Poets House Has Moved

Visit Poets House in Lower Manhattan

Photo by Elizabeth FelicellaRead about the 18th Annual Poets House Showcase (on view through Saturday, July 31) in the New York Times here.

Watch video highlights of Poets House's homecoming to Battery Park City:

• In the spring of 2009, actor Bill Murray read poetry to construction workers on break from building the new Poets House.

• In September of 2009, Poets House opened the doors to its new home in Lower Manhattan.

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Coming Up

Poets House Showcase Reading
with Star Black, Cyrus Cassells, Douglas Crase, Mina Pam Dick, Patricia Spears Jones, Timothy Liu & Dante Michaux
Tuesday, July 27, 7:00pm

The 18th Annual
Poets House Showcase
On view through Saturday, July 31

Gathering: An Exhibition of Poems & Prints by Ed Colker
On view through Saturday, September 18

Radiance: An Exhibition of Paintings by James Walton Fox
On view through Saturday, September 18

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Library Hours

Photo by Elizabeth Felicella Library & Reading Room Hours
Tuesday–Friday, 11:00am–7:00pm,
Saturday, 11:00am–6:00pm

Children's Room Hours
Thursday & Friday, 12:00–5:00pm
Saturday, 11:00am–5:00pm
Tiny Poets Time (for Toddlers):
Thursday, 10:00am
Class trips by appointment.
For details, contact Mike Romanos
at (212) 431-7920, ext. 2825
or mike@poetshouse.org.

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Directions

Map template courtesy of
the Downtown Alliance The new Poets House is located at 10 River Terrace at the corner of Murray Street in Lower Manhattan's Battery Park City. Find us on Google Maps.

SUBWAY Take the 1, 2, 3, A or C lines to Chambers Street Station. Walk west along Chambers and take a left at River Terrace.

BUS The M22 runs along Chambers between North End Ave and the Lower East Side. The M20 travels from the Upper West Side and the southern tip of Battery Park City to North End Ave. The Downtown Connection, a free Lower Manhattan shuttle bus, travels to North End Ave from South Street Seaport and from Broadway along Murray Street; for more information, visit: www.downtownny.com.

FERRY Monday through Friday, ferry riders
from New Jersey can travel via NY Waterway
and disembark at the Port Authority Ferry
Terminal at the World Financial Center and
walk north to River Terrace.