Huntington Park Library — Attraction in Huntington Park

Love this library, I really enjoy going here with my daughter, they have a good selection of books, it’s clean, organized and most of the times quiet and kid friendly. We are both avid readers (I’m more of a kindle guy reader) we’ve been visiting this library since 2015 and never had a bad experience, only a recent situation that I didn’t feel comfortable with.

My kid (13yrs) sometimes holds books thru the website and I go and pick them, recently when I was checking out 2 books the lady that was helping me, said that I cannot pick them, that it should be the person who’s name has the card, she said that this time she will pass it but next time it should be my daughter picking them up.

Really? So as the parent/legal guardian I cannot pick the books for my kid?

In order to avoid this type of situations I applied for a library card ONLINE under my name; when I went to pick it up I explained the person who was attending me the reason I got the card he said that me as the parent I can pick my daughters books on hold and that he was going to bring this up.

Other than that situation, I really enjoy this library, I spend most of my time on the...

I have gone to this library my whole life and really missed it during COVID. So glad it's open again! Just a couple days ago, I was running late printing out a syllabus for grad school (just started!) and Tasha was sooo friendly to me, walking me through the steps and not showing any impatience with me and my many questions. The next day, I met Alex and Monica who (even though it was probably the end of their shifts) went above and beyond to help me with printing again. It's service like this that distinguishes one place from all the others! Come to this library -- I am confident it will be a comfort...

Fantastic library! Very peaceful place to study/read. The library is large, has 2 floors. Upstairs, there is the American Indian Resource Center, which has events/reading groups. Pretty, modernist building, with high ceilings and lots of table to study at. Relatively few plugs to charge however. Fav library...