NEW YORK — The New York Public Library celebrated the grand reopening of the 125th Street Branch in Harlem Wednesday. Neighbors explored a space they haven't been able to access since 2021.

Family, friends, political leaders and more attended the funeral for civil rights icon Dr. Hazel Dukes at Mother AME Zion ...

The rink closest to the group’s base, on West 125th Street ... James Estrin/The New York Times, left and right, Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images, Brittainy Newman for The New York Times Four ...

Outside the Washington Heights branch of the New York Public Library in Manhattan ... The 25 signs arrayed around Harlem from West 110th Street to West 163rd Street memorialize the people ...