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Kings Point Village Hall, Kings Point, Long Island, New York June 17, 2021Photo: LINYperson615 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Libraries near Kings Point

Kings Point has no public library of its own; the nearest is Great Neck Library in Great Neck, 1.4 miles away

Kings Point doesn’t have a public library of its own. The closest is Great Neck Library in Great Neck, 1.4 miles away. Many small-town libraries give cards to neighbors, sometimes for a yearly fee, so call ahead.

D−Civic lifeAhead of 5% of U.S. towns · #736 of 751 in New York. Nonprofits and volunteering.
In brief

Libraries for Kings Point, in brief

Kings Point borrows from the libraries next door

Kings Point has no public library of its own, but four libraries are within 10 miles, the closest being Great Neck Library in Great Neck (1.4 miles). Many small-town libraries give cards to people from neighboring towns, sometimes for a yearly fee, so call ahead. Nearest libraries ↓

The nearby libraries are all fine-free

None of the four closest libraries charges late fines. Nearest libraries ↓

This summary is written from the numbers on this page. Distances are straight-line from the town center.

Civic life grade

What’s behind Kings Point’s civic life grade

On community nonprofits and volunteering, Kings Point is ahead of 5% of U.S. towns, #736 of 751 in New York. Kings Point is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs sit below most U.S. towns; Kings Point’s count of community nonprofits comes closest to the middle.

D−
Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of Kings Point’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (17,556)Ahead of 5%
FewerMore
New York towns we grade (751)Ahead of 2%
U.S. towns with similar incomes, $158K–$264K (597)Ahead of 2%

Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($158K–$264K) score higher, so income alone doesn’t account for it.

Civic life counts registered nonprofits, library visits and online volunteering groups, so it can miss civic life that runs through congregations, mutual aid or neighbors looking out for each other.

How sure. Graded on two inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. Kings Point is small (5,710 residents), so a few dozen organizations or visits move its per-resident figures; the volunteering share is a 2022 estimate from Facebook users aged 25–44.

Library visits: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024. Nonprofits: IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File, October 2026. Volunteering: Social Capital Atlas (Opportunity Insights), from data by Meta Platforms, Inc.; Chetty et al., Nature 2022. How TownRatings grades civic life →

Places to belong

13 community nonprofits are registered in Kings Point

2.3 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: human services.

Community nonprofits, by kind

Arts & culture10.11 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.24
Youth, sports & recreation10.21 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.52
Civic groups, clubs & veterans10.11 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.74
Human services50.91 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.59
Education20.28 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.43
Health20.39 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.16
Environment & animals00.00 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.17
Other20.32 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.47

Counted from the IRS list of tax-exempt organizations by mailing address (fractions where a ZIP code spans towns). Congregations are counted apart (6 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 4 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.

Volunteering

3.3%

3.3% of Kings Point’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 7.4% in the typical New York town and 7.5% nationally.

Volunteering: Social Capital Atlas (Opportunity Insights), from data by Meta Platforms, Inc.; Chetty et al., Nature 2022. ZIP-code figures, weighted by where Kings Point’s residents live; 2022.

Nearest libraries

The closest is 1.4 miles away

Closest first, measured from the center of Kings Point. Each one’s hours, and whether it charges late fines.

Next door

Libraries next door

Who has a library of their own, and how much each town borrows. Tap a town to see its library.

12+ loans per resident8–124–8Under 4No library / shared system
TownLibraryLoans per residentHoursCivic life
Saddle RockGreat Neck Library fine-free—67D−
Great NeckNone of its own——C

Loans = print + digital items borrowed in the library’s fiscal year, per person it serves. — = no library of its own, a county or regional system (its numbers cover many towns), or no report. Civic life: — = not graded (unincorporated places, whose nonprofits can’t be placed by mailing address, or towns with fewer than two of the three inputs).

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.

  • The library’s own count. Libraries report their own visits, loans and programs. A library that didn’t respond keeps its address and hours here, with no numbers.

Hours are the survey’s yearly average; libraries are compared with others serving about as many people. How TownRatings uses library figures →

Questions about the library and civic life in Kings Point

Does Kings Point have a public library?

No. The closest is Great Neck Library in Great Neck, 1.4 miles from the town center. Many libraries give cards to people from neighboring towns, sometimes for a yearly fee, so call ahead.

What is Kings Point’s civic life grade?

D− Kings Point is ahead of 5% of U.S. towns on civic life, #736 of 751 in New York. The grade combines library visits per resident, community nonprofits per 1,000 residents and the share of adults 25–44 in volunteering groups. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.

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Reading, story times and the library in Kings Point.

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Libraries: Institute of Museum and Library Services, Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024. Each library reports its own numbers. Distances are straight-line from the town center. “What your card is worth” uses typical retail prices and is an estimate, not an official figure.