page_title: Queens Public Library
section_title: Programs and services
hierarchical_section_title: Queens Public Library / Programs and services
caption_attribution_description: English: QBPL inside view, Chess players cafe Main branch happenings, Merrick blvd
context_page_description: The Queens Public Library, also known as the Queens Borough Public Library and Queens Library, is the public library for the borough of Queens, and one of three public library systems serving New York City. It is one of the largest library systems in the world by circulation, having loaned 13.5 million items in the 2015 fiscal year, and one of the largest in the country in terms of the size of its collection. According to its website, the library holds about 7.5 million items, of which 1.4 million are at its central library in Jamaica, Queens. It was named "2009 Library of the Year" by Library Journal.
  Dating back to the foundation of the first Queens library in Flushing in 1858, Queens Public Library has become one of the largest public library systems in the United States, comprising 62 branches throughout the borough. Queens Public Library serves Queens' population of almost 2.3 million, including one of the largest immigrant populations in the country. Consequently, a large percentage of the library's collections are in languages other than English, particularly Spanish, Chinese, Korean and Russian.
context_section_description: Queens Public Library has long had a variety of services to aid children and teens.
caption: A chess players' cafe
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