Queens Borough Public Library, Auburndale Branch

The library at Auburndale was established in the year 1930 when the developer of the area and the local Democratic Club provided space in the form of a store, rent-free. The library moved twice since then to rented store facilities on 32nd Avenue. City funds for the new branch were first approved in May 1964, and a Federal grant of $103,375 was approved in June 1966 under the Library Services and Construction Act. On October 20, 1969, a modern, city-owned facility was opened at the present site.

The Queens Library provides free access to print, audio-visual, and electronic resources based on community needs. E-Books, Research Databases, and Selected Internet Resources by Subjects are available on the Library website in English, Spanish, French, Russian,Chinese, and Korean. Each branch of the Queens Library provides for general and local needs by collecting both general interest materials and more specialized materials in English and other languages.

International Language Collections at the Auburndale Community Library include:
Chinese, Korean, Italian, Spanish and French.

Special Interest/Noteworthy Collections at the Auburndale Community Library include:
a good Chinese collections of books, CDs and DVDs.