These folks are so thankful whenever I've donated books - which help at their book fair sales. They…read morehave a nicely organized operation and cater to a community that needs such community and children oriented programs. Keep supporting our local libraries! Keep up the good work guys!

What a hidden gem, the early afternoon, no school children! Serenity is the key. Organization is…read moreimpeccable, the staff is knowledgeable, it doesn't help if you're friendly and know not a thing! This was very unexpected. It deceptively appears as a hole in the wall from the very busy street-yet, it is clean and refreshing inside. Information desk up front, continue to restrooms, take a seat and enjoy- Cons: amount of electrical outlets, access to pc friendliness

Arcola lakes library had a very nice vegan cheese cake recipe chef demonstrating how to make the…read morecheese cake and also other vegan products . I liked there were door prices and for answering the vegan questions there were raffle prices too. I was the lucky one to win the raffle , I won an echo dot . I really enjoyed the presentation and eating the vegan cheese cake .

Went to Kanata restaurant which is nearby, and stopped by to check it out. I like to check out…read moredifferent libraries as they have different selections. While I can browse the whole catalog online and request material to be sent to me, it's different to pulling books off the shelves, flip them over in your hands to study the cover and read the description. Yup, I admit, i am the brick-and-mortar type of shopper. Ok, back to the library. It's one of the newer libraries, and the architecture of the building is modern and stylish. However, walking in, I'm surprised at how small it is inside. Selection is rather limited. I can feel that there's a big need for a library in the neighborhood, as the place is rather packed and there's a long line waiting to use the computers. Wish they had spent less on the fancy look and put the money for more computers and books inside.

Lemon City is an unincorporated area that predates Miami. It was a farming community that sprang up…read morein the 1850's, 26 years before the founding of Miami. The community took their name from the unusually sweet lemon trees that grew in the area. By the time Miami was incorporated, Lemon City already had a population of 300. Lemon City had the areas oldest school, the Lemon City School, and the first library, the Lemon City Library. Lemon City was segregated with Black families living in three neighborhoods, Nazarine, Boles Town, and Knightsville. The exact boundaries of Lemon City have been lost to time since it was never incorporated. During the 1980's many Haitian immigrants made what was once Lemon City their home. The area has now been designated as Little Haiti which upset some of the descendants of the pioneers of Lemon City who thought the name change was insulting to their history. To be more inclusive of all of the history of the area, 10 historical signs marking the history of Lemon City were erected by the Mayor's office. Markers were placed at the Lemon City Train Station, Lemon City Pharmacy, Lemon City Library, and here at the Lemon City Branch Library. The first Lemon City Library was started by teacher Ada Merritt in the 1890's in the Lemon City school. She organized a philanthropic group, The Busy Bees of the Everglades which raised funds for the library and they were able to amass 400 books. In 1902 a group of prominent Lemon City ladies met and formed The Lemon City Library Association. Cornelia Keys hosted the first meeting of the group opened a library in her home and became the towns first librarian. The group began raising funds for a permanent library building. A wood frame building was completed in 1904 at the site of this historic marker. Lemon City was annexed by Miami in 1925. In 1942 the Lemon City Library became part of the Miami Public Library System. In 1963 a new library building was completed. The original plan had been to use the old library but a fire in 1964 destroyed the interior and it was torn down. The Lemon City Library still operates out of the 1963 building located across the street from where the old library once stood. In 2017 marker F-948 was installed detailing the history of the Lemon City Library. Although Lemon City no longer exists there is a lot happening in Little Haiti. You can already see the spark with new businesses opening like the Citadel Food Hall in the Little River area. I had heard of Lemon City in passing when bones were discovered in an unmarked cemetery during construction of an affordable housing unit. I always meant to learn more about this historic area but never had the time. I finally got to explore this area and was really delighted to find all of the historical markers. There is a huge MAGIC sign set up heralding what will hopefully be good things to come for this area. I am excited to see the next chapter of history unfold here.

I loved this so much!!! What's better than recycling books and sharing them for free?? They have a…read morelarge selection of all types of books, in different languages, some look brand new. The staff is very friendly and welcoming. You can also schedule an appointment to take in donated books. They have events for children once a month too. You are missing out if you don't stop in!

Lovely selection, very well organized and caring staff! Was so happy to visit this location, had…read morebeen to the location in south beach in the past.

What is a Little Free Library?…read more It's a "take a book, return a book" gathering place where neighbors share their favorite literature and stories. In its most basic form, a Little Free Library is a box full of books where anyone may stop by and pick up a book (or two) and bring back another book to share. The movement started in Wisconsin in 2009. By installing little bookshelves in communities, the "librarians" hope to promote literacy and the love of reading by building free book exchanges worldwide. The idea really caught on and today there's an estimated 25,000 LFLs in all 50 states and over 70 countries. Maybe you'll wonder, but I haven't seen any in Miami? I was wondering the same thing too for the longest time. There are several LFLs in Sunrise, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, Tampa, even one in Key West. But I haven't found one in Miami. Whenever I mentioned LFL to my friends, they would say, oh, someone will come and steal the books - no, they'll steal the library - in a few days. Surely Miami is better than that. And proof is here, in this Little Free Library in the tiny village of El Portal, where the beautiful little wooden box has been installed since February 2015. And still surviving, offering reading enjoyment to adults and kids alike. Take a book or two with you, and if you find a title you like, bring it home. A library without late fee.

I had such a lovely experience at this library. The attendants went above and beyond to help…read moreme with a project I've been working on that has kept me in the library needing extra help the last 2 days. Everyone was overly friendly and helpful a trait I'm no longer used to in miami. I have never had a more productive library visit than these last 2 days. This is not the library closest to my house but it is the one I will be frequenting from now on. They even lend out laptops which are very fast! They have a printer scanner and copier that is free to use! They even lent me a USB drive to save my scanned document to so that I could upload it onto Google drive via the laptop they lent me! I am thoroughly impressed. And the place was clean and organized on top of it all with an abundance of parking! It's so rare Im impressed by any business in Miami, I will be back!

stay away,never ever go here unless you want to be lied to,denied your book or pass or like to be…read moretreated horribly and even locked out, yes. ok annie roberts violated a serious fire code by locking about 40 patrons inside including kids for about 25 minutues out of spite to prevent us from re entering, how crazy is that? ok heres the story, my buddy and i went to edison library to get a pass, and we forgot our card, so we said we 'll be back in 15 to get it. annie robertson seemed angry and was rude and mouthy to us, so my buddy went home and i stayed in front of ljbrary waiting.when he returned she tokd us oh some lady came in and took the pass, of which i said was impossible as i know not 1 person entered the library, they didnt offer any substitute or said sorry just did not want to give us the pass.annie the pass police is that type of employee not happy with her job so we left. ten minutes later we figured lets ask for another one so we didnt waste the gas and time. guess what annie robertson locked the front doors on us , trapping those inside which is a big nono fore code violation. we recorded it all and called everyone on the list we put on here and no one gave us an apology or passes to make up for the horrible treatment we endured from annie robertson! even the director ray blake did nothing, to her, knowing how she even endangwred the 15 kids inside by locking the doors from us for pure spite, well ray we will not quit till annie robertson is fired and you give us an apology along with r. costa ! ray blake you approve of annie robertsons behavior and actions, guess so since you didnt fire her yet!! her job is to give us excellent customer care not abuse us!! so people stay away and feel free to call the branch ask for annie and ask her why she was so rude and call ray blake and ask what is he going to do about this?? following are frames of videos of annies deplorable behavior, of which we will place them on youtube soon if annie robertson isnt fired soon!!

Lemon City is an unincorporated area that predates Miami. It was established right after the Civil…read moreWar. Lemon City was a farming community that sprang up in the1850's, 26 years before the founding of Miami. The community took their name from the unusually sweet lemon trees that grew in the area. By the time Miami was incorporated, Lemon City already had a population of 300 people. Lemon City had the areas oldest school, the Lemon City School, and the first library, the Lemon City Library. Lemon City was segregated with Black families living in three neighborhoods, Nazarine, Boles Town, and Knightsville. The exact boundaries of Lemon City have been lost to time since it was never incorporated. During the 1980's many Haitian immigrants made what was once Lemon City their home. The area has now been designated as Little Haiti which upset some of the descendants of the pioneers of Lemon City who thought the name change was insulting to their history. To be more inclusive of all of the history of the area, 10 historical signs marking the history of Lemon City were erected by the Mayor's office. Markers were placed at the Lemon City Train Station, Lemon City Pharmacy, Lemon City Library, and here at the neighborhood that used to be Lemon City Nazarene. The neighborhood of Nazarene was bounded by Northeast Seventy-First Street to the north, Northeast Third Avenue to the east, and Northeast Second Avenue to the west. The name Nazarene was taken from the bible and it was pronounced Naz'ree. Nazarene was part pineland and part prairie, and it included a muddy low lying area called a slough (slew). This area was platted by a white farmer named Louis W. Pierce in 1900. Pierce owned a lot of land in Lemon City and he needed a place for his Bahamian workers to live. In the mid-20th century due to a variety of factors, many residents shifted to other places in Miami. The Lemon City African American cemetery located in Nazarene was lost during this time. It was rediscovered in 2009 and it also has a historic marker. As a a fan of history, I love discovering Florida's historic markers. The ones located in Lemon City have taught me the story of the former slaves and Bahamian pioneers who built Miami. Lemon City was swallowed up by the northern edge of the City of Miami in the early 1900s. Thanks to people like historian Dr. Pinkney and Miami Mayors Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado and Francis Suarez there are historical markers to make sure the history of Lemon City does not disappear like it's boundaries.

This made me sad. Apart from a sign to state its history, there was nothing else to see. This…read moremade me sad, really? all that history, all these pour should and bodies that were originally buried here, and that's the best you can do? Very sad. Nothing to see apart from an area, taken over, possibly avoiding the truth the history just be forgotten in the name of what? progress? life? life carrying on? According to records there were 525 people buried in the land, many of whom were Black and Bahamian labourers that helped develop Miami in the early 1900's. Discovered in 2008, the Lemon City Cemetery is believed to be one of the oldest burial sites of people of color in Miami and was designated a historical site in November 2009. In April 2009, Carlisle Development Group and Biscayne Housing Group were in the beginning stages of developing a series of low-income housing buildings, when human remains were found while digging the land. At the time, the city had no records of the cemetery's existence. An examination of the remains and the land concluded that the construction site was indeed a cemetery, believed to date back to the early 1900s. (This is so freaken sad - how can this be so????) Further examination of the human remains concluded 525 souls were interred in the cemetery, the majority of whom were of Black American and Bahamian descent. Many of them were laborers who helped with the construction and development of Miami. see this for more information - https://www.miamitimesonline.com/faith_family/to-be-laid-to-rest-historical-markers/article_93f90568-bc1d-11e8-a548-fbaebc0ed876.html

Lemon City is an unincorporated area that predates Miami. It was a farming community that sprang up…read morein the 1850's, 26 years before the founding of Miami. The community took their name from the unusually sweet lemon trees that grew in the area. By the time Miami was incorporated, Lemon City already had a population of 300. Lemon City had the areas oldest school, the Lemon City School, and the first library, the Lemon City Library. Lemon City was segregated with Black families living in three neighborhoods, Nazarine, Boles Town, and Knightsville. The exact boundaries of Lemon City have been lost to time since it was never incorporated. During the 1980's many Haitian immigrants made what was once Lemon City their home. The area has now been designated as Little Haiti which upset some of the descendants of the pioneers of Lemon City who thought the name change was insulting to their history. To be more inclusive of all of the history of the area, 10 historical signs marking the history of Lemon City were erected by the Mayor's office. Markers were placed at the Lemon City Train Station, Lemon City Pharmacy, Lemon City Library, the Lemon City Port, and here at the Lemon City Cemetery. In April 2009 while doing construction on the Village Carver Apartments, an affordable housing development off Northwest 71st Street near Fourth Avenue, workers who were digging discovered bones. According to the city, they were not aware that the 2.4 million dollars worth of land held a cemetery. It turned out that a total of 525 lemon City residents were buried there, most of whom were black Americans of Bahamian descent. Burials in the Lemon City Cemetery are documented from 1911 until 1935 when African-Americans were buried here during segregation. Eventually the city lost track of the location of the cemetery. Concerned citizens united to prevent building from taking place on the cemetery. Led by local historian Enid Pinkney, they formed the Lemon City Cemetery Community Corporation. In November 2009, the City of Miami designated the cemetery a historical site. The developers offered to move the remains buried here but ultimately gave in to the demand to leave them. Instead a memorial was constructed in 2011 and the cemetery was left as a garden. The memorial is on private property and contains 500 names but where everyone is exactly buried is lost to time. In 2018 a historical marker was placed her to explain the history of the cemetery. It is one of the sadder chapters of Lemon City but thanks to the City of Miami and community leaders this cemetery was rescued from being a housing development. It now provides 2 acres of green space to an area that is otherwise paved over.

Lemon City is an unincorporated area that predates Miami. It was a farming community that sprang up…read morein the 1850's, 26 years before the founding of Miami. The community took their name from the unusually sweet lemon trees that grew in the area. By the time Miami was incorporated, Lemon City already had a population of 300. Lemon City had the areas oldest school, the Lemon City School, and the first library, the Lemon City Library. Lemon City was segregated with Black families living in three neighborhoods, Nazarine, Boles Town, and Knightsville. The exact boundaries of Lemon City have been lost to time since it was never incorporated. During the 1980's many Haitian immigrants made what was once Lemon City their home. The area has now been designated as Little Haiti which upset some of the descendants of the pioneers of Lemon City who thought the name change was insulting to their history. To be more inclusive of all of the history of the area, 10 historical signs marking the history of Lemon City were erected by the Mayor's office. Markers were placed at the Lemon City Train Station, Lemon City Pharmacy, Lemon City Library, the Lemon City Port, the Lemon City Cemetery, and here in the historic neighborhood of Lemon City Knightsville. I have learned a lot of Florida history by stopping to read the blue historic markers which can be found all over the state. I discovered this marker while traveling through Lemon City. It recounts the history of Knightsville which is bounded by the area east of I-95, between 71st and 54th Streets. Five acre Knightsville was the cultural center of the community. It had two churches and the local chapter of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the first floor which was the school and the second floor was a meeting space and place for social events. Marker F-1071 was installed in 2019 by Alexander Adams and the Florida Department of State. The Little Haiti of today bears little resemblance to the Lemon City of the past. For one thing there are no more lemon trees but I love finding these historic markers that bring the past to life. It is fun going on a scavenger hunt for the signs. Each one provides another glimpse into Lemon City that despite no longer existing, still continues to influence Miami today.