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019)
John slips in to collect a marker and a rosary hidden in a book.
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