West Hempstead Public Library

West Hempstead Public Library Visit us in person at our building at 500 Hempstead Ave. or at our virtual locations on the web. Check out our programs, events, and services.

Let us know how we are doing! We appreciate your feedback. We are currently open for regular hours. Mon – Thu: 9 am – 9 pm
Friday: 9 am – 6 pm
Saturday: 9 am – 5 pm
Sunday: 12 pm - 5 pm

08/21/2026

Beautiful morning for a stroll to the library. Love seeing so many!

Great job again to all 181 of our Summer Reading Club completers in the Children's Room!! Thank you for participating in...
08/17/2026

Great job again to all 181 of our Summer Reading Club completers in the Children's Room!! Thank you for participating in our club & having so much fun at our Completer's Celebration Shows 🎉 We look forward to doing it all again next Summer 🥳 Good luck to all those starting School in September!

Town of Hempstead NARCAN TrainingTuesday, August 18 from 6:30-8:00 pmParticipants will receive a free Narcan kit.Registe...
08/17/2026

Town of Hempstead NARCAN Training
Tuesday, August 18 from 6:30-8:00 pm
Participants will receive a free Narcan kit.
Register at https://toh311.net/Narcan-signup/ #/

There are oceans of possibilities of books to choose from here in the Children's Room to go on a summer adventure! 🧜‍♀️🧜...
08/14/2026

There are oceans of possibilities of books to choose from here in the Children's Room to go on a summer adventure! 🧜‍♀️🧜‍♂️🌊🧜‍♀️🐠 Pirates & Mermaids are a great place to start! ⚓🏴‍☠️☠️🦜

Donation bin in front of the Circulation desk until Friday, August 21.
08/13/2026

Donation bin in front of the Circulation desk until Friday, August 21.

Adults - You still have until August 17 to read 4 books and get invited to our Adult Summer Reading Celebration that wil...
08/12/2026

Adults - You still have until August 17 to read 4 books and get invited to our Adult Summer Reading Celebration that will take place on August 31. Email [email protected] if you have any questions!

Let's go to the BEACH 🐚👣☀️⛱🏄🌊
08/11/2026

Let's go to the BEACH 🐚👣☀️⛱🏄🌊

With the end of Week 6, Summer Reading in the Children's Room is now over! The Club finished with over 175 children comp...
08/10/2026

With the end of Week 6, Summer Reading in the Children's Room is now over! The Club finished with over 175 children completing & more than 101,250 minutes read total this Summer! GREAT JOB READERS!!! If you logged the 360 minutes required by AUGUST 7th, you will have received an invite to attend one of our special Summer Reading Club shows this Wednesday & Thursday evening, so be sure to respond with your show selection & don't miss out!! 🎉📖🎉

We had a blast getting a visit from our Bearded Dragon friend Ozzy last month at WHPL! 🦎
08/07/2026

We had a blast getting a visit from our Bearded Dragon friend Ozzy last month at WHPL! 🦎

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500 Hempstead Avenue
West Hempstead, NY
11552

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 9pm
Tuesday 9am - 9pm
Wednesday 9am - 9pm
Thursday 9am - 9pm
Friday 9am - 6pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm
Sunday 12pm - 5pm

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