Aug. 4, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

Queens Public Library will offer seven-day service at five new locations after the City Council secured a $2 million investment to expand weekend library services across the New York in the city’s FY 26 budget.

QPL’s Sunday service will be extended to libraries in Glen Oaks, Hunters Point, Jackson Heights and Rochdale Village from Sept. 7 as part of the investment. Meanwhile, Kew Gardens Hills Library, which is already open on Sundays, will begin offering Saturday service starting Sept. 13 as part of the expansion.

The expansion brings the total number of Queens libraries offering seven-day service to eight after QPL’s Central, Flushing and Far Rockaway locations previously expanded to Sunday service.

The City Council funding, first proposed by Council Spe

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