Hunters Point Community Library

Hunters Point Community Library sits along the East River waterfront in Long Island City, wedged between two notable landmarks—the famous Pepsi-Cola sign and the Long Island sign in Gantry Plaza State Park. This newest branch of the Queens Library system has an extremely futuristic look and feel; a concrete building with cutouts along its shiny aluminum sides makes it more like a work of art than your run-of-the-mill library. Surrounding the library is park space overlooking the water, and inside readers will find children’s, teen and adult sections, along with a ground-level reading garden and a rooftop one with panoramic views of the City.