Toronto Public Library - Riverdale Branch

nasty Eurasian head librarian has become even nastier with her authoritarian attitude. i come here whenever i do shopping in east chinatown, or do my laundry, even though i live at dufferin and college. She always snaps at me, not to eat in the store, even though i'm not eating and my stuff is in a bag, or i can't put my laundry bag on the chair beside me, although the library is empty all the time. A couple of times i went to the washroom, and within 2 minutes, staff screaming at me through the closed door. No wonder this library is always empty. This Eurasian person, i remember her from yorkville library and she was always too full of herself. Now many marginalized people don't come to this library since the pandemic started, and i'll bet anything, it's because of her gestapo attitude. Annoying and infuriating to say the least. It's what she is.

Certain periods of time are busy. Otherwise quite,unless some homeless bums or overdosed/highly influenced bumps in. Sometimes quite interesting and shocking.

Good place to study after school. Place is quiet and offers you computers. Great place to warm up during thr winter as well. Workers are very friendly.

Toronto Public Library is a great organization; it's been especially important during COVID. I appreciate still being able to pick up books and agree with Kathryn that the mystery bags have been a great way to read things I otherwise wouldn't. Plus I really like the origami and other art they put on bulletin boards to welcome everyone. Great location.

A big Toronto library, conveniently located near multiple TTC stops and Green P parking lots. Great common meeting place to gather the gang. However, it sometimes get busy and you may have to register and wait for computer access. When it's busy, the noise level makes it difficult to study/sleep, and there may be many 'unsavory characters at the building's entrance

There are lots of homless people, you feel uncomfortable to be there. I don't recommend this space for studying or working, only for pickup books.

And LuLu was there also... That is probably when she win the picture on a poster contest after doing some verbal abuse to me, spending cash and time to come all the way here, and destroy good, beautifull people... But they won't let you think otherwise... So they harass everyone, all the time...There was also Chinese looking people all around the place...

Like another reviewer said, there is an odious old Caucasian female who works here. She takes her supervisor role way too seriously. She must learn some manners, stop shooing away customers as if they are cattle and behave herself

I've been here in Toronto for two months to attend an university course and I often studied at this library. The staff is very kind, but this seems to be everything but a library. It's full of disgusting people who are used to eat, burp, fart and spit like animals and the place is really dirty and smelly. I don't know if it's the normal local folklore or not. It's a pity because the place is a really good one, but it's impossible to stay in there.

You can't sit here, you can't stand there. Lots of rules from the staff. There's a bunch of chairs in the backroom but won't allow you to use it if there's not enough chairs to sit out. The building's foundation is weak which is why traffic noise/vibration can be felt and heard.