Bayonne Public Library To Close Four Weeks For Renovations Starting February 20th, Previous Branch To Have Some Services

Bayonne Library to Close Temporarily for Renovations; Will Use Former Branch For Some Services

The Bayonne Free Public Library announced that a large renovation program will start shortly at its building at 31^st Street and Avenue C. According to Library Director JP Porcaro, the renovations are expected to take ten months to complete. The project will include repairing the façade; remodeling the Children’s Room and the lobby; and replacing 1930’s infrastructure.

The library will be closed for approximately four weeks starting on Monday, February 20. Starting Tuesday, February 21, the library will have a scaled-down operation offering some library services at the former Story Court Branch at 16 West 4^th Street. The library will continue to provide its online content, which is always available. The Story Court Library will retain the main library’s hours during the closure: Monday-Thursday, from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.; Friday, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Saturday, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; and Sunday, closed.

Additional updates and advisories will be issued during the renovations. All projections about the duration of the construction and temporary services are subject to change, due to weather and unforeseeable circumstances.

Banner Image: Library with comfortable reading chair. Image Credit –  Jon Tyson

City of Bayonne

Bayonne is a community that retains many of the elements of a small town. One and two family homes, small apartment buildings, and small business predominate. There is a population of 62,000 people who take pride in their hometown and its history. Bayonne residents and their ancestors moved to the city from many parts of the world. During colonial times and the first century of the American Republic, the Dutch, British, and Africans were the first groups to arrive after the Native Americans. Subsequent waves of immigrants came from all over Europe, especially between the 1880s and the 1920s. In recent decades, sources of immigration have largely been represented from countries in Latin America, the Middle East, and Southeastern Asia. Each group has left its mark on the cultural, religious and political life of the community.