Anna Reinstein Memorial Library

2580 Harlem Rd., Cheektowaga, NY 14225 
(716) 892-8089 
Sunday - Closed | Monday - 12pm - 8pm | Tuesday - 9am - 5pm | Wednesday - 12pm - 8pm | Thursday - 10am - 6pm | Friday - Closed | Saturday - 9am - 5pm

For more details about our resources and weekly schedule, visit our Library Info page.

Ongoing Book Sale - $2 Bag Sale (BYOB - bring your own bag)

Creative Quacks Rubber Duck Pick Up - Tuesday, June 2nd

Creative Quacks Return Decorated Rubber Duck - Tuesday, June 23rd

Creative Quacks Voting - Monday, June 29th - Saturday, July 4th

Come to the library and pick up your own rubber duck to decorate. For all ages. Bring your decorated duck back and enter it into our creative quacks duck competition. Visitors to our library will vote for the best decorated duck and the winner will receive a prize! Ducks are available to pick up June 2nd to June 22nd. Bring back your duck by June 23rd to participate in the competition. All ducks will be returned to their creator after July 4th.

Night Owl Storytime with Miss Bofinger: Join us for stories, activities, and a craft. For children 0-8 years old, with their adults. Wednesdays at 6:00 pm from April 8th - June 25th. Please call (716) 892-8089 or register in person at 2580 Harlem Rd Cheektowaga, NY 14225. Walk-ins welcome if space available.

Night Owl Storytime - Wednesday, June 17th at 6:00pm

Night Owl Storytime - Wednesday, June 24th at 6:00pm

Early Bird Storytime with Miss Bofinger: Join us for stories, activities, and a craft. For children 0-8 years old, with their adults. Thursdays at 10:30am from April 9th - June 26th. Please call (716) 892-8089 or register in person at 2580 Harlem Rd Cheektowaga, NY 14225. Walk-ins welcome if space available.

Early Bird Storytime - Thursday, June 18th at 10:30am

Early Bird Storytime - Thursday, June 25th at 10:30am

Life After Save - Wednesday, June 17th at 3:00 pm

The WNY Law Center and partner with Edcap presents Life After Save, an informative presentation on the conclusion of the SAVE Plan and the repayment and forgiveness options accessible to federal student loan borrowers. Located the the Anna M Reinstein Memorial Library (716) 892-8089. 

Movie Day: Jumanji - Saturday, June 20th at 1:00pm

Please stop in or call (716) 892-8089 to sign up. Registration is required. The Anna Reinstein Memorial Library is located at 2580 Harlem Rd., Cheektowaga, NY 14225.

Synopsis: Two kids discover an old board game and when they start playing it they are greeted by a man who has spent years trapped inside the game since playing it at age 12. His only hope for freedom involves finishing the dangerous game.

Resume 101 Workshop - Monday, July 6th at 6:00 pm

Attendees will learn how to write, format, and share their resumes during this workshop. Follow along with out step-by-step presentation to draft a resume from scratch or improve an existing resume. Then, ask questions about how to highlight your unique work experience with direct support from Hannah, one of our librarians. If you already have a resume you would like to improve, make sure to bring a printed copy or a device to access an electronic copy.  Please call (716) 892-8089 or register in person at the the Anna M Reinstein Memorial Library  at 2580 Harlem Rd Cheektowaga, NY 14225. Walk-ins are welcome if space is available. 

Book-a-Tech Trainer - Saturday, July 11th by appointment

Having any tech issues? Need assistance with your computer, tablet, or phone? Sign up to get one-on-one assistance. Call us at (716) 892-8089 or stop in at the Anna M. Reinstein Library at 2580 Harlem Rd. Cheektowaga, NY 14225 to sign up. Registration is required. You must book by appointment and space is limited. 

Really, Really Free Market - Saturday, July 11th at 10am

Bring some items to give away for FREE! Plan to take home some items for FREE! Donors needed! Please bring only clean useable items to give. What is acceptable: household items, clothes, footwear, toys, books, kitchen items, and more. Not acceptable: firearms other weapons, medications, smoking supplies, broken items. Donors: Whatever is not taken, you must take back after the market. Nothing left behind! Stop in at 2580 Harlem Rd Cheektowaga, NY 14225 to attend.

Bike locks are now available for use at the library. Only intended to be used while visiting the library. 

Can't make it in? Check out our eLibrary!

Check out eBooks and eAudiobooks from Libby!

Wondering how to check out books and audiobooks while our buildings are closed? We created a short tutorial series on getting started with Libby!

Signing Up for an eLibrary Card 

Getting the Libby App 

eReader Questions and Answers 

Reading Digitally During and After Library Closures 

History of Anna M. Reinstein

Anna Reinstein was born in 1866 to a family of minor Russian nobility near Kiev. Her interest in medicine was encouraged by her mother, who was an herbalist, and her family. Her parents sent her to a school in Berne, Switzerland and there she received her doctorate in medicine in 1891, and met her future husband, Boris Reinstein. By the time Anna emigrated to the United States in 1888, she spoke three dialects of Polish as well as French, Ukrainian, high Russian, German, Italian, Hebrew, Yiddish and English. She could also read and write Latin and Greek, which was required as a physician. She chose to settle in the Buffalo area because of its large Polish population, feeling a physician fluent in Slavic languages could establish a comfortable practice here. 

Anna built her practice steadily. She worked as a midwife before passing her U.S. medical boards exams and is reported to have delivered over 2,000 babies. Many times, around the turn of the century, she could be spotted on her bicycle, black bag in hand, driving the roads of East Buffalo and Cheektowaga to tend to her patients' needs. In 1904, Anna moved to Cheektowaga and continued to practice medicine here until February 12, 1948. Her son Victor, born in 1894, joined her medical practice in 1916. 

In the early 1900's, Anna Reinstein acquired much property in Cheektowaga and built homes in the area. One of the reasons she began in real estate was to provide rental housing for the railroad workers and other working-class people who need shelter. 

The library was made possible by a donation given by Victor Reinstein, her son, to memorialize Anna. A woman who came to Cheektowaga back in 1904, who practiced medicine in the area for more than 40 years, and became a part of the township. The Reinstein family has always known the value of education and books which recorded the experiences of men and women who lived before them. This belief became possible in the community where the Reinstein family once lived, where youth can recognize the benefits which man can find in his search for knowledge at the Anna M. Reinstein Memorial Library.

The Reinstein Family Archives is housed at the Anna M. Reinstein Memorial Library. This special collection contains documents that encapsulate the history of the family with focus on the lives of Boris Isaevich Reinstein, Anna Mogilova Reinstein, Honorine Reinstein, Nadina Reinstein Kavinoky, Victor Reinstein, and Julia Boyer Reinstein. Onsite access to The Reinstein Family Archives is by appointment only. Presently there are 102.25 cubic feet of records in the Archives with dates spanning from 1805-1998. Online access to a selected set of items from the Archives is made available in partnership with New York Heritage Digital Collections.

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