Fresh Meadows Branch Queens Library

Library has limited seating. Loud children are not quieted by library staff. Seated adolescent was listening to music without earphones. Hard to concentrate.
Attended this library in the past, had not been there dince the remodel. Parking was no problem.

This is becoming more of a cyber café. The kids are playing games and shouting while the librarians are just sitting there. A library is suppose to be quiet and a place where kids should learn and read. Not playing games. They can do that at home. Other then that they have a vast selection of books and media.

I haven’t been to this branch in years. Honestly feels like at least a decade. Mostly cuz they rarely have the books that I’m interested in reading. Yesterday afternoon, was my first visit in a long time, mainly to return some books that I had borrowed from the Flushing location. I was BLOWN AWAY! LOL
The entrance and layout looked standard. No big deal. BUT the checkout, the returns, the pay bill, are all done by machine and computer now! Everything is soooo HIGH-​TECH! :O The librarian behind the Help desk, she was looking at me like I was from another planet. –_-”

It is small but the children’s section is great. So many chapter books for kids. I am a teacher and this library is a great place to find series/​chapter books on all levels.
I actually reached my limit and took out 50 books to support my classroom library (from other branches too).
Thank you Fresh Meadows. You are greatly appreciated!

I bring my sister to this Queens library location because it’s the most convenient for us. The parking here isn’t the best, but it is definitely much easier to find a spot than at the Central Library, Hillcrest or Hollis locations.
This place is small, but I feel it’s more geared to the kids with most of the seating meant for them. There aren’t any private study desks so as a college student I wouldn’t be able get work done in here. The chairs in my size are in a community table and I don’t like studying while strangers are at the same table as me. That’s just my preference and may not be an issue to you. Unfortunately, there aren’t many outlets around so don’t plan on using a laptop to do work there the whole day.
Being a smaller library there isn’t that large of a selection of reading material. What I do is find the book I want to borrow and have it reserved and sent to this location for me to pickup. Sure I’ll wait a few days for it to arrive, but no big deal.
The staff here is friendly by Queens library standards. They’re usually cranky and I don’t blame them from the amount of people they have to help all day.
Currently, they’re renovating and my little sister and I can’t wait to see the new look on our next visit!

I always think of this library as a treat because they have a kick ass media collection and a nice shiny new building. Not a lot of space to sit down and read, but if you are grabbing a book/​movie or two and getting out, it’s perfect. Proximity to restaurants and shopping helps too.

really small for a library.

I miss this place… reading in corners while my mom browsed, taking home the Narnia books with MY little library card… oh gosh… amazing memories from very early in life…

This library is TINNNY. I couldn’t believe it when I walked in.
There wasn’t many places to sit but there was a good collection of books for such a small library.
The staff are also very friendly and nice.