Toronto Public Library - Leaside Branch

They've done a great job taking care of their customers during the pandemic and before - friendly and helpful.

I love this branch. The staff is always friendly, the library is clean and orderly. I love the section where you can just stare at the street resting on one of the chairs. I have been using the branch for nearly 3 years. Recently they misplaced one of my books that was on hold and immediately got in touch with me and corrected the misshap within 3 days or so. I really appreciate the quality of service.

This is a small library but look big and airy inside. It has a very tall ceiling and windows long the upper walls.

There is the typical reading area with tables and chairs and a long bank of computers. What is unique is there are 4 computers in the children's area.

There is on self-serve check-in (just a drop box) but they have 4 self-serve checkout stations. The checkout allows you to also login with you library card and password. This allows you to make reservations, pay overdue fines, and also allows check-out receipts to be emailed instead of printing them.

There is a rather large activity room.

There is free parking along the front of the library.

There is free WiFi and washrooms.

Clean and functional up-scale Leaside library; suburban but close to mid-town transit. Nice and quiet mid-afternoon. Large selection of magazines and a decent-sized children's area. Book Club & Writers' Group!

Its a cute library with some nice seating. They used to have quite a few kids events, but seems not as often now. Huge benefit is the parking. Its got free, easy to access parking right in front and is next to a small park (good for little ones under 5).