Reviews of Benny Library (Library)

Galaxy Platform

Pretty good nice library.

Loubna ZEBIRI

(Translated) The employees are very nice and helpful especially the girl with long curly hair (Original) Les employés sont très gentils et serviables surtout la fille avec les longs cheveux bouclés

Nuo Cheng

Amazing new library in the neighborhood. Very cozy inside to read

Laura_ytb24

(Translated) One of the staff called the tug for parking just to do homework at the sports center, next door with my two boys, just by what happened just when the cultural center closed? (Original) Une des personnels appele le remorcage pour avoir stationné just pour aller faire les devoirs au centre sportif, à côté avec mes deux garçons, seulement par ce qu'on est arrivé juste au moment de la fermeture du centre culturel ?

Mélanie LB

Very big public library. The inside space is really amazing. You have access to different sections with a very well designed kids corner. The work/study rooms that you can reserve are great and keep you from the possible noise or chatter. Great system.

Andrew Sisk

A beautiful space. Family friendly and full of spaces to sit and study or read. The graphic novel section is amazing. A toddler play space. Study rooms. Access to LEGO robotics kits. The tech lab is incredible. Highly recommend this space.

Rabbi Yisroel Bernath

Very friendly staff and a great new library in NDG.

Ana Zar

Very noisy, not a good place if you need a quiet place, there are always kids and teenagers in this library who make a lot of noise!

Kelly Richardson

I am so lucky to live next door to this wonderful facility. I just wish there were more English documents and signage available.

Mark podgaichenko

(Translated) The best library in NDG! (Original) La meilleur bibliothèque de NDG!

Miu Kuen Lee

new and great place for study. I could reheat my lunch on ground floor with the microwave.

Kayy Williams

i love this library

Hongan Life

Unprofessional staff

David Sampson

Great

Sarah Martin-Zement

(Translated) Directly next to my house! My favorite place to study! Lots of workspaces. My favorite seat is at the top right when you go up the stairs! There are desks and armchairs available in front of large windows! In addition, you can rent iPads and computers for working. I find it just brilliant! The selection of books is very interesting! I easily find what I need there. Definitely a place that I love! (Original) Direct à côté de chez moi! Mon endroit préféré pour étudier! Beaucoup d'espaces de travail. Ma place préférée se trouve en haut à droite quand on monte les escaliers! Il y a des bureaux et des fauteuils disponibles devant de grandes fenêtres! De plus, on peux y louer des ipads et des ordinateurs pour travailler. Je trouve cela tout simplement génial! La sélection de livres y est très intéréssante! J'y trouve facilement ce dont j'ai besoin. Définitivement un endroit que j'adore!

Hes Sha

Very great place

Vivek Ramanath

Great for kids and adults alike.

Tara Rainville

Love the library! I just wish their English section was larger. I have read much of what there is.

Jean-François Charguerot

Great and friendly place

Kim Hayes

Compared to the old location this is absolutely the best. The building is spacious, modern, welcoming, and there are many spaces to sit and relax. It can be very busy though with students studying and, unfortunately, young kids left running everywhere because parents think it's ok to allow it. Great selection of books, the staff is friendly, and I'm happy the Montreal libraries are getting more books online.

YM Chao

Amazing place!

Martine Savard

(Translated) The place could be really good. But here, as is so often the case, it is the child who rules! In short, you feel much more at the playground than in a library. What a pity! :( (Original) L'endroit pourrait être vraiment très bien. Mais ici, comme c'est si souvent le cas, c'est l'enfant qui règne! Bref, on se sent bien plus au terrain de jeux que dans une bibliothèque. Quel dommage! :(

MO B.

(Translated) Superb library, lively, modern and focused on technology. Welcoming and friendly staff. (Original) Superbe bibliothèque, vivante, moderne et axée sur les technologies. Personnel accueillant et sympathique.

Philippe Deslongchamps

Very good chicken literature

R Bot

This library is not so friendly for those who are looking for a place to work. First is the schedule, the library is not accessible for those who work in the morning. Second the reading tables don't offer any sort of isolation.

Tara Gerrie

Rude and incompetent staff. In the dead of winter was told we had to wear our soaking wet boots in the library only to have to take them off in the kids section. Kids section nothing to brag about.

Arjun Patel

Really nice library.

Abel Fuchslocher

Stylish modern library and community center. Strong wifi.

Louis Perron

Very cool library. Great place to work away an afternoon in any season. Definitely worth a visit. It’s also across from the park, so you can take out a book and go read on the grass. Love it!

jeremy zaghdoun

(Translated) Very good service (Original) Très bon service

Some Random Canuck

Pretty cool library but poorly designed. Fairly noisy sitting areas.

SOOWOONG CHO (coolpilot)

Don't want to mention about tbis place. Keep calm and come to see.

j j

Good

Guru Prasanna C S

(Translated) I just took the membership at this library. My first public library experience in Montreal / Canada and it is awesome. You have left the office several times and worked here. WiFi Free is here and there is plenty of space to work. (Original) I just took membership at this library. My first public library experience in Montreal/Canada and it is awesome. ಹಲವಾರು ಸಲ ಆಫೀಸ್ ಬಿಟ್ಟು ಇಲ್ಲಿಂನ್ದಾನೆ ಕೆಲಸ ಮಾಡಿದೀನಿ. ವೈಫೈ ಫ್ರೀ ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಮತ್ತು ಬೇಕಾದಷ್ಟು ಸ್ಥಳ ಇದೆ ಕೂತು ಕೆಲಸ ಮಾಡ್ಲಿಕ್ಕೆ.

I PL

Can't get forms, papers, or applications in english.

Marga Gomez

I love this place!

Daniel Jimenez

(Translated) A cozy little public library in the heart of NDG. (Original) Una pequeña y acogedora biblioteca pública en el corazón de NDG.

Viktoriya M

Very good place. The staff in really friendly and helpful. A lot of activities that are offered for free, very good installations. The kids area is well designed and divided into sections. The adult section is on top floor, which makes it quite. It has French and English books and lots of computers in both sections. You can watch films there. It has the cultural center which offers free spectacles and presentations. Kids love to visit this library.

Vanesa J

The place is really good. Looks like the new Library in Lachine. The person who talked to us wasn't very kind and was complaining about an error from other library in our file, trying to make me fill guilty as I was a child... Kind of funny, but not enjoyable, experience. We ll see if they improve the approach when they will fix the issue.

Vanesa J

The place is really good. Looks like the new Library in Lachine. The person who talked to us wasn't very kind and was complaining about an error from other library in our file, trying to make me fill guilty as I was a child... Kind of funny, but not enjoyable, experience. We ll see if they improve the approach when they will fix the issue.

Tom Abray

We're so fortunate to have this beautiful library in our neighbourhood.

Hanxi Eric Zheng

(Translated) The environment is very good, very quiet, and a good place to study (Original) 环境很好，很安静，是个学习的好地方

Park규억

(Translated) There are a lot of various books and many events are held~^^ I often go to the library, so it's comfortable like my own home. DVDs, music CDs, etc. can be rented. It's a very nice place and a place to go often for children. (Original) 다양한 책들이 많고 많은 이벤트를 진행합니다~^^도서관에 자주 다녀서 그런지 내집같이 편안합니다. DVD,음악cd등 대여가능합니다. 아주 좋은 곳이며 아이들을 위해선 자주 가야되는곳입니다.^^

Guy LeBleu

(Translated) What change! The new Benny Library is a huge physical and architectural advancement over the narrow and dated chapel of before. This new freshness is just as noticeable among the staff. The bears (es) that haunted the old premises seem to have been left there. In Benny, we no longer see anyone but friendly employees, gifted with a good sense of humor and always ready to serve with a smile. It is a real pleasure to go and read a book in this place. (Original) Quel changement! La nouvelle bibliothèque Benny est un immense progrès physique et architectural par rapport à la chapelle étroite et vieillote d'avant. Cette fraîcheur nouvelle se remarque tout autant chez le personnel. Les ours(es) qui hantaient l'ancien local semble y avoir été laissé(e)s. On ne croise plus à Benny que des employés aimables, doués d'un bon sens de l'humour et toujours prêts à rendre service avec le sourire. C'est un réel bonheur que d'aller bouquiner dans cet endroit.

Casey Ecker

Probably one of my favorite little libraries in all of Montreal. Lovely selection of everything from novels to fashion/history and language books. Incredibly kid friendly and fun activities like figure sketching with a live model.

Aurelie Lenain

(Translated) An impressive selection of books for young and old! Incredible kindness from the staff ???? And exemplary management of the Covid! In short, you should put 6 stars ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (Original) Un choix impressionnant de livres pour petits et grands ! Une gentillesse incroyable de la part du personnel ???? Et une gestion du Covid exemplaire ! Bref il faudrait mettre 6 étoiles ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

S.E. McKenzie

On the positive side: now in July you can book computers for yourself and return videos in automatic return chute. On the negative side: one of my latest experiences was disappointing. Got hassled twice by a man not respecting social distancing who wanted the computer I had booked, even when there were several empty computers available. It is too bad people in this postal code aren't treated with same respect as Westmount, IMO. People say it all the time but it is true IMO. Don't act so surprised that we actually read and know how to use a computer and actually have university diplomas. Not so user friendly for working & sometimes doesn't feel safe or that privacy/distance rights are being respected/taken seriously. Lots of gossiping and noise, IMO, probably not much concern for misinformation's harmful impact, IMO. Library culture seems to create social distinctions. Was a bit of a culture shock, before Covid-19, when the red vested trendy looking security team were standing aound and sometimes watching from the stairs and just stared, sometimes they would tell someone off & made it harder to concentrate. Loud gossiping feels almost like you are back in high school watching the cool kids wearing cool clothes and living with cool parents while looking down and tormenting those less fortunate who were about to age-out into homelessness, trapping them in self fulfilling prophecies, and increasing dropout rates, reinforcing their own unapproachable groupthink about them, IMO. Like another poster described, you need to see the funny side, then errors won't feel so bad but why make errors about people in first place? Why allow gossip to be weaponized? Why lord social power over others? Why not treat adults like adults? Seriously what stops them from just handing out phone number or address with gossip they share? Before many services were closed again: At times still noisy cause of auditory design or lack of one, IMO. Giving people space and showing respect is far less intimidating than maskless hovering. Little kids' place is still not open so they can't be blamed for noise. Returns are placed under 24 hour quarantine. Before Covid-19: Could be a very nice library. Good selection of French movies. If noise & privacy policies were fair & effective there would obviously be less noise & more privacy, IMO. A list of answers to most Frequently Asked Questions could help many new people who won't be familiar with keyboard setup. Hints like: to access the @ for email address it is alt control @. Push shift or push Ctrl and then highlight the amount of time that you want to reserve on reservation schedule if you want to work for longer than half an hour. You can eat in cultural centre lobby, which is complete with microwave & fridge. You can also borrow laptops & tablets to use inside library. I recommend this library due to quantity of computers, laptops, tablets; not so much without these things to use. Experience could be disappointing due to noise and what sometimes feels like institutional discrimination causing discomfort/disadvantage for some but not for others. Don't drop out or quit, just let possible systemic disadvantage make you stronger the way it either makes or breaks you by design, IMO. Laugh at it, if you can. At times can feel more like a daycare center than a library. Noisy, intrusive atmosphere could impact quality of your work. Doesn't always feel safe, respectful or clean. The acoustical design of this building seems to be lacking & noise echoes & could weaken focus. Huge difference between superficial goodness & actual goodness, which is why you are not supposed to judge a book by its cover. Get to know how everything works so you can solve most problems. Libraries are meant to serve a higher purpose & why they are supposed to be quiet and free from prejudicial vocals & ghetto traps where resistance feels futile, IMO. It is true that the hand holding the pen writes history. Sometimes male cleaner will start cleaning women's washrooms in attached cultural centre while you are still in there.

Julie Godon

This new neighbourhood library has everything, comfy and sunnny spaces to read, great classes like 3D printing. If you can't find your book, you can reserve it online with the Nelligan system - it will turn up in a few days and you will get notified by email.

Katherine Chighladze

Very friendly and helpful stuff. My kids enjoy going there. It's a good place to read books and there are many free events here. It's opened on a Sunday. Very clean library and good air conditioning. I often take my kids there to borrow new books to read.

Emma Wahl

Fortunate to have this stylish and welcoming library in my neighbourhood. So far I have found the staff to be friendly and helpful. However a larger selection of English books would be welcome.

K Baburek

Great 21ct library!

P. M.E.

Great place!

Reza N

Small but nice

roman hadjadj

Beatiful ❤

Meghan S

Clean, modern and organized. Very helpful staff :)

Tulip Tu

It’s a new library with modern convenience facilities. I can study here for all day ,most time it’s quite .The labtops and iPads are rentable ,it’s really good.

Hugues Terrien

Terriffic brand new library!

Casey Ecker

Probably one of my favorite little libraries in all of Montreal. Lovely selection of everything from novels to fashion/history and language books. Incredibly kid friendly and fun activities like figure sketching with a live model.

DA

Friendly staff in a very warm place good for a reading or studying session.

Сергей Савкин

perfect sevice!

alex toutongi

the new location is nicer and more spacious than its previous counterpart, although i find the architecture ugly. Staff are polite and helpful, pretty decent selection of books to choose from. WiFi is really slow so if you really heavily on the internet for study, this ain't the place for you. The noise level is crazy by library standards, lots of kids making noise and it makes it difficult to concentrate overall for reading/studying. There are some private rooms to study but i believe they are one reserve in advance.

Clair Zelo

Poorly designed, far too loud, libraries are supposed to be quiet.

nima DIAN

Noisy place I am so disappointed

Zhaolong WANG

been here frequently, kid likes it

SHIYUE Z

yes, they have baby section, maybe noisy sometimes. but if u complaint this library is not good, I dont know where you could find other better than here. PS: yes, other comments mentioned the staff here are not that helpful sometimes. It is ture or not, some staff really activity to help but some not. Winter time, baby activity sometimes cancelled at last minutes, but not informed to the parents. like this morning, almost 8 babies with their parents waiting outside in the cold for the baby activity. but the library not opened on time and ask one of the staff, she replied she has no idea about it....

Michael Derrick

New library. Past of Montreal library system.

Loida Pancorbo

The building is modern and the space is open. Great collection for kids. They lend board games too and with the Nelligan system they will have in days the reservations that you did ready for you. You can autocheck out the books by yourself without interacting with anybody if you are shy.

andrew kitzanuk

Staff patience

Pascal St Pierre

Good

Cynthia Marie

The library itself is wonderful and the staff is amazing and quite helpful. However, as happens so often nowadays, kids are running around, riding scooters, racing up and down the stairs and acting as though everything and everyone was put on the earth for their use and amusement. You really can't relax and enjoy yourself. I just pick up my books and leave. It's too bad because it could be a nice place for everyone to enjoy but as it stands now it is not. It's a giant toy for kids to play in. There is no one interested in asking kids to think about others. We are raising a generation who will lack compassion and never think about anyone but themselves. So sad.

Arman Hossain

the service is bad, they wont give you card because your school is in a other area then Montreal please fix this and it is not worth paying 44$ just for a damn card pers YEAR please change this !

Yugioh Gamer 1452

(Translated) My 15-year-old boy with parental permission on his card to be able to borrow 18-year-old ps4 games at the beginning they left but now they do not leave because apparently they have them a meeting not to let that anymore. Now I have to go with my boy to the library to be able to borrow a game. (Seriously I will complain if it continues like this.) Go to the library instead of the snow coast Au Au Moin it is much better (Original) Mon garçon de 15 ans à la permission parental sur sa carte pour pouvoir emprunter des jeux de ps4 de 18 ans au début ils laissaient mais maintenant ils ne laisse pas car apparemment ils ont eux une réunion pour ne plus laisser ça. Maintenant je suis obliger d'aller avec mon garçon à la bibliothèque pour pouvoir emprunter un jeux .(Sérieusement je vais porter plainte si ça continue comme ça .) Aller plutôt à la bibliothèque de la côte des neige la Au moin c'est beaucoup mieux

Bayan Helles

It's very good.

Amir Yadghar

Excellent library Excellent staff Very good service Great for kids

simon zhang

(Translated) Very decent library (Original) 非常体面的图书馆

Hicham Karti

(Translated) Pleasant place for reading, with a range of choices for young and old. Even the babies' space is very well done except that it is temporarily closed due to the pandemic. (Original) Agréable endroit pour la lecture, avec un éventail de choix pour les petits et les grands. Même l'espace des bébés est très bien fait sauf qu'il est fermé momentanément à cause de la pandémie.

Shengying Zhou

It's closed and replaced by a new library,but they save the old one for memories

Peter Deslauriers

Excellent new library. Very friendly and helpful staff. Now all we need is more opening hours, particularly extending evening hours to 9 pm.

Elena Miro

Amazing!

Susan Kortzh

Awesome place for kids and teenagers

Hocine Rabia

Very nice space to study,adultsand kids and the staff is nice, I hope that they can extend their opening hours..

Amin Moafi

Despite being noisy at times, it is a tolerable place to study.

XU YING WU

(Translated) Very good library, card can be borrowed for free (Original) 非常好的图书馆，办卡可以免费借阅

Yasaman Kheradmand

extremely noisy and nobody cares !!!!!!