Library · Brightwaters
Bay Shore-Brightwaters Public Library
Brightwaters’s library is the Bay Shore-Brightwaters Public Library, a branch of Bay Shore-Brightwaters Public Library, open about 64 hours a week.
IMLS Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024School-district system. Brightwaters’s branch belongs to Bay Shore-Brightwaters Public Library, which serves 35,336 people. The yearly numbers below are for the whole system, not just this branch. A card works at every branch.
Your branch
Bay Shore-Brightwaters Public Library
One South Country Road, Brightwaters 11718
64 hrsopen a week
35,000sq ft
Fine-freeNo late fees on books returned late
E-books & audiobooksBorrow from home with your card
Auto-renews loansBooks renew on their own if no one’s waiting
Research databasesOnline courses, journals, genealogy and more
Fiscal year 2024
A year at Bay Shore-Brightwaters Public Library
149K
visits
4.2 per resident
130K
loans, print + digital
3.7 per resident
589
programs & events
9,949 attended
18K
library cards
52% of people served
How it compares
Against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people
Per-resident numbers, compared only with libraries of a similar size across the country, because a tiny town’s library always looks busier per person.
Visits per resident
4.2 visits · typical 2.6
Higher than 79% of similar-size libraries
Borrowing per resident
1.8 print items · typical 3.7
A little below typical (25th percentile)
Digital borrowing
1.9 e-items · typical 1.2
Higher than 69% of similar-size libraries
Kids’ borrowing
0.8 kids’ items · typical 1.7
A little below typical (26th percentile)
Program attendance
0.3 attendees · typical 0.3
A little below typical (42th percentile)
Cardholders
52% of residents
Higher than 70% of similar-size libraries
Borrowing & programs
What people use it for
What people borrow
130K loans last year
Books & media (adults)27%Kids’ books & media22%E-books, audio & streaming50%
Who the programs are for
589 story times, classes, clubs and events
Money
Who pays for it
$97 per resident a year
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $3.4M.
Local 93%State 1%Gifts & other 6%
About these numbers
How to read this page
Hours are an averageThe 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.
One year, the library’s own countLibraries report their own visits, loans and programs for fiscal year 2024. A library that didn’t respond keeps its address and hours here, with no numbers.
Source: Institute of Museum and Library Services, Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024. Distances are straight-line from the town center.