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Greenburgh Librarian Finds The Sixth Best Place To Read

My search for the best reading spot in town has taken me to many interesting places in Greenburgh.  Ridge Road Park, Greenburgh Town Pool, Hart's Brook Park & Preserve, The Greenburgh Nature Center, and the Fountain Diner in Hartsdale.  It has been a fun task for me to tailor a list of great reads related to my selection. 

Where can I get cup of coffee in Greenburgh? 

There are numerous choices in multiple directions from the Greenburgh Public Library.  I promise, this is not a battle of popular coffee brands.  Truth is- I am more of a hot chocolate drinker than coffee yet I chose Starbucks at the Hartsdale Train Station for the interesting history and architecture. A fascinating historical fact is that evidence shows that Hartsdale played a significant role during the Revolutionary War, some of which still stands today. On October 28, 1776, a Revolutionary War battle was fought alongside the Bronx River, near the site of the current Hartsdale train station. 

The Hartsdale Train station building was originally built in 1915 by the Warren and Wetmore architectural firm for the New York Central Railroad, as a replacement for a smaller wooden depot built by the New York and Harlem Railroad originally known as "Hart's Corner Station." Unlike most Warren & Wetmore-built NYC stations, which were grand cathedral-like structures using Beaux-Arts architecture, this one was strictly of the Tudor Revival style. The station was named after the valley owned by the Harts. In 2011, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Why A Great Place to Read? 

We should all make better use of our time to read and learn.  Whether waiting to pick someone up from the train or waiting for a train; it's a good time to read.  Remember you can always download free eBooks from the library.  If you see someone reading an interesting cover, strike up a conversation with them.  How many stories have started on a train? The juxtaposition of the modern style Starbucks tucked inside the century old building makes it one of the most intriguing places in town. 

A list of suggestions to get your caffeine fix! and have a donut or brownie for your sweet tooth. 

Now, with the re-release of Margaret Maron's very first book, long out of print, new readers can finally get to know the character that started it all. In One Coffee With, we meet Sigrid for the first time when murder strikes the Art Department of Vanderlyn College. Who poisoned the deputy chairman's morning coffee? Everyone in the department had both motive and opportunity and it will take Lt. Harald's cool, level-headedness to determine who the killer is before he -or she- strikes again. 

 Ralph McInerny tells the tale of how Fred Neville of the Notre Dame athletic department winds up dead under mysterious circumstances.  Amateur sleuth and academic Roger Knight, and his brother, Phil, a P.I., investigate the apparent murder. The trouble: no suspects. No suspects, that is, until the day of Fred's funeral, when several likely candidates suddenly appear at the poor man's wake.

This little known mystery will surprise and delight Agatha Christie fans. The story concerns a physicist named Sir Claude Amory who has come up with a formula for an atom bomb (Black Coffee was written in 1934!). In the first act, Sir Claude is poisoned (in his coffee, naturally) and Hercule Poirot is called in to solve the case. He does so after many wonderful twists and turns in true Christie tradition.

Stalwart mystery writer, Alexander McCall Smith give the residents and neighbors of 44 Scotland Street and the city of Edinburgh a voice as they come to vivid life in these gently satirical, wonderfully perceptive serial novels, featuring six-year-old Bertie, a remarkably precocious boy—just ask his mother.  

Cleo Coyle tells the story of coffeehouse manager Clare Cosi who has been hired to create a gourmet coffee and dessert bar for her ex-husband's wedding. But her main problem is bridezilla Breanne Summour. When people close to Breanne begin to suffer fatal accidents, its Clare who may get burned. 

So What Do You Think of the Best Places to Read in Greenburgh?

​​Ridge Road Park
Hart's Brook Park & Preserve 
The Greenburgh Town Pool 
The Greenburgh Nature Center 
The Fountain Diner 
Starbucks @ the Hartsdale Train Station