Joyce Ellington Branch Library
Joyce Ellington Branch Library is a library in Santa Clara County, California which is located on East Empire Street. Joyce Ellington Branch Library is situated nearby to Grant Elementary School, as well as near Bethel Baptist Church.Photo: Yngvadottir, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Opening hours:
Monday: 1:00 PM—7:00 PM
Tuesday—Thursday: 10:00 AM—7:00 PM
Friday: noon—6:00 PM
Saturday: 10:00 AM—6:00 PM - Email: je.sjpl@sjlibrary.org
- Type: Library
- Description: public library in San Jose, California, United States
- Also known as: “Empire Library”
- Address: 491 East Empire Street, San Jose, CA 95112-3308
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Holy Cross Church and Backesto Park.
Holy Cross Church
Church
Photo: Mxn, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Holy Cross Church is a Catholic church in the Northside neighborhood of San Jose, California, United States, that serves the Holy Cross Parish of the Diocese of San Jose. Holy Cross Church is situated 900 feet north of Joyce Ellington Branch Library.
Backesto Park
Park
Photo: David Sawyer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Backesto Park is a park in San Jose, California, in the Northside neighborhood.
Heinlenville Park
Park
Heinlenville was a Chinese-American ethnic enclave in San Jose, California. Established in 1887 and demolished in 1931, it was the last and longest-lasting of San Jose's five Chinatowns. Heinlenville Park is situated 2,000 feet west of Joyce Ellington Branch Library.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Luna Park and Japantown.
Luna Park
Suburb
Luna Park is a neighborhood in San Jose, California. It is bounded by Old Oakland Road/13th Street, Berryessa Road/Highway 101 and North 17th Street. It is named after the Luna Park amusement park built by Audley Ingersoll's of Ingersoll's Amusement and financed by the San Jose Street Car Company as a way of bringing more customers to the area.
Japantown
Suburb
Photo: BrokenSphere, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Japantown, commonly known as J Town, is a historic cultural district of San Jose, California, north of Downtown San Jose. Historically a center for San Jose's Japanese American and Chinese American communities, San Jose's Japantown is one of only three Japantowns that still exist in the United States, alongside San Francisco's Japantown and Los Angeles's Little Tokyo.
San Jose
Photo: Ed Schipul, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Often called "the capital of Silicon Valley", San Jose is the largest city in the Bay Area, 3rd largest in California, and the 12th largest city in the United States, with a population of over 997,000 residents as of 2024.
Joyce Ellington Branch Library
- Categories: library branch, public library, building, public building, and education
- Location: Santa Clara County, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.3498° or 37° 20′ 59″ northLongitude
-121.88706° or 121° 53′ 13″ westElevation
75 feet (23 metres)Inception
1977Levels
1Operator
San Jose Public LibraryNamed after
Joyce EllingtonOpen location code
849W84X7+W5OpenStreetMap ID
way 181367463OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=libraryOpenStreetMap feature
building=civicWikidata ID
Q66362984
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