Jefferson Market Library

E116771

branch library former courthouse historic building public library

Jefferson Market Library is a historic former courthouse in New York City's Greenwich Village that now serves as a public branch of the New York Public Library.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Jefferson Market Library canonical	3
Jefferson Market Branch of the New York Public Library	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T916390 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Jefferson Market Library
Context triple: [Jefferson Market Courthouse, alsoKnownAs, Jefferson Market Library]

A. Lenox Library
Lenox Library is a historic public library and cultural institution in Lenox, Massachusetts, known for its architectural significance and role as a community center.
B. Newburgh Free Library
Newburgh Free Library is a public library serving the Newburgh, New York community as a key center for information, education, and local cultural resources.
C. Thomas Crane Public Library
Thomas Crane Public Library is a landmark Romanesque Revival public library building in Quincy, Massachusetts, celebrated as one of architect Henry Hobson Richardson’s masterpieces.
D. Mid-Manhattan Library
The Mid-Manhattan Library is a major circulating branch of the New York Public Library system in Manhattan, known for its extensive general-interest collections and public services.
E. Dewey Library
Dewey Library is a specialized library at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology focused on management, business, and social science resources.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Jefferson Market Library
Target entity description: Jefferson Market Library is a historic former courthouse in New York City's Greenwich Village that now serves as a public branch of the New York Public Library.

A. Lenox Library
Lenox Library is a historic public library and cultural institution in Lenox, Massachusetts, known for its architectural significance and role as a community center.
B. Newburgh Free Library
Newburgh Free Library is a public library serving the Newburgh, New York community as a key center for information, education, and local cultural resources.
C. Thomas Crane Public Library
Thomas Crane Public Library is a landmark Romanesque Revival public library building in Quincy, Massachusetts, celebrated as one of architect Henry Hobson Richardson’s masterpieces.
D. Mid-Manhattan Library
The Mid-Manhattan Library is a major circulating branch of the New York Public Library system in Manhattan, known for its extensive general-interest collections and public services.
E. Dewey Library
Dewey Library is a specialized library at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology focused on management, business, and social science resources.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	branch library ⓘ former courthouse ⓘ historic building ⓘ public library ⓘ
affiliation	New York Public Library ⓘ
architect	Calvert Vaux ⓘ Frederick Clarke Withers ⓘ
architecturalStyle	High Victorian Gothic ⓘ linked to: Gothic Revival Victorian Gothic Revival ⓘ linked to: Gothic Revival
borough	Manhattan ⓘ
buildingType	civic building ⓘ library building ⓘ
category	Historic buildings in New York City ⓘ Libraries in Manhattan ⓘ New York Public Library branches ⓘ
collectionType	circulating books ⓘ periodicals ⓘ reference materials ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
formerFunction	Third Judicial District Courthouse ⓘ courthouse ⓘ
hasFeature	brick facade ⓘ clock tower ⓘ garden ⓘ reading rooms ⓘ stained glass windows ⓘ
hasService	adult programs ⓘ children's programs ⓘ community events ⓘ public computers ⓘ
heritageDesignation	National Register of Historic Places contributing property ⓘ linked to: U.S. National Register of Historic Places contributing property New York City Landmark ⓘ
location	Greenwich Village ⓘ Manhattan ⓘ New York City ⓘ
neighborhood	Greenwich Village ⓘ
notableFor	Gothic Revival architecture ⓘ adaptive reuse from courthouse to library ⓘ distinctive clock tower ⓘ
operator	New York Public Library ⓘ
ownedBy	City of New York ⓘ linked to: New York City
partOf	New York Public Library system ⓘ linked to: New York Public Library
publicAccess	yes ⓘ
serves	local community of Greenwich Village ⓘ
state	New York ⓘ
streetAddress	425 Avenue of the Americas ⓘ
use	public library services ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jefferson Market Courthouse → alsoKnownAs → Jefferson Market Library ⓘ

Jefferson Market Courthouse → alsoKnownAs → Jefferson Market Branch of the New York Public Library ⓘ

linked to: Jefferson Market Library

425 Avenue of the Americas → primaryOccupant → Jefferson Market Library ⓘ

425 Avenue of the Americas → houses → Jefferson Market Library ⓘ

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