NYC’s Public Libraries to Expand Sunday Library Service

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More than 30 branches across the city will offer seven-day service beginning September 7.  

Eleven additional library branches across New York City will soon offer service on Sundays, thanks to new operational funding included in the City’s Fiscal Year 2026 budget. The expansion, which was championed by Speaker Adams and the New York City Council, is made possible by a $2 million investment specifically dedicated to growing weekend access to library service.

This funding is in addition to a broader $15 million increase in operating support for New York City’s three library systems—Brooklyn Public Library (BPL), The New York Public Library (NYPL), and Queens Public Library (QPL)—as part of the Fiscal Year 2026 budget negotiated by Mayor Eric Adams and the City Council.

The new Sunday hours will begin September 7, 2025, and bring the citywide total number of branches open on Sundays to more than 30.

Expanded Sunday library service will be offered at the following branches:

Brooklyn Public Library (BPL)

·   Bay Ridge

·   Bedford

New York Public Library (NYPL)

·   Mott Haven

·   Baychester

·   Kingsbridge

·   Harlem

·   St. George

Queens Public Library (QPL)

·   Glen Oaks

·   Hunters Point

·   Jackson Heights

·   Rochdale Village

QPL will also offer a seventh day of service at Kew Gardens Hills Library, which is already open on Sundays.  Starting September 13, the branch will be open on Saturdays, bringing the total number of QPL locations with seven-day service to eight. QPL’s Central, Flushing and Far Rockaway libraries are currently open every day of the week. 

For full details on hours and services, patrons are encouraged to visit the websites of each library system.

Current and Additional Branches Offering Seven-Day Service 

Brooklyn	Bronx	Manhattan	Queens	Staten Island
Bay Ridge – new!	Baychester – new!	Harlem – new!	Central	St. George – new!
Bedford – new!	Bronx Library Center	Jefferson Market	Far Rockaway	Todt Hill-Westerleigh
Central	Grand Concourse	Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library	Flushing
Macon	Kingsbridge – new!	Washington Heights	Glen Oaks – new!
Brooklyn Heights	Mott Haven – new!		Hunters Point –  new!
Greenpoint	Parkchester		Jackson Heights – new!
New Lots			Kew Gardens Hills – new!
Borough Park			Rochdale Village – new!
Midwood
Kings Highway
Ryder*
Mapleton*

*closed for renovation

About Brooklyn Public Library
Brooklyn Public Library is one of the nation’s largest library systems and among New York City’s most democratic institutions. As a leader in developing modern 21st century libraries, we provide resources to support personal advancement, foster civic literacy, and strengthen the fabric of community among the more than 2.7 million individuals who call Brooklyn home. We provide nearly 60,000 free programs a year with writers, thinkers, artists, and educators—from around the corner and around the world. And we give patrons millions of opportunities to enjoy one of life’s greatest satisfactions: the joy of a good book.

About The New York Public Library

For over 125 years, The New York Public Library has been a free provider of education and information for the people of New York and beyond. With over 90 locations—including research and branch libraries—throughout the Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island, the Library offers free materials, computer access, classes, exhibitions, programming and more to everyone from toddlers to scholars. The New York Public Library receives approximately 16 million visits through its doors annually and millions more around the globe who use its resources at www.nypl.org. To offer this wide array of free programming, The New York Public Library relies on both public and private funding. Learn more about how to support the Library at nypl.org/give.

About Queens Public Library
Queens Public Library is one of the largest and busiest public library systems in the United States, dedicated to serving the most ethnically and culturally diverse area in the country. An independent, non-profit organization founded in 1896, Queens Public Library offers free access to a collection of more than 5 million books and other materials in 50 languages, technology, and digital resources. Each year, the Library hosts tens of thousands of online and in-person educational, cultural, and civic programs and welcomes millions of visitors through its doors. With a presence in nearly every neighborhood across the borough of Queens, the Library consists of 66 locations, including branch libraries, a Central Library, seven adult learning centers, a technology lab at the Queensbridge public housing complex, a community learning center at the Ravenswood public housing complex, and five teen centers. It also has four bookmobiles and two book bicycles.