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    Rye Free Reading Room

    3.3 (10 reviews)
    Open 9:30 am - 5:30 pm

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    1 year ago

    Everyone is so helpful and nice! Also they have a fireplace and fire during the winter. So cozy

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    2 years ago

    This library is lovely. So many different places to sit and read. It seems built to comfort readers.

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    Mamaroneck Public Library - Aisles in the children's room

    Mamaroneck Public Library

    3.4(13 reviews)
    3.4 mi

    I'm so happy that they are open and they are letting people walk around most libraries are not…read moredoing that yet. I needed to use the computer and print some stuff out. The best. There use to. E four computers per table section but now it's two per table. I think there is 8 near the adult mystery section. There was two in the teen room, but of course if your not. Teen you can't really be there. They do holds like other libraries but unlike others you don't have to call to pick it up. I travel from my hometown because I've been having issues with pick up. Basically the computer will say I have a hold available for pick up but when I try and schedule a pick up it says I don't. Dah I've complained numerous times but the problem persists so I'll travel by bus to mamaroneck and pick up my items till they decide to allow people in. But I never have problems with mamaroneck. In fact I just attended their first zoom coloring class for an hour. I miss coloring in person but it was fun but they are only doing it once a month.

    Upon the town's drastic budget changes and the amount it time for this building to be built you'd…read morelike something wonderful would be inside....but no. - when you enter, you will give your books in but they will not check them in immediately - the librarians are loud and will rush you off to another section - the children's room is covered in fabric which is known to carry germs longer. it also has over 6 foot tall bookcases in a children's room. there is also no bathroom nearby - the bathroom is in the basement. near rooms that are used for nothing. frequently you'll find people hanging out down here for no reason. Lastly, these librarians are not nice. The word "hello" is easy to say but it's not said here. They've replaced the head staff twice and no one is friendly. From a more personal point of view, I think this town tried to make a library that would match NYC standards in a town that doesn't care as much about a library as Rye or Larchmont does. The front steps even manage to flood when it rains. I would like to see this library improve but it would cost the town too much money.

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    Cold Spring Harbor Library

    Cold Spring Harbor Library

    4.2(13 reviews)
    14.2 mi

    Real nice place and beautiful setting. Comfortable chairs and clean and nice bathrooms. One thing…read moreI don't like abt this place is that some (not all) of the workers talk very very loudly with other workers. Way above normal conversational voice. You are working at a library!! This person walked in and started talking (more like screaming to me) like she was making a presentation to a crowd. Small conversations or stepping outside for a chat would be a nice, logical normal thing to do. Not to mention polite thing to do.

    Seriously? This library is the t!ts. Yep, I said it. About a library, no less…read more Currently, I'm rocking some fast wifi, plugged into a nice lamp outlet (on every table) and watching the sunset over Cold Spring Harbor. What?! Aren't libraries supposed to be damp, dusty dungeons? Not when you're dropping CSH taxes :D. Besides this room there are small meeting rooms, tutor rooms, a children's center, a porch with chairs, plenty of computers to use, and a main room that looks like an awesome lodge. There are some fatty leather chairs around this place that I would take home and put in my house. The dvd selection is large, you can download e-books to your tablet and rumor is there are some books somewhere around here. No joke, this is the best library I have ever seen. Take a second to enjoy the quiet and the view here anytime you can.

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