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Queens Library is an independent, not-for-profit corporation and is not affiliated with any other library. With 62 locations, Queens Library serves a population of 2.3 million in one of the most ethnically diverse counties in the U.S. and has among the highest circulations of any public library system in the world. For more information about programs, services, locations, events and news, visit the Queens Library website at www.queenslibrary.org or phone 718-990-0700. Queens Library. Enrich Your Life.®

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Thanks to the library I became a literate and well-read child, adolescent, and adult.

Arline A., Online Rally to Save Queens Library

From Queens Library at Flushing’s Children’s Room

Libraries are places of wonder for all ages. As children…to sit in story time, get their first library card. As teens…a place to meet friends while doing homework. As adults…a place to get that NYTimes best seller, old favorite or DIY information. They are the hub of each community and to lose a library is a sad thing that undermines the ties of the community.

Shirley M., Online Rally to Save Queens Library

In Queens we have over 70,000 books a day that we check back in and 70,000 going out.

Queens Library CEO and President Tom Galante

The Diversity of Queens Mapped Out Block by Block

Just how diverse is New York City, Queens, your neighborhood within Queens, and even your block within your neighborhood? WYNC has all of those answers mapped out:

When I use my library card…

It’s National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week! You’re invited to attend our free expert panels on the important topics of bullying prevention and technology’s effects on mental health.

Biblioteca de Queens presta ebooks al público.

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Ask many Americans what tax-supported institution yields more social benefits, cultural enrichment and low-cost entertainment than any other — and a likely answer will be the public library.

“Queens Library: an Endangered Jewel” from The New York Daily News