The New York Public Library (NYPL) a non-governmental, independently managed, private, and nonprofit corporation with private and public financing. The Libarary has nearly 53 million items and 92 locations in New York City, United States. NYPL is the second-largest public Library in the U.S. and the fourth-largest worldwide. The Library has branches in the Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island and affiliations with professional and academic libraries in the New York metropolitan area.