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Happy New Year from QPL!

Happy New Year from all of us at Queens Public Library!

Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr With Us!

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Lunar New Year at the Library!

Join us for programs and check out our booklists for adults, teens and kids.

Black History Month: Open Call for Art

QPL invites community artists to participate in our Black History Month 2025 art exhibit!

Get a Healthy Start to 2025!

Join us for our exercise classes for all ages at libraries across Queens!

QPL's Most Popular of the Year Lists

What were the most popular books, citywide and at QPL, in 2024?

QPL Hip Hop Programs

Join us for these great programs, curated by our Hip Hop Coordinator Ralph McDaniels!

Literary Thursdays Virtual Author Talks

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Martin Luther King Jr.

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Lunar New Year

Celebrate the Year of the Snake.

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Black History Month

Submit your art by January 21.

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Health and Wellness

Make 2025 a Healthy New Year.

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QPL's Most Popular

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QPL Hip Hop

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Literary Thursdays

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Culture Pass NYC

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Adults, Seniors

Writing Workshop for Adults

Jan 18, 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Astoria

Queens playwright Johnny Culver brings together writers of all genre...

Adults, Kids(0-5)

Celebrating MLK: In Honor of Dr. King - ...

Jan 18, 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Far Rockaway

Celebrate the legacy and contributions of one of the greatest heroes...

Adults, Kids(0-5)

QPL Baby: Restorative Yoga Flow

Jan 18, 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Virtual

Join QPL's Community Health team and yoga instructor Devynn Visionar...

Kids(6-11)

Celebrating MLK: March on Washington Maz...

Jan 21, 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Baisley Park

The 1963 March on Washington was a historic moment of the Civil Righ...

Adults, Seniors

Culture Bridge: Celebrate Tết-Vietnamese...

Jan 22, 4:00pm - 5:30pm

Flushing

Join us for a special Tết celebration with Katherine Thuy Tien Hung ...

Adults, Seniors

Culture Bridge: Celebrate Tết-Vietnamese...

Jan 22, 4:00pm - 5:30pm

Flushing

Join us for a special Tết celebration with Katherine Thuy Tien Hung ...

Adults, Kids(0-5)

Lunar New Year: Chopstick Challenge

Jan 28, 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Baisley Park

Different utensils are used all around the world. In many countries ...

Teens

Lunar New Year Celebration

Jan 30, 3:00pm - 4:15pm

Cambria Heights

Join us for a fun Lunar New Year program where teens can make their ...

Kids(6-11)

NYC Hall of Science Series at Windsor Pa...

Jan 30, 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Windsor Park

Gooey Matter--January 30, 2025 Get ready for a gooey adventure! Ki...

Kids(0-5)

QPL Baby: Science Baby Playshops

Jan 31, 11:00am - 11:45am

Ridgewood

Have fun learning about STEM Concepts with Science Baby Playshops! T...

Kids(6-11)

Celebrate the Lunar New Year

Feb 5, 3:30pm - 4:30pm

Mitchell-Linden

Join Michele Wong McSween for a special Lunar New Year celebration! ...

Adults, Kids(0-5)

Celebrate Lunar New Year with Korean and...

Feb 8, 2:00pm - 3:00pm

McGoldrick

Celebrate the Lunar New Year with K-Pop group Born Star Dance Team a...

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Events

Celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr.

January 7, 2025

We hope that you will join us for our special programs in honor of…

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Arverne Library to Almost Double In…

December 20, 2024

An artist’s rendering of the 4,600-square-foot addition (right) to…

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New York City’s Three Public Library…

December 18, 2024

New York City’s Three Public Library Systems Reveal the Top…

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NYC Council and Queens Public Library…

December 18, 2024

NYC Council and Queens Public Library Celebrate Major Allocation…

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QPL’s Bay Terrace Library Reopens…

December 17, 2024

QPL’s Bay Terrace Library Reopens Following Top-To-Bottom…

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Historic Day of Action Against Books…

October 19, 2024

QPL Rally in Front of Flushing Library Historic Day of Action…

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Mayor Adams Breaks Ground on Major…

October 18, 2024

Mayor Adams Breaks Ground on Major Renovation of Queens Public…

A photo of the Sky Window displays at Baisley Park Library, created by QPL librarian Rose Kelly-Lyons.

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QPL Teams Up with NASA to Study Clouds

October 1, 2024

A photo of the Sky Window displays at Baisley Park Library, created…

Press Release

The Municipal Art Society of New York…

September 23, 2024

The Municipal Art Society of New York Names the Far Rockaway…

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New York City’s Public Libraries…

September 19, 2024

New York City’s Public Libraries Receive $4 Million Grant from…

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Queens Public Library And 5pointzlic…

September 13, 2024

Queens Public Library And 5pointzlic Developer Reach Tentative Deal…

The QPL Baby library card, which features a fairy tale illustration of a bear reading to a cub, surrounded by the forest.

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Oh, Baby! Queens Public Library…

August 28, 2024

Oh, Baby! Queens Public Library Welcomes Jamaica and Flushing…

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