New York Public Library – Edenwald Library

They’ve updated the library with some fresh paint and new furniture. Its a welcome change and it looks great. But thats where the pros stop and the cons start. The library is small, and there is no real division between the children and adult section so it is LOUD. This is literally the loudest library I’ve ever been to, I couldn’t focus on a thing. The security guard (or whatever she is) is even louder than the children. She shouts across the room to tell them to be quiet. Realllllly, who does that? I can hear her conversations with people loud and clear across the room, from what she ate last night to the new clothes she’s thinking about buying. What’s more I cant take a sip of water at the table, not close to any computers or books, but the kids running around, and people on their phones talking rather loudly aren’t told a thing. This place is a ZOO. A spot for parents to dump their kids after school and have a free babysitter. And the book collection is deplorable. Don’t bother trying to find anything to read in here.
There needs to be a true dedicated quiet study/​reading zone in this library. I mean is that too much to ask for? It’s a library for goodness sake. If we can’t have that then encourage the use of inside voices, Jesus.

Across the street from Seton Falls Park, and close to the Edenwald Projects, John Phillip Sousa Junior High School (JHS 142), Public Schools 68, 111, and 112, and Cardinal Spellman High School, this New York Public Library has provided residents, especially students, a place to study, research, and learn for over four decades. Memories of coming here as a child still are alive in my mind, and the library now has Wi-​Fi and other modern touches that didn’t exist when I was a student. Since it’s small, the collection of books and periodicals is not as vast as the Wakefield branch. Staff as always is wonderful.