""While book borrowing is central to QPL's mission, it represents only one dimension of our work," explained Lisi de Bourbon, a spokesperson for the Queens system. "The growth in library card registrations, and use of e-content, computers and Wi-Fi reflect the growing demand for these services in New York City. Even when a card is not used for traditional borrowing, it provides access to a wide range of resources that advance equity, opportunity, and community connection.""
"The World's Borough library system saw the biggest surge in book checkouts from last year to this year - as bookworms across the Queens Public Library's 66 locations consumed nearly 11 million books, magazines and movies during the 2025 fiscal year, The Post has learned. That's a 24% surge from the 8.7 checked out in 2024. That also doesn't count the social programming, educational tools and computer usage rates, the latter of which also reached record numbers last year at QPL."
Queens Public Library's 66 locations recorded nearly 11 million checkouts during fiscal 2025, a 24% increase from 8.7 million in 2024. QPL also saw record computer usage and growing demand for social programming, educational tools, e-content and Wi‑Fi. The system added 114,944 new cardholders, a 7% rise, and now has about 1.6 million members, the smallest of New York City's three major systems. The New York Public Library circulated roughly 17 million items with a slight dip in circulation but added 447,636 new members, a 23% increase to 2,375,000. Brooklyn Public Library's circulation rose about 2% to 9.7 million, with 1,728,000 members after 202,800 new registrations (13%).
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