Morningside

4279 Lawrence Avenue East, Toronto, ON M1E 2S8

Contact Morningside

Hours

Monday	9:00 am	to	8:30 pm
Tuesday	9:00 am	to	8:30 pm
Wednesday	9:00 am	to	8:30 pm
Thursday	9:00 am	to	8:30 pm
Friday	9:00 am	to	5:00 pm
Saturday	9:00 am	to	5:00 pm
Sunday	1:30 pm	to	5:00 pm

Wheelchair Accessible
Free Wifi

Directions, TTC & Parking

View on map

East of Morningside Avenue but West of Manse Road, next to the Heron Park Community Recreation Centre.

Public Transit

TTC bus #54A or 54E from Lawrence East RT station to Manse Road.

Parking

Free parking.

Featured Services

Toronto Reference Library subjects by floor

Book a librarian for research or technology help.

Rare books and special collections

Visit TD Gallery
Showcasing art, artifacts, manuscripts and more.

Upcoming Programs

Featured Programs

Sat, Jan 19

9:30 am - 12:00 pm

Smoking Cessation~ Cancelled

Please note this program has been cancelled.

Sat, Jan 26

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Family Literacy Day - Paws 4 Stories

Join us in celebrating Family Literacy Day at Morningside branch! ...

Tue, Jan 29

6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Finding Joy & Humor in Caregiving

This educational workshop is for caregivers of individuals living with dementia with a focus on looking at the lighter sid...

Regular Programs

Wed, Jan 16

6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

East End Storytellers

Storytelling is not just for children - adults can share and enjoy stories too! This group is open to storytellers of all ...

Thu, Feb 14

7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Morningside Book Club - Winter

Join us every month for an interesting discussion with the Morningside Book Club. ...

Fri, Mar 08

10:30 am - 11:00 am

Family Storytime

Stories, songs, rhymes and activities for children age 5 and under with their parents and caregivers.

All Branch Programs and Events

Branch Features

General Features

Art Gallery Space
Book Discussion Group: contact the branch for more information
Book Drop - 24 Hours
Express Checkout
Free Parking - 81 spaces + 4 accessible
Quiet Study Room (check branch for availability)
Reading Garden
Seating for 70

Equipment for persons with disabilities

Book stand
Computer 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)
Large print keyboard
Large trackball mouse
Magnifier
Natural spectrum lamp
Page turner
Wheelchair accessible furniture

Technology

Collections

Adult Literacy Materials
Audiobooks on CD
Large Print Collection

Language

Small collection in French - Children, Hindi (DVDs only), Tamil

History

Year	Details
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.

Morningside is on Indigenous land. This is the traditional territory of the Haudenosaunee (ho-den-oh-sho-nee) Confederacy (aka. the Six Nations Confederacy), the Wendat, and the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation. Toronto Public Library gratefully acknowledges these Indigenous nations for their guardianship of this land. We'd also like to remind and reaffirm, as Torontonians and Canadians, our accountability to these Indigenous nations, and to all Indigenous peoples and communities living in Toronto.

This land is also part of the Dish with One Spoon territory, a treaty between the Haudenosaunee Confederacy (aka. The Six Nations Confederacy), the Anishinaabek (Ah-nish-nah-bek) and allied nations, to peaceably share and care for this land, its waters, and all of the biodiversity in the Great Lakes region. All those who come to live and work here are responsible for honouring this treaty in the spirit of peace, friendship, and respect. About Land Acknowledgement Statements