Bethpage Public Library
Bethpage’s library is the Bethpage Public Library, a branch of Bethpage Public Library, which serves 19,537 people and lent 131K items last year.
What stands out about Bethpage Public Library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
About 6 kids’ programs a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Bethpage cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $2.9M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $2.3M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $2.9M budget.
Late fines apply to some overdue items.
Retail prices are typical, rounded down: a new book $17, a kids’ book $12, an e-book or e-audiobook $15, a movie rental $4, a class or program $10, a computer or Wi-Fi session $3. The average cardholder’s month = the library’s yearly loans, attendance and Wi-Fi sessions ÷ its 12,492 cardholders ÷ 12.
Every hour the doors are open, about 37 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Bethpage Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 6 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S. A tiny town’s library always looks busier per person, so it’s only compared with its own size.
Bethpage Public Library serves 19,537 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Find it
Bethpage Public Library, 47 Powell Avenue, Bethpage.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Bethpage Public Library branch.
New in Bethpage? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Almost half the print loans are kids’ books
131K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
42,294 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Libraries next door
Who has a library of their own, and how much each town borrows. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethpage | Bethpage Public Library | — | 69 |
| Levittown | Levittown Public Library fine-free | — | 67 |
| Oyster Bay | Syosset Public Library | — | 68 |
| Hempstead | Baldwin Public Library fine-free | — | 61 |
| Plainview | Plainview-Old Bethpage Public Library | — | 71 |
| Hicksville | Hicksville Public Library fine-free | — | 63 |
| Old Bethpage | None of its own | — | — |
| Plainedge | None of its own | — | — |
| Farmingdale | None of its own | — | — |
Loans = print + digital items borrowed in the library’s fiscal year, per person it serves. — = no library of its own, a county or regional system (its numbers cover many towns), or no report.
About these numbers
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Hours are an average. The survey reports a building’s public hours for the whole year. We divide by the weeks it was open, so check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
- Compared by size. “Similar-size” means libraries serving about as many people, nationwide. Per-resident numbers always flatter the smallest towns, so they’re never compared with big cities.
- The library’s own count. Libraries report their own visits, loans and programs. A library that didn’t respond keeps its address and hours here, with no numbers.
- System-wide. Bethpage Public Library is one branch of Bethpage Public Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 19,537 people it serves.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Bethpage.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Libraries: Institute of Museum and Library Services, Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024. Each library reports its own numbers. Distances are straight-line from the town center. “What your card is worth” uses typical retail prices and is an estimate, not an official figure.