Bayport-Blue Point Public Library
Blue Point’s library is the Bayport-Blue Point Public Library, a branch of Bayport-Blue Point Public Library, which serves 13,836 people and lent 121K items last year.
What stands out about Bayport-Blue Point Public Library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
About 10 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.
Every hour the doors are open, about 35 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Bayport-Blue Point Public Library system. The library’s own count.
48% of borrowing is digital
121K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
57,897 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Blue Point cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $2.8M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $2M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $2.8M budget.
Fine-free. No late fees on books returned late.
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 11,707 cardholders ÷ 12.
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.
Bayport-Blue Point Public Library serves 13,836 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Find it
Bayport-Blue Point Public Library, 186 Middle Road, Blue Point.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Bayport-Blue Point Public Library branch.
New in Blue Point? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Point | Bayport-Blue Point Public Library fine-free | — | 67 |
| Patchogue | Patchogue-Medford Library fine-free | — | 59 |
| Islip | Islip Public Library | — | 67 |
| Brookhaven | Longwood Public Library fine-free | — | 68 |
| Holbrook | Sachem Public Library fine-free | — | 65 |
| Bayport | None of its own | — | — |
| North Patchogue | 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. Bayport-Blue Point Public Library is one branch of Bayport-Blue Point Public Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 13,836 people it serves.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Blue Point.
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.