Click here for a list of locations that accept donated books.
Clothing and Furniture Donations
Click here for a list of locations that accept donated clothing and furniture.
Eye Glasses
Millions living in low and middle income countries lack access to basic eye care services. The Library collects usable glasses to support a not-for-profit program. Donate eyeglasses at the drop box on the Circulation desk. Accepted are sunglasses, prescription, and reading glasses with both plastic and metal frames (no cases please).
Food
The Library’s Little Free Pantry is run entirely on donations from our community. Donate, or help yourself, to non-perishables. Our Pantry is located outdoors next to curbside pickup during library hours. In case of inclement weather, it will be open indoors in our gallery.
The Library has partnered with Long Island Cares to offer two services: a year-round community food drive, and a monthly distribution of non-perishable food. Donation boxes are located across from the Circulation Desk. Bags of non-perishable items are distributed in our parking lot on the second Wednesday of every month from 10 – 11 AM while supplies last. No ID necessary and no identifying questions are asked.
Long Island Cares endeavors to feed more than 280,000 hungry Long Islanders. Over 5,600 pounds of food were collected at the Library in 2021.
Handmade Projects
The Library accepts handmade items and donates them to local organizations. Click here for a list of project guidelines.
Laptops
RSVP Suffolk’s Community Connections Program (CCCP) accepts Windows laptops under 5 years old which they clear, refurbish, and install in the homes of financially challenged individuals. Drop off your laptop at the library and a representative of CCCP will collect it. Click here for more information.
Toys
Toys for Tots of Suffolk County each year provides a drop off box for new, unwrapped toys in the Library’s main lobby, with collection beginning in late October. This program, run by the U.S. Marine Corp Reserve, delivers a message of hope to our less fortunate youngsters.
Tree of Warmth
Each Winter, beginning on December 1, the community is invited to drop off donations of new winter hats, gloves, mittens and scarves for both children and adults. Socks are also welcome on the tree. These items are donated to a variety of local non-profit agencies working with our neighbors in need.
Drop off your AA, AAA, C, D, 9-volt, lithium ion, and button cell batteries at the Library. Batteries will be shipped to The Big Green Box for recycling. Note: Cracked, bloated, punctured, or otherwise damaged batteries are not accepted. Click here for additional details.
eWaste Recycling
Each year we hold an event for safe disposal of used computers, cell phones, printers, televisions, keyboards, cables, wires, or stereos. We cannot accept canister/tube televisions, heavy appliances, microwaves, or light bulbs.
Paper Shredding
Each year a shredding truck will be available for on-site shredding of personal documents. We cannot accept binders, plastic, cardboard, carbon paper, hanging files, newspaper, magazines, commercial papers, or wet papers.
Prescription Drug Disposal
Each year the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office will be on site to collect unused prescriptions to be safely discarded with no questions asked and no personal information required.
Recyclable Glass Drop-Off Program
Drop glass bottles and jars (no lids or caps, please) into the designated glass recycling bins in the back of the Library parking lot. Reminder: glass is no longer accepted in residential curbside recycling. (In partnership with the Town of Brookhaven).
See our recycling in action!
Organizations
We offer meeting space for community organizations within the library district. Click here for more details on eligibility and how to apply.
Individuals
Study tables are available throughout the library for members. Those requiring a quiet study space are welcome to use our separate Quiet Study room when available (times are posted on the door to the room).
Literacy Suffolk Tutors
We have a meeting room dedicated for Literacy Suffolk tutors and their students that can be reserved for lessons and/or testing. Click here for more details on eligibility and how to apply.
Appointment Necessary / No Fee
| Michele Lunarola / Debra Engelhardt Comsewogue Public Library 170 Terryville Road Port Jefferson Station, NY 11776 631-928-1212 More Information |
Call ahead to check availability / Fees may apply
| Astoria Federal Credit Union 2775 Route 112 Port Jefferson Station, NY 11776 631-331-2050 |
Citibank 4800 Nesconset Highway Port Jefferson Station, NY 11776 631-791-5441 |
Middle Country Public Library 101 Eastwood Blvd. Centereach, NY 11720 631-585-9393 |
| Suffolk Professional Notary & Signing 6 Musket Court Miller Place, NY 11764 631-365-4083 |
TD Bank 86 W Nesconset Highway Port Jefferson Station, NY 11776 631-331-1152 |
Teachers Federal Credit Union 450 Route 112 Port Jefferson Station, NY 11776 631-642-1186 |
| UPS Store 5507 Nesconset Highway Mount Sinai, NY 11766 631-331-0560 |
- Cumsewogue Historical Society
Chartered by the State of New York in 2009, to preserve the history of Port Jefferson Station (Native American name—Cumsewogue—then for a time called Echo) and the hamlet of Terryville, New York. The Society dissolved in 2019 and gifted its holdings to the Comsewogue Public Library to preserve and maintain and display as it deems appropriate. Please visit https://localhistory.cplib.org to see images in our collection. Additional images coming soon. - Miller Place — Mount Sinai Historical Society
Promotes and encourages historical research, to share this knowledge, and gain a greater understanding and appreciation for the rich history of Miller Place and Mount Sinai. - Port Jefferson Digital Archive
Provides public access to a variety of materials in its over twenty collections, including photographs, postcards, documents, manuscripts, prints, textual items, maps, drawings, and more.
COMSEWOGUE PUBLIC LIBRARY
170 Terryville Road
Port Jefferson Station, NY 11776
www.cplib.org
Monday-Thursday 9:30 am - 9 pm
Friday-Saturday 9:30 am - 5 pm
Sunday 12 noon - 4 pm
Curbside Pickup Available
CONTACT
Phone (631) 928-1212
Fax (631) 928-6307