Colonia Branch Of Woodbridge Library Will Be Closed 'Til 2022

WOODBRIDGE, NJ — The Colonia branch of the Woodbridge public library will remain closed until next year, Woodbridge Township announced Wednesday morning.

The Henry Inman branch had been closed since September 1 due to flood damage sustained during Tropical Storm Ida.

But now the Township revealed that the losses and damage were so great — including all of the floors damaged, four feet of wallboard around the building flooded, and some of the furnishings, shelves and more than 3,000 books ruined by flood water — that the building is required to be closed to the public until 2022.

They did not give an exact month in 2022 when it will reopen.

Until then, some of those library services will be offered from the Evergreen Senior Center starting this Friday; you can take books, magazines, videos and other materials out from the Evergreen Senior Center. It will be open from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. for library services.

Also, Colonia residents and any other library visitor can use any other branch of the Woodbridge Public Library during this time:

• The Main Library is located at 1 George Frederick Plaza in Woodbridge
• The Iselin Branch, 1081 Green Street in Iselin
• The Fords Branch Library, 211 Ford Avenue

Woodbridge Township Library cards are valid in more than 50 area libraries in Middlesex and Union counties, as well.

“We are grateful to the Township Department of Public Works for their quick response, the Evergreen Senior Center for allowing us a location to maintain some library services to Colonia and to all of the library patrons who have called to offer their time to help with the recovery efforts,” said Woodbridge Library Board President Isha Vyas.

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