Hillside Public Library

Many activities for kids, youth , adults
Good books, even if the book is not available, they order it to you from another library

Anyone giving 1 star reviews to a public library needs to get a grip and reevaluate their life. Our local library offers museum passes, online requests + pickup, automatic renewals, and plenty of parking. The staff are friendly if you are too.

I came to this library for the first time for toddler open play and I thought it was great! It took place on the 2nd floor and the area is next to a bunch of windows so you can see outside facing the library parking lot and street. A lot of natural light comes in and it's a big space for open play with a ton of toy options and a table just for coloring.

The one negative is once open play is over (about an hour), they put away all the toys. I've been to other libraries where they leave the toys out for the children to play with as long as the library is open.

The parking lot is very big and there were plenty of spots when I went, which was a weekday at 4:30pm. I liked how the open play was in the middle of the day as early times don't work for my family's schedule.

Excellent! The best library I have been to. There is a great selection of books and all of the librarians are super kind and helpful. They often have free events and give out free stuff to the patrons.