Manhasset Public Library

Maybe its the nerd in me but I love this public library. Its clean and the staff are friendly. Feel free to stop by. They have plenty of public computers with printers. Key word public so be careful of what sites you browse. They have three floors that cater to all age groups. Children’s room, teen zone, and adults. They have a variety of programs throughout the day so stop by and check it out. So of the programs include yoga, career counseling, and movie night! They have a small café for snacks just in case you get hungry. They also have study rooms for groups and tutoring. This is a great resource and learning environment. Remember shishhhh no talking! Put your cell phone on silent!

Great library! Probably one of the quietest public libraries I’ve ever been in. Great if you wanna come here to study, they have a study room on the second floor. Very clean as well.

Wonderul support of the arts at this library. I have been part of many of the juried shows here, with Amy Finkstein, the Art Coordinator. The shows have expanded now on all floors and stairways and it makes a beautiful library even better. Some shows are open to Manhasset residents and others outside of the community, but each show has a great theme and much to reflect on and enjoy. The main artwork is usually in the Community Room which is an elevator ride down one floor from the entrance or take the winding staircase downstairs to the room.

Extremely quiet and we’ll run. Great selection of career building material. Lots of media to borrow — including CD, DVD, and even PS3 and 4 games! Only wish is that they would enforce the quiet rules — several people were talking on cell phones in main study area. The good news here is that they have private study rooms, but come early to book — 2 hour max.

other kids were there for my son to play with, could not find the elevator on my first time, parking great, big library programs on line not helpful trying to register u, just got the attitude its online, plus was told can not come because it was for manhassett woman.

Very quiet, clean, and we’ll run. I do miss the old building but the new one is so beautiful it makes up for it.
Features:
Café
Private study rooms
DVDs
Books on tape
Video games
Extensive career building material
(Note the lady who runs the CD collection works for a professional publisher, that’s how they have the amazing and always up to date CD selection !)

One of the nicest libraries around. I like the «café» where there are vending machines and couches and tables where u can eat ur lunch. They even have those fancy check out machines where u put ur pile a books to borrow on and it automatically scans all the books at once. Very cool. The only negative is that unless you belong to this library, you can’t check out the latest DVDs, but the have a great selection. Checkout people are quick and courteous.

Good place to study and browse books. They even have Xbox, Wii, and PS3 games. Pretty good movie section too. I’m a fan of the clean study rooms and the bathrooms. I wish there was a coffee shop close by!!!

To study for my CPA I’ve had to check out several different libraries to find the quietest one. Manhasset has study rooms that I’ve been very lucky to utilize. However you can only request a room for 2 hours max and not when the the local high school is taking their semester exams (which to me is ludacris when you have a library filled with tax paying adults studying for exams for their career).
Librarians do not enforce the basic rules of the library (quiet talking, no cell phone use, etc) that are posted on signs around the library. The concept of a library being quiet must be something of the past because people have taken their personal phone calls in the private study areas and kids run around the stacks like it is a play ground. Meanwhile, not one librarian picks up a finger to enforce the rules. In addition, I have found that the majority of librarians and even library goers that I have come into contact with have been very rude.
All in all the library is gorgeous. I just wished the people that frequented the library were just as nice.

This is such a beautiful library! I felt like I was back in college with all the little nooks and the private rooms and the study area where you can eat. If I lived near here, I would go here to study.

This is hands down one of the nicest libraries I have ever been to. Everything is brand new — the furniture, the walls, the shelves… all except the books lol…
But it is a great place to study and to find quiet and peace. The local students may get loud there after school but it is overall a wonderful library.

This is a very nice building that has a ton of materials including books, magazines, and movies. The teen zone is nice if you have younger kids, where they are seperated from adults with their own computers etc. The library only has 2 main problems. The layout was not planned well. There is a lot of empty space that can be used more effeciently. Also, the staff are incompetent and undertrained with the systems. I have 2 houses and an apartment and they refused to let me take out movies because my address was different than on my card, despite the fact all libraries are linked together. So, just be prepared to deal with the relentless and rude staff if they happen to mess up your information. Otherwise, the place is alright and very resourceful.

I never actually thought I’d be Unilocaling about a library… but hey why not?
While the Shelter Rock Library was closed for the past few months due to renovations, the next closest library was the Manhasset Public Library and being that I’m definitely not a fan of studying at places like Starbucks where there’s way too much noise, I decided to come here.
Positives:
1) Free Wi-​Fi… which is awesome because there’s way too many other libraries which require you to be a patron in order to utilize their wi-​fi
2) Huge Parking lot… so there’s no struggle finding parking
3) There are a bunch of food places nearby so that you can quickly grab a bite during a study break and not worry about wasting too much time
4) It is a beautiful, extremely clean and very well kept library
5) It’s right off Northern Blvd. so its a breeze to get to
6) It seems as if their variety in terms of movies/​books is extremely plentiful
And now to the negatives…
1) As beautiful and as large as this library may be, its layout is the most inefficient that I have EVER seen. There is SO much open space that they very easily could have fit at least ten to fifteen extra tables in here for people to read/​study on. Instead, they choose to just leave the empty spaces… empty (what a waste!) Don’t plan on getting a table unless you show up in the morning or unless you stake one out for about half an hour
2) Despite there being signs everywhere saying no cell phones… people continue to pick up their cell phones and have LOUD and LONG conversations in the quiet area. and the librarians don’t say anything about it.
3) On the second floor is an area for teens to congregate, while overall this is a great idea, the teens make so much noise and flood the entire second floor with so much noise that studying in this area is no longer conducive once after-​school hours have begun. (Once again, the librarians say nothing about this)
4) The librarians are SO LOUD — they have loud conversations at the check out desk and on their phones, and yell across the floor to each other if they need anything. ridiculous.
Overall, if you are in school, and need a place to constantly study, I would get here as soon as it opens and try to nag a table on the second floor. Once 3pm hits. go somewhere else, or invest in a spectacular pair of earplugs/​headphones.
If on the other hand, you’re just looking to grab a book/​movie, then this may be the place to go because it seems like they are extremely well stocked in both categories.

A beautiful library.
It is right off Shelter Rock Road and Northern Blvd. Quite easy to get to. The building is easily noticeable because it is so beautifully designed.
It has three floors and a basement. The top floor is the kid’s section. The second floor has study areas as well as a Teen Zone. The first floor has a well maintained magazine room and the basement has a clean and very polished restroom areas. Restrooms are located on each floor and an elevator serves the library both on the inside and a service elevator located at the lobby.
The building is well stocked with many selections of books and magazines. Also WIFI is free for it’s patrons. There are easily accessible computers on the first floor and in the Teen Zone. The staff is very professional although I sometimes feel they are on the snootier side and why not? This place is fancy! The décor is neutrals mixed with red/​dark woods.
There is a nice quiet, not an eery quiet, to this library that is very conducive to studying. If you need a private space, you can sign up for one of the study rooms which has a window, a table and a set of chairs for four or six that can close off a study group to be as rowdy as they want.
They have a parking lot. Which only gives away the fact that I’m a New Yorker. This library is so useful and beautiful that I have to give it 5 stars even with a little snootiness.