The opening date for the new East Boston Branch on Bremen Street is Saturday, November 2, at 11 a.m. The new facility, currently undergoing construction, is at the corner of Bremen and Prescott Streets and faces Bremen Street Park.

During the month of October, all East Boston residents are encouraged to use any of Boston Public Library’s other locations, including the West End Branch at 151 Cambridge Street, located near the Bowdoin stop of the MBTA’s Blue Line. Learn more.

DISTINCTIVE ASPECTS OF THE COLLECTION
The branch holds a large collection of material on East Boston History including material on Clipper ships. In addition the branch has a strong collection of Spanish Language material for Children and adults as well as literacy materials.

RECURRING PROGRAMMING OFFERED
Preschool story hours, and film programs are offered weekly for children. An English Conversation Group also meets weekly.

SPECIAL PROGRAMMING OFFERED
Lecture programs are typically offered in the fall or spring focusing on topics of local interest including local history. Summer reading clubs are offered for children as well as other special programs at various times throughout the year. .

PLANNING PROCESS
Follow updates about the new East Boston Branch project at our Capital Projects page.

BRANCH TREASURES
A series of paintings titled “The History of Shipping” are displayed throughout the East Boston Branch. These 14 paintings by Frederick Leonard King (American, 1879-1947) are a reminder of the time when East Boston played an important role in the shipping and shipbuilding industry.

Great Carrack, Spanish Caravel, Galleass

HISTORY
Established in 1869, the East Boston Branch was the first municipally supported branch library in the United States. It opened in the old Lyman School with the collections of the East Boston Library Association and the Sumner Library. In 1914, the present site was built.