Queens Library, Flushing branch
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📚 Library · Queens
1 hours · Free · No reservation needed
- 🚇About 35 min by subway or carFrom Midtown · Getting there: Subway 7 to the last stop, Flushing–Main St, then a 2-minute walk
- 🍼Stroller-friendlyFlat surfaces — bring the stroller
- 🌳Lots of shadeRain-OK · Handles heat
- ⏱️Typical visit: 1 hoursBest seasons: Spring · Summer · Fall · Winter
One of the busiest library branches in the country by circulation; the children's area has a huge selection of Chinese, Korean and Spanish picture books and bilingual story times, and it is a good place to walk off lunch or wait out rain in Flushing.
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