Eleven public libraries across New York City will begin offering Sunday service next month, officials announced Monday.
The expansion, which starts Sept. 7, will bring the total number of branches open on Sundays to more than 30.
Sunday service will expand to the following branches:
- Bay Ridge Library in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
- Bedford Library in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
- Mott Haven Library in Mott Haven, the Bronx
- Baychester Library in Co-Op City, the Bronx
- Kingsbridge Library in Kingsbridge, the Bronx
- Harlem Library in Harlem, Manhattan
- St. George Library in St. George, Staten Island
- Glen Oaks Library in Glen Oaks, Queens
- Hunters Point Library in Hunters Point, Queens
- Jackson Heights Library in Jackson Heights, Queens
- Rochdale Village Library in Rochdale Village, Queens
In addition, the Queens Public Library will begin offering Saturday service at the Kew Gardens Hills Library starting Sept. 13. That branch already offers Sunday hours.
The expansion is the result of a $2 million investment dedicated to growing weekend access to library service, spearheaded by City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, the city’s three library systems — the Brooklyn Public Library, New York Public Library and Queens Public Library — said in a release.
“I proposed expanding 7-day library service across the city in my 2025 State of the City address, because libraries are among our most precious public resources, serving New Yorkers of all ages in every neighborhood,” Adams said in a statement.
The funding comes on top of a $15 million increase in funding for all three library systems as part of the 2026 Fiscal Year budget, according to the release.
The three systems had eliminated Sunday service in 2023 due to mid-year budget cuts. A budget agreement reached by Mayor Eric Adams and the City Council in June 2024 fully restored their funding, with Sunday service slowly resuming across the city’s public library network starting in July of that year.