North Park Branch Library

NFTA Bus Route: 11, 23 & 25
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Our site has the following features:

• Ample parking
• Handicap accessible
• Free Wi-Fi access
• Ongoing Booksale
• 5,000 square feet of space
• Meeting room for community use with conference tables & chairs, 75 inch TV and projector available for presentations
  • If you would like to use our meeting room, you will need to complete an application
    • Application (pdf) 
  • Please also review our Facility Use Policy (pdf) and Rules of Conduct (pdf)
• 22 Public Computers with Microsoft Office free for public use
  • 5 Children’s Computers
  • 2 Catalog Computers
  • 1 Laptop for in-house use (includes Skype)
• Scanner (free)
• Printer (10 cents per black and white print, 25 cents for color)
• Copy Machine (black and white only, 15 cents per page) with scanning capabilities
• Charging station for multiple devices
• Ample seating to relax with a book or a magazine
• Children's area
• 2 self-checkout stations

What's currently happening with the old building? (pdf)
Centro Culturale Italiano di Buffalo, or CCI, plans to give it new life by transforming it into an Italian-American Cultural Center.

Why was the old North Park Library closed? (pdf)
Buffalo & Erie County Public Library's North Park Branch was closed in late April 2008 when routine site preparation test results indicated elevated levels of lead dust in public areas of the building.

Engineering study (pdf)
List of sites considered (pdf)