Morningside

4279 Lawrence Ave. East, Toronto, ON M1E 2S8
416-396-8881

Branch is Wheelchair Accessible Wireless Access Available at Branch

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:	12:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Friday:	9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Saturday:	9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Sunday:	Closed

Directions

Map

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Features

General Features

Art Gallery Space
Book Discussion Group: contact the branch for more information
Book Drop - 24 Hours
Express Checkout
Pedometer Lending
Quiet Study Room (check branch for availability)
Seating for 70
Service Ontario in Libraries Partnership

Equipment for persons with disabilities

Computer(s) with screen magnification software (Zoomtext)
Counter in Meeting Room has 29" clearance under table top (available for Quiet Study when room not in use for programs or meetings)
Magnifiers - hand held or stand

Technology

Collections

Adult Literacy Materials
Audiobooks on CD
Large Print Collection

Language

Medium collection in Tamil
Small collection in French (children), Hindi (DVDs only)

Branch History

1966	Scarborough Public Library Board provides new bookmobile stops at Bennett Plaza (Bennett Road and Lawrence Avenue) and St. Martin de Porres School (230 Morningside Avenue), 3 January. Scarborough Council approves $ 70,000 for a branch library in West Hill - May.
1968	Opened by the Scarborough Public Library Board in Morningside Plaza, February, south side of Kingston Road near the intersection of Morningside and Lawrence Avenues.
1978	Morningside Plaza demolished for new three-storey enclosed mall. Branch closed 7 to 14 June for move to a temporary location at 4521 Kingston Road, east of Morningside Avenue.
1979	Reopened 29 November in leased space on third floor of new Morningside Mall. Architects, Adams Associates.
1992	Reduction of weekly service hours from 64 to 63, 4 January. (Saturday closure at 5 p.m. rather than 6 p.m.)
1994	Reduction of weekly service hours from 63 to 57, 5 July.
1995	Closed 5 September for relocation to larger, more accessible leased space on the second floor of Morningside Mall. Reopened 2 October. Architect, Moffat Kinoshita.
2005	Closed for reconstruction and relocation 25 June. WGA Wong Gregersen Architects Inc. Bookmobile service provided 1.5 hours per week at parking lot of Heron Park Community Recreation Centre, 292 Manse Road.
2006	Reopened 30 May 2006 at 4279 Lawrence Ave. E. (West of Manse Road, next to the Heron Park Community Recreation Centre).
2007	New hours starting 8 January. Number of open hours per week unchanged.

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