The Great Neck Library will soon be open for a full day on Sundays.
“The library’s worked incredibly hard with our budget to add these hours that the community is really going to benefit from,” Great Neck Library Board of Trustees President Aliza Reicher said.
Starting Sept. 7, the Great Neck Library’s Main Branch and Parkville Branch will be open from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. The Station Branch and Lakeville Branch will remain closed.
The expanded Sunday hours will be in place through June 7, 2026.
The library’s expansion of Sunday hours will double the time it is open on these days.
Currently, only the Main Branch and Parkville Branch are open on Sundays from 1-5 p.m. These Sunday hours will remain in effect until the change in September.
The Great Neck Library Board of Trustees voted unanimously Tuesday, April 22, to implement the expansion of Sunday hours.
“Thank you to the director and everyone else who was involved in making that happen,” Trustee Chayim Mahgerefteh said.
Mahgerefteh said that while the board approved the hours, they are also contingent on the library’s budget being approved. The community will vote on the library budget during the Great Neck Public School election on May 20.
The library’s budget has been drafted in anticipation of the cost increase for greater staffing for a full day on Sunday, according to library business manager Steven Kashkin. He estimated the additional wages would amount to an increase of $165,000 for employee wages, or $176,000 with taxes.
The library has been considering expanding its Sunday hours for months, with most of the decision-making centered on the ability to support the additional costs associated with staffing individuals for more hours.
The increased hours were an initiative led by the library’s Long Range Planning Committee.
“Hopefully the community will get to enjoy the library more,” Mahgerefteh said.
