Our mission
Hunters Point Library & Environmental Education Center is continuously building our collection of materials about the environment, sustainability, and resilience, as well as presenting a host of virtual and in-person programming, for all ages on those topics. Our mission focuses on interpreting the unique watershed and East River habitats of Long Island City, NY and emphasizing how we humans and our built environment are inextricably connected to the natural elements of the area and in the broader world.
Hunters Point: An Eco Story
- Maritime Uses in New York City: An Evolving Story
- Marine Wildlife: What Lives in Our Local Waterways?
- New York City's Tidal Ecosystem: What is the Harbor Estuary?
- The Forces that Shaped the Harbor: New York City Geology
- Investing for the Future of a Healthier Harbor
- Water Quality: Keeping the Harbor Clean
- Local Industry and its Relationship to the Waterways
- New York City Before Colonization: Local Indigenous History
Recommended Reads
Adult Nonfiction
- 1,001 Voices on Climate Change: Everyday Stories of Flood, Fire, Drought, and Displacement from Around the World
- The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
- The World Without Us
- All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis
Adult Fiction
- The Ministry for the Future: A Novel
- The Water Knife
- The Overstory: A Novel
- The New Wilderness: A Novel
Young Adult
Multimedia
The Hunters Point Library Environmental Education Center was created with a grant from the Newtown Creek Environmental Benefit Fund, administered by the City Parks Foundation, and funded by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
