The Louis Bay 2nd Library & Community Center of Hawthorne, NJ was founded in 1913. The Louis Bay 2nd Library provides current and historical cultural, entertainment, information, social, and technological services.  The library contains areas for adults, children, and teens, as well as a comprehensive reference department.

Materials offered at the library include fiction and non-fiction books, biographies, periodicals, DVDs, video games(xBox, Wii, Playstation) and CDs.  We have an extensive children's and parenting collection.  Large print books, audiobooks, and Talking Books from the Talking Book & Braille Center are also available. Many adult, children, and teen programs are offered at the Louis Bay 2nd Library on a regular basis. Some amenities offered to the public include Internet access, color printing, free wi-fi, word processing, faxing, and photocopying.  

The Louis Bay 2nd Library is a member of the Bergen County Cooperative Library System (BCCLS).  This membership allows resident cardholders of the Louis Bay 2nd Library to use not only this library, but to borrow materials from any of the 74 libraries that belong to the consortium.  

Your library card also allows you to borrow passes to local museums, request books and periodicals from the online databases, as well as access downloadable audio and e-books from eBCCLS.