White Plains Public Library

Don’t get me wrong, this library isn’t all bad. The kids area upstairs is large, filled with plenty of books and DVDs in English and Spanish and it offers a nice selection of family activities. I haven’t attended the story hour yet and I’m not sure that it will be possible quite frankly: Mother Goose and the story time for 2 and 3yr olds are at a very inconvenient time (11am and 1pm, just when the little ones are cranky and ready for naps!). Why not have story time at 9:30am? Another annoying aspect: paid parking! And while someone mentioned the parking across the street, that parking lot is paid as well and walking with children across a busy intersection isn’t fun at all. Finally: the puzzles and toys are pretty grimy! Someone needs to update the puzzles, which look like a few too many little ones have chewed on them. Gross. :-(

Love the changes that this library has done in a couple of months. I’ve only been there twice and they changed their floor plan around. It’s more roomier then before. They took out the security system for books but i guess they implemented something else in its place. I always go to the left when i should be going to the right.
Parking could be a hassle because they share a garage with the county court house. But you can always park in the galleria mall across the street.
Unfortunately they have this little room that they sell books and i have to admit i’m a book junkie, i always walk away with a couple of books to read at a later time.