Poets House Has Moved

Poets House Has Moved!

Photo by Elizabeth FelicellaAfter much anticipation, our beautiful home on the banks of the Hudson River is complete. Come celebrate this exciting moment: the opening of a world-class place for poetry—a library, meeting place and locus of inspiration—that is free and open to the public.

Coming Up | Hours | Directions

Coming Up

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
Saturday, 11:00am–3:00pm
Class trips by appointment.
Extended hours launch April 2010.
For more information, call (212) 431-7920 x2825.

Holiday Schedule
Poets House will be closed November 26; December 24-26, 2009; and January 1-2, 2010.

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 disembark at the Port Authority
Ferry Terminal at the World Financial Center and
walk north to River Terrace.