• Building size: 20160 sq. ft.
• Meeting Room: Capacity 45
• Children's area with Family Place
• Teen Space
• Study Room available
• Book Drop for returning items accessible 24 hours
• Business Incubation Zone

nearby libraries

• Norwalk Library
• Angelo M. Iacoboni Library
• Paramount Library
• George Nye Jr. Library

getting here

• Local Transit:
  
  Long Beach Transit Route 91
  Long Beach Transit Route 92
  Long Beach Transit Route 93
  Bellflower Bus operates within Bellflower City Limits
  Norwalk Transit Route 1
  
• Bellflower Dial-A-Ride: available to residents over 55 years or who are physically handicapped.
• Medium parking lot available behind the building.

• Non-English Language Collection(s):
  
  Spanish Books for Adults
  Spanish Books for Kids
  
• Other Special Collection(s):
  
  Large Print
  
• Children's Special Collection(s):
  
  Family Place Collection
  
• Online Collections - Available 24 hours:
  
  Online research
  Downloadable Audiobooks from OneClick Digital
  Downloadable eBooks and Audiobooks from Overdrive
  Downloadable Music from Freegal
  Streaming Movies, Audiobooks & Music from Hoopla
  

your local papers

• Los Angeles Times
• The Long Beach Press - Telegram

Find more magazines and newspapers.

• In person and telephone research assistance

children's services

• Live Homework Help
• Homework Center
• Family Place

teen services

• Teen Advisory Board
• Live Homework Help
• LearningExpress Library (username = 13-digit library card number, password = create your own)

online services

• Email a Librarian
• Online Catalog
• Research Databases
• Downloadable Audiobooks, eBooks and Music

Clifton M. Brakensiek Library has:

• Public computers: 8
• Children's computers: 3
• Early literacy computers: 2
• Laptops available for in library use: 24
• Free Wi-fi

Computer policies for the County Library

friends of the library

Friends of the Bellflower Library is a volunteer-run organization that supports the library and library events - join today to get involved!

Friends of the Bellflower Library provides these service(s) to support the library:

• Friends of the Library DVD Rentals
• Friends of the Library Book Sale

library history

Clifton M. Brakensiek Library has served the community of Bellflower for more than 80 years. The first branch was opened on March 11, 1914.

The library moved four times until its present facility was dedicated on August 16, 1975, and named in honor of Clifton M. Brakensiek, MD, who donated the land on which the library is built.

It served as the Automated Circulation System pilot site and was the first County library to implement the new online circulation system in 1989.

In 1915 there were 213 library cardholders and 412 books on the shelves. The circulation for 1915 was 3,433. Today's circulation is approximately 200,000 with 40,000 registered borrowers. The Library has an active Friends of the Library group.

On December 19, 2002, the Brakensiek Library reopened for service following several months of renovation. The project was a joint effort of Fourth District Supervisor Don Knabe, the City of Bellflower, The Friends of the Library and the County of Los Angeles Public Library. The remodeled library has a new look with a redesign of the interior, technology upgrades and two new public service desks.

political representatives

• U.S. Congressional District 40: Lucille Roybal-Allard
• California State Assembly District 58: Cristina Garcia
• California State Senate District 32: Tony Mendoza
• County Supervisorial District 4: Janice Hahn

local links

• Bellflower Unified School District: Links to schools and educational resources.
• Cerritos College: General information on Cerritos College, which serves the cities of Artesia, Bellflower, Lakewood, Hawaiian Gardens and Norwalk.
• City of Bellflower: Provides information about the City of Bellflower.
• City of Bellflower Municipal Code: 
• Friends of the Bellflower Library
• Press Telegram: Online local news and information service from the Long Beach Press Telegram, a local newspaper that serves the area. Includes local sports and entertainment news.