Patrons are advised to check with New Jersey Transit for bus schedules (973) 275-5555.
If you need more specific directions, please call the branch you wish to visit.
Branch Brook Branch
235 Clifton Ave.
733-7760 (Children’s Room, 733-6388)
#11, #28, Go Bus 28, #29, #72 stop at Bloomfield Ave. & Clifton Ave.
#41, #99 stop at Clifton Ave. & Park Ave.
#27 stops at Bloomfield Ave. & Mt. Prospect Ave. (by Subway)
Clinton Branch
739 Bergen St.
733-7757 (Children’s Room, 733-7754)
#39 stops at West Runyon St. & Bergen St.
#27 stops at Hawthorne Ave. & Bergen St.
#99 stops at Cross Bergen St.
#13 stops at Clinton Ave. & Bergen St.
Main Library
5 Washington St.
733-7784
#13, #27, Go Bus 28, #30, #76, #78 stop on Broad St. at Lombardy St. (heading north along Broad St.)
Go Bus 28, #59, #66 stop on Broad St. at Washington Park
#11, #13, #27, #28, #29, #30, #41 stop on Broad St. across from Lombardy St. (heading south along Broad St.)
#59, #66 stop on Washington St. & Washington Pl.
#11, #28, #29, #72 stop at Washington St. & James St.
If you are coming from Newark Penn Station, you can take the #72 or #76 bus. Or, you can take the Newark Light Rail (Broad Street line). Make sure to validate your ticket before boarding the light rail. The light rail stops at the Atlantic Street station (the second stop). Go left onto Bridge Street and up one block to Washington Street. The Library is across the street.
North End Branch
722 Summer Ave.
733-7766 (Children’s Room, 733-7683)
#27 (Forest Hill, Branch Brook Park), #74U stop at Mt. Prospect Ave. & Grafton Ave.
#13 stops at Broadway & Grafton Ave.
City Subway – Orange St. stop just east of 1st St.
Springfield Branch
50 Hayes St.
733-7736
#1 stops at 15th Ave, & Bedford St.
#25 stops at Springfield Ave. & Hayes St.
#1, #25 stop at Springfield Ave. & Irvine Turner Blvd.
Vailsburg Branch
75 Alexander St.
733-7755 (Children’s Room, 733-7749)
#1 stops at 18th Ave. at Alexander St.
#94 stops at S. Clinton St. & S. Orange Ave.
Van Buren Branch
140 Van Buren St.
733-7750
#1, #25 stop at Ferry St. & Van Buren St.
Weequahic Branch
355 Osborne Terr.
733-7751 (Children’s Room, 733-7752)
#37, #39, #99, #107 stop at Osborne Terr. & Lyons Ave.