Here's What's Happening at the Anna Reinstein Memorial Library...

Hours

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

Book Sale

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

July 2026 List of Events PDF Version

Movie Day: Hoppers

Movie Day: Hoppers - Saturday, July 18th 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: Animal lover Mabel uses clever new technology designed to "hop" human consciousness into lifelike robotic animals to communicate with beavers, uncovering mysteries within the animal world beyond anything she could have imagined.

Night Owl

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 July 15th - August 26th. 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, July 15th at 6:00pm

Night Owl Storytime - Wednesday, July 22nd at 6:00pm

Night Owl Storytime - Wednesday, July 29th at 6:00pm

Early Bird

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 July 16th - August 27th. 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, July 16th at 10:30am

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

1,000 Books Before Kindergarten

Help your child become a lifelong reader and reap the positive benefits that reading brings by joining our 1,000 books before kindergarten program!

Sign-up for 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program at the front desk or over the phone by calling (716)-892-8089. Once you are signed-up you’ll receive when you come to the library.

- A paper folder

-Your first 100 book reading log (written and color-in version)

-A coloring sheet

-A colored lanyard

-A Sticker

-Your first button!

Each time you read 100 books come back to the library to receive another button for your lanyard. When you read 500 books you receive a prize, and at 1,000 books you receive a prize and a free book!

The program is self-paced and will depend on how often you read together. The program will take anywhere from a few months to a few years. If you read only 3 books a day to your child, you will complete the program in less than a year.

Rules:

Any book read by you or your child counts as one book read

You can read the same book multiple times – if you read “Goodnight Moon” 12 times you can count that book 12 times

You don’t need to accurately write the title or author – if you prefer to just keep count try our color-in version of the reading log (No title or author required!)

A book read by any family member, teacher, etc. counts towards reading

Books read for any library program throughout the year counts towards reading – books read in story time count

You can print your own reading logs at home too!:

Color Reading Log 100 Books - 1000 Books before Kindergarten.pdf
Written Reading Log - 1000 Books before Kindergarten.pdf

Bike Locks Available

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.