Bloomingdale branch. Photo by Jim.henderson on Wikimedia

As New York City explores every option to ease its housing crisis, officials are looking to build mixed-income housing atop a new library branch on the Upper West Side. As first reported by West Side Rag , the city plans to raze and replace the Bloomingdale Library at 150 West 100th Street and build a new library, health services facility, and 850 units of housing. The project follows the model of other co-located housing developments at public libraries in Sunset Park and Inwood .

The proposal was first unveiled during Mayor Eric Adams’ 2025 State of the City address , which the mayor touted as “the largest co-located library project in NYC history.” The proposal builds on an executive order issued last August that di

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