Brentwood

36 Brentwood Road North, Toronto, ON M8X 2B5
416-394-5240

Branch is Wheelchair Accessible Wireless Access Available at Branch

*Sunday hours subject to season and other factors
Monday:	9:00 a.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Tuesday:	9:00 a.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Wednesday:	9:00 a.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Thursday:	9:00 a.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Friday:	9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Saturday:	9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Sunday:	1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Directions

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Features

General Features

Book Discussion Group: contact the branch for more information
Book Drop - 24 hours
Express Checkout
Group Study Room
KidsStop Early Literacy Centre
Pedometer Lending
Reading Garden
Seating for 130
Teen Zone

Equipment for persons with disabilities

Computer with adjustable height surface
Computer with at least 29" clearance under table top
Computer(s) with screen magnification software (Zoomtext)
Height adjustable table or desk
Magnifiers (hand held)
Study tables with at least 29" clearance under table top

Technology

Collections

Audiobooks on CD
Large Print Collection

Language

Large collection in French, Polish

Branch History

1950	Township of Etobicoke Public Library agrees to offer $7,410 to Kingsway Baptist Church to purchase “land having a frontage of about Ninety feet (90’) on the southerly side of Birchview Boulevard by a depth of about One Hundred and Eighteen Feet (118’) on the easterly [sic, westerly] side of Brentwood Road” as the site for its main library, 1 December. The sale is completed on 6 July 1951.
1951	A bookmobile stop is provided at the corner of Brentwood and Birchview each Saturday from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.
1953	Arthur H. Eadie is officially appointed as the architect, May.
1954	Library Board requests Etobicoke Township Council to issue debentures of $185,000 to build the library on Brentwood, May.
1955	Main Library opens on 20 July and officially opens on 28 September. Etobicoke Public Library’s headquarters, including administration, technical services, and the bookmobile office, are transferred here from their former location in the Humber Bay Library building on Park Lawn Road.
1961	Bookmobile office and storage are relocated to rented quarters at 4896 Dundas Street West, when a second bookmobile is purchased; they are moved to the new Richview Library in 1966.
1964	Technical Services Division moved to offices on Dundas Street near Burnhamthorpe Road, moving to the new Richview Library in 1966.
1966	Etobicoke Public Library’s main library and administrative offices are relocated to the new Richview Library, officially opened 16 October. Brentwood is reorganized as a district library.
1970	Alterations by Dunlop, Wardell, Matsui and Aitken, architects engineers & planners. The old Technical Services area in the basement is converted into a reading room and an enclosed staircase is added to connect the new room with the reference area on the main floor.
1971	Shut-In Service for Etobicoke Public Libraries is located here.
1988	Closed for retrofit, 4 July. Joseph Gerskup, Architect.
1989	Reopened 13 March.
2007	New hours, 8 January. Hours open per week increased from 58 to 63.
2010	Closed for major renovation and expansion by Diamond & Schmitt, Architects, 25 September.
2012	Reopened, 2 November.

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