LIC’s Queens Library at Hunters Point in full detox mode at the waterfront

I imagine it is just a mistake in reporting. But who knows, maybe this is Queens West’s way of announcing the change.

they close the closest Queens Library we have on Saturday’s but can afford to open a new one?

Will this one be closed on weekends too?

Yeah why is the library closed on Saturdays? That is the dumbest thing I have ever heard of. I thought Van Bramer was responsible for the libraries? More politician babbling. “We’ll build you a great library, but it will be open every other Tuesday.” Oh and “it’ll be ugly and toxic too”.

The original plans for the library at the waterfront were quite spectacular. Something this neighborhood could have been proud of. Not only was it to have a garden rooftop , be green it had a nature center, public meeting facility and was incredibly gracious. At least we would have sent the message that we regard knowledge as vital in this neighbor hood. I just don’t see how you could trash a waterfront library. The space allotted is so small in comparison to the rest of the waterfront. I sure would have preferred the highschooler’s having a great environs to go to after school. YES, we got totally sold out through the poorly drafted development agreement and we will never achieve what the original dream was. It’s too bad. It’s time we value open space and knowledge. EVEN in a city.

#8, That nice, but in this day and age very few kids go to a library to do reseach. would be much better to have a bookstore there.

Or alternatively, we could redefine what is a public library, based on modern day technology and the special location on the East River. In this day and age, yes it should still lease books for free, but also provide things like computer terminals, access to specific databases, a place to be able to just go sit down and quietly get some work done.

And ideally it should be open everyday. And it should be GREEN, and an example of innovation and what a modern day library could really be like. But I agree with #6. They give us a bunch of promises, but nothing real seems like it will come out of it. What a shame.

Agree with the last poster – the reason why libraries are scaling back hours is because the demand is not there. It sounds great to build a library, but is that what Hunter’s Point really needs? There is already a public library at Citcorp. Why do we need another one? What we don’t have is a place like Borders or Barnes and Nobel where you can buy books, maps, magazines, CDs, DVDs, calendars, etc. Where can you buy these items around here? Nowhere. You have to go to Manhattan. We need services like this if Hunter’s Point is going to become a self sustaining neighborhood.

Oh please – there will be no concerts, meetings or cultural events. Who is supposed to be paying for all of that? It will be a room with books and a few computers (most of which will be out of order because they are infected with viruses contracted from users downloading porn) – nothing more.

Most likely and much like everything else the city does it will be poorly designed and poorly thought out and we will be stuck with a mediorce library with reduced hours that is inaccessabile to the community during the weekends and after working hours during the week. I have no use for a library that is never open. Like the previous poster said it sound great on paper, but I promise you the execution will make you wish that there was a bookstore or something useful to the community there.