With a beautiful view of New York Harbor, St. George residents already have a good reason to visit Lt. Lia Park.

On Saturday, they were given another reason to stop by with the unveiling of the new “Little Free Library” on the side of the park adjacent to Wall Street.

Councilwoman Debi Rose and Staten Island Parks Commissioner Lynda Ricciardone helped unveil a new addition, which is about the size of a large birdhouse.

“It's the community making an investment in the community and its young people you know being a part of that process," said Council Member Rose.

The Co-Founders of the non-profit H.E.A.L.T.H for Youths came up with the idea for the library after seeing a similar one on the other side of the island.

The organization works with city children to improve their quality of life by offering access to a variety of resources.

“We try to find a way to get more books into the community especially for the younger readers. So [we] brainstormed and decided this was a great idea," said H.E.A.L.T.H. for Youths co-founder Anthony Antonucci of the library.

The organization's youth volunteers then helped turn the plans into something tangible with help from Staten Island Makerspace.

“These young  kids here were able to really get hands on experience learning how to build something that is actually in their community," said Executive Director of Staten Island Makerspace, Scott van Campen.

"Just to know to see my work and stuff to see how hard we all worked to put it together, it’s just its really amazing," said H.E.A.L.T.H. youth volunteer Shyrell Williams.

The first official book in the free library was authored by the other co-founder of H.E.A.L.T.H. for Youths.

"It’s actually about African American Health care workers, the physicians and nurses that served in the civil war," said H.E.A.L.T.H. for Youths co-founder Heather Butts.

While its primary goal is promoting literacy, those who collaborated on library hope it will help build a sense of community as well.

"Keep an eye on our little free library the only way that this will sustain itself…its really the community that makes it happen," said Staten Island Parks Commissioner Lynda Ricciardone.

Residents are already giving back within just minutes of its unveiling two nearby residents stopped by to add their own books to those now available.