The Smithtown Library - Kings Park Branch
Kings Park’s library is the The Smithtown Library - Kings Park Branch, a branch of Smithtown Special Library District, which serves 112,919 people and lent 937K items last year.
What stands out about The Smithtown Library - Kings Park Branch
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
About 24 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.
63% of borrowing is digital
937K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
592,872 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 Kings Park cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $36. Operating budget $15M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $15M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $15M 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 50,998 cardholders ÷ 12.
Every hour the doors are open, about 70 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Smithtown Special Library District system. The library’s own count.
Find it
The Smithtown Library - Kings Park Branch, 1 Church Street, Kings Park.
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 Smithtown Special Library District branch.
New in Kings Park? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 5 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 100,000+ people across the U.S. A tiny town’s library always looks busier per person, so it’s only compared with its own size.
Smithtown Special Library District serves 112,919 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 100,000+.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kings Park | The Smithtown Library - Kings Park Branch fine-free | — | 62 |
| Commack | Commack Public Library fine-free | — | 67 |
| Huntington | Harborfields Public Library fine-free | — | 62 |
| East Northport | East Northport Public Library fine-free | — | 70 |
| Smithtown | The Smithtown Library fine-free | — | 67 |
| Fort Salonga | None of its own | — | — |
| Nissequogue | 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. The Smithtown Library - Kings Park Branch is one branch of Smithtown Special Library District, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 112,919 people it serves.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Kings Park.
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.