Plainedge Public Library
Plainedge Public Library serves 19,190 people in and around North Massapequa. Last year it lent 107K books, movies and e-books and logged 67K visits.
The short version on North Massapequa’s library
Open about 65 hours a week
The North Massapequa branch is open about 65 hours a week, averaged over the year. The building ↓
A well-funded system
Plainedge Public Library spends $123 per resident a year, about three times the typical $43 for a library its size. Almost all of it (94%) comes from local taxes. What your card is worth ↓
This summary is written from the numbers on this page. Numbers are the library’s own report to the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024; Plainedge Public Library serves 19,190 people in and around North Massapequa, and its numbers cover all of them.
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average North Massapequa cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $2.4M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.7M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $2.4M 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 9,313 cardholders ÷ 12.
Find it
Plainedge Public Library, 1060 Hicksville Road, North Massapequa.
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 Plainedge Public Library branch.
New in North Massapequa? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Every hour the doors are open, about 32 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Plainedge Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Strongest at digital borrowing
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.
Plainedge Public Library serves 19,190 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Almost half the print loans are kids’ books
107K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
39,452 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 5 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Massapequa | Plainedge Public Library fine-free | — | 65 |
| Oyster Bay | Plainview-Old Bethpage Public Library | — | 71 |
| Hempstead | Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library | — | 69 |
| Massapequa Park | Massapequa Public Library | — | 68 |
| South Farmingdale | Farmingdale Public Library | — | 67 |
| Levittown | Levittown Public Library fine-free | — | 67 |
| Massapequa | Central Avenue Branch | — | 68 |
| North Wantagh | None of its own | — | — |
| Plainedge | 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. Plainedge Public Library serves 19,190 people in and around North Massapequa, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just North Massapequa.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in North Massapequa.
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.