Lucy Robbins Welles Library

I love it here! Great parking, super friendly staff, building is cute, clean, bright, feels small town but has a great selection!
The upstairs is the kids area, games, nooks, crannies, DVD’s, blu rays, computers.
We frequent this library and will continue to do so!

Great little public library. The children’s section is clean and orderly with a great selection of books. The kids section has a handful of computers with fun games activities for even my 18 month old.
There is a fantastic selection of DVDs for adults. There is plenty of off street parking in a private lot and the staff is friendly and helpful.

This is one of my favorite libraries in the area. They have a great selection and the librarians are always very helpful. They even have these fliers «Like THIS BOOK? Try THIS BOOK!» which is nice.
I agree that it is hard to find. I’m so used to it, I don’t think about it anymore. You can easily park across the street at the (I think it’s a) Senior Center, as there is a great pedestrian crossing to the library/​town hall.

For a small library, the selection is excellent. If you are planning a trip, they have an excellent selection of travel guides for the United States as well as abroad. They also have a great selection of magazines that you can checkout (except for the current issue). Free Wifi also.
They also have video games available for checkout, but they are somewhat hidden. To find them, head upstairs to the children’s department and walk all the way to the back wall.
You can’t get to the library from Cedar St, even though that is the address. I know that my old GPS didn’t know that when I first moved to the area, but that was 5 years ago. I know that Google maps knows that you have to turn on Willard Ave (CT-​173) or Main St (CT-​176) to get to Garfield St and then Mill St which takes you right into the parking lot for the Town Hall and library. Once you figure it out, it is well worth it! Love this library!

This is a really nice library in the Hartford area. It is tough to find the parking area if you aren’t from Newington as you have to circle around and off of Cedar St. to get to it. This is really the only deterrent to this not being a 5 star location.
My wife was interested in a few books that the library didn’t have, and the librarians there were very helpful in locating them at other locations and getting them to Newington for her to borrow. I don’t visit many libraries since I have been out of school, but this one seems pretty well off for a town library.

I started going to this library when we bought our house, which is located about a mile away. It’s wonderful. The staff is always nice and helpful. I think their selection is good, but if they happen to not have a book I want, they are able to get it from other libraries in the state. I also like that I can put holds on books or renew books online.

The location of this library is pretty good if you are in central Connecticut. It is nearby to quite a few different towns.
I used to frequent this library all the time, but I stopped after they blocked off the main entrance to the building. They put concrete curbs and then planted some plants in there. The whole thing not only looks ridiculous it limits access to the library.
Unless you are familiar with the town you would have no idea how to get in. Here’s what you have to do: You have to turn right at the light (before the library is even in sight).
If you go past the library and try going in the back way, you won’t be able to get there either as it is a one way street. Why did they think this was a good idea?