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Get in touch by phone or email

Our front desk staff will connect you to the appropriate department, or an automated phone system is available to assist you. You can always reach a real person during the hours the library is open, but messages may be left 24 hours a day. Our phone number is: (708) 366-7171

If you’d rather send us an email, it will be answered as soon as possible. To email individual staff or board members, click on their names in the list of staff and trustees. To send a general email to the Library, or to ask a reference question, write to: AskUs@fppl.org

We’d love to see you!

The Forest Park Public Library is located at:
7555 Jackson Boulevard
Forest Park, IL 60130

Here’s a handy map of our location

Directions

If you’re driving

Eastbound on the Eisenhower Expressway (I-290), take the Des Plaines Avenue exit. Turn left at the end of the ramp, and the library is about 1.5 blocks ahead, on the right hand side of the intersection of Des Plaines and Jackson Boulevard.

Westbound on the Eisenhower Expressway (I-290), take the Harlem Avenue exit. Turn right at the end of the ramp, then make an immediate left on to Jackson Boulevard. The library is about 3 blocks ahead, on the right hand side of the intersection of Jackson and Des Plaines.

If you’re using public transportation

PACE bus route 391 stops right across the street from the library, at Jackson and Des Plaines. The library is also just a short walk north of the Forest Park Transit Center, served by PACE bus routes 17, 301, 303, 305, 308, 310, 317, 320, 747, 757, and 767. The Transit Center is also the final stop on the Forest Park branch of the Blue Line “El” train.

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