Branches
Besides the Central Library in downtown Philadelphia, the system also operates 53 branch locations in the city's many neighborhoods.
Many of these branches were funded by Andrew Carnegie, who donated US$1.5 million to the library in 1903. The Bushrod branch was also established in 1903 through a bequest by Dr. Bushrod James.
| # | Name | Address | Zip Code | Phone | Neighborhood(s) Served | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andorra | 705 East Cathedral Road | 19128-2106 | 215-685-2552 | Andorra and Upper Roxborough | ||
| Blanche A. Nixon | 5800 Cobbs Creek Parkway | 19143-3036 | 215-685-1973 | Cobbs Creek | ||
| Bushrod | 6304 Castor Avenue | 19149-2731 | 215-685-1471 | Oxford Circle, Castor Gardens, Upper Northwood, Summerdale, and the Lower Northeast | ||
| Bustleton | 10199 Bustleton Avenue | 19116-3718 | 215-685-0472 | Bustleton and Somerton | ||
| Cecil B. Moore | 2320 Cecil B. Moore Avenue | 19121-2927 | 215-685-2766 | North Central, Strawberry Mansion, Brewerytown, Sharswood, and the Johnson Homes | ||
| Central Library | 1901 Vine Street | 19103 | 215-686-5322 | - | ||
| Charles L. Durham | 3320 Haverford Avenue | 19104-2021 | 215-685-7436 | Mantua and Powelton | ||
| Charles Santore | 932 South 7th Street | 19147-2932 | 215-686-1766 | Bella Vista, Queen Village, and Hawthorne | ||
| Chestnut Hill | 8711 Germantown Avenue | 19118-2716 | 215- 685-9290 | - | ||
| David Cohen Ogontz | 6017 Ogontz Avenue | 19141 | 215-685-3566 | Ogontz and Belfield | ||
| Eastwick | 2851 Island Avenue | 19153-2314 | 215-685-4170 | Eastwick, Elmwood, Clearview, and Penrose Park | ||
| Falls of Schuylkill | 3501 Midvale Avenue | 19129-1633 | 215-685-2093 | East Falls | ||
| Fishtown | 1217 East Montgomery Avenue | 19125-3445 | 215-685-9990 | Fishtown and New Kensington | ||
| Fox Chase | 501 Rhawn Street | 19111-2504 | 215-685-0547 | - | ||
| Frankford | 4634 Frankford Avenue | 19124-5804 | 215-685-1473 | Frankford, Northwood, Bridesburg, and part of Juniata Park | ||
| Fumo Family | 2437 South Broad Street | 19148-3508 | 215-685-1758 | - | ||
| Greater Olney | 5501 North 5th Street | 19120-2805 | 215-685-2846 | Olney | ||
| Haddington | 446 North 65th Street | 19151-4003 | 215-685-1970 | Haddington-Carroll Park and Overbrook-Morris Park | ||
| Haverford | 5543 Haverford Avenue | 19139-1432 | 215-685-1964 | Haddington-Carroll Park | ||
| Holmesburg | 7810 Frankford Avenue | 19136-3013 | 215-685-8756 | - | ||
| Independence | 18 S. 7th Street | 19106 | 215-685-1633 | Society Hill, Old City, Queen Village, Washington Square West, and Chinatown | ||
| Joseph E. Coleman Northwest Regional Library | 68 West Chelten Avenue | 19144-2795 | 215-685-2150 | Germantown | ||
| Katharine Drexel | 11099 Knights Road | 19154-3516 | 215-685-9383 | Normandy, North and West Torresdale, Morrell Park, Millbrook, Parkwood, Crestmont Farms, Brookhaven, and Walton Park | ||
| Kensington | 104 West Dauphin Street | 19133-3701 | 215-685-9996 | Kensington, West Kensington, and Norris Square | ||
| Kingsessing | 1201 South 51st Street | 19143-4353 | 215-685-2690 | Kingsessing | ||
| Lawncrest | 6098 Rising Sun Avenue | 19111-6009 | 215-685-0549 | Lawndale, Crescentville, Lawncrest, and Cedar Grove | ||
| Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped | 919 Walnut Street | 19107 | 215-683-3213 | - | ||
| Lillian Marrero | 601 West Lehigh Avenue | 19133-2228 | 215-685-9794 | Central North, Fairhill, St. Edwards/Hartranft, and West Kensington | ||
| Logan | 1333 Wagner Avenue | 19141-2916 | 215-685-9156 | Logan | ||
| Lovett | 6945 Germantown Avenue | 19119-2189 | 215-685-2095 | East and West Mt. Airy | ||
| Lucien E. Blackwell West Philadelphia Regional Library | 125 South 52nd Street | 19139-3408 | 215-685-7433 | Cedar Park, Walnut Hill, West Market, Mill Creek, Dunlap, and West Park | ||
| McPherson Square | 601 East Indiana Avenue | 19134-3042 | 215-685-9995 | Kensington, McPherson Square, and K & A | ||
| Nicetown-Tioga | 3720 North Broad Street | 19140-3608 | 215-685-9790 | Nicetown and Tioga | ||
| Northeast Regional Library | 2228 Cottman Avenue | 19149-1297 | 215-685-0522 | Greater Northeast | ||
| Oak Lane | 6614 North 12th Street | 19126-3299 | 215-685-2848 | Oak Lane | ||
| Overbrook Park | 7422 Haverford Avenue | 19151-2995 | 215-685-0182 | Overbrook Park | ||
| Paschalville | 6942 Woodland Avenue | 19142-1823 | 215-685-2662 | Paschalville and Elmwood | ||
| Philadelphia City Institute | 1905 Locust Street | 19103-5730 | 215-685-6621 | Rittenhouse Square and Fitler Square | ||
| Queen Memorial Library | 1201 South 23rd Street | 19146-4316 | 215-685-1899 | Landreth | ||
| Ramonita de Rodriguez | 600 West Girard Avenue | 19123-1311 | 215-686-1768 | Olde Kensington, Kensington South, Ludlow, Yorktown, East and West Poplar, Northern Liberties, and Girard/Poplar | ||
| Richmond | 2987 Almond Street | 19134-4955 | 215-685-9992 | Richmond and Port Richmond | ||
| Roxborough | 6245 Ridge Avenue | 19128-2630 | 215-685-2550 | Roxborough, Manayunk and Wissahickon | ||
| South Philadelphia | 1700 South Broad Street | 19145-2392 | 215-685-1866 | - | ||
| Tacony | 6742 Torresdale Avenue | 19135-2416 | 215-685-8755 | - | ||
| Thomas F. Donatucci, Sr. | 1935 Shunk Street | 19145-4234 | 215-685-1755 | Girard Estate, Packer Park, Passyunk Homes, St. Richards, and West Passyunk | ||
| Torresdale | 3079 Holme Avenue | 19136-1101 | 215-685-0494 | Academy Gardens, Ashton-Woodbridge, Pennypack, Pennypack Woods, Upper Holmesburg, and Winchester Park | ||
| Wadsworth | 1500 Wadsworth Avenue | 19150-1699 | 215-685-9293 | Wadsworth, Cedarbrook, Ivy Hill, and East Mt. Airy | ||
| Walnut Street West | 201 South 40th Street | 19104 | 215-685-7671 | University City and Spruce Hill | ||
| Welsh Road | 9233 Roosevelt Boulevard | 19114-2205 | 215-685-0498 | lower Bustleton and eastern Torresdale | ||
| West Oak Lane | 2000 Washington Lane | 19138-1344 | 215-685-2843 | West Oak Lane and parts of Cedarbrook, Ivy Hill, and East Mt. Airy | ||
| Whitman | 200 Snyder Avenue | 19148-2620 | 215-685-1754 | Whitman and Pennsport | ||
| Widener | 2808 West Lehigh Avenue | 19132-3296 | 215-685-9799 | North Central, Strawberry Mansion, and Allegheny West | ||
| Wynnefield | 5325 Overbrook Avenue | 19131-1498 | 215-685-0298 | Wynnefield and Overbook Farms | ||
| Wyoming | 231 East Wyoming Avenue | 19120-4439 | 215-685-9158 | - |
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