Peninsula Branch Library

Address: Cross Bay Parkway and Rockaway Beach Boulevard
Neighborhood: Rockaway Beach
Architect:  Arthur A. Unger and Associates
Year: 1971
Current Status: Extant
Award:  Bronze Plaque for Public Buildings
Typology:  Public Building

This one-story library is a severe sight with an exterior of dark brick, a narrow band of grey aluminum clerestory windows, and a flat roof also of grey aluminum. There is a simple concrete and leaded glass window mosaic next to the entrance.