Editing Blue Point, New York (section)

==Library==
The Bayport-Blue Point Public Library was founded in 1935 as project of the Blue Point Parent Teacher Association, as the Blue Point Public Library. When the Bayport and Blue Point school districts merged in 1952, the library officially became the Bayport-Blue Point Library, and it is a school district public library, overseen by the [[New York State Education Department]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Bayport-Blue Point Public Library Employee Leave Accruals and Procurement |url=https://www.osc.state.ny.us/files/local-government/audits/2017-11/lgsa-audit-library-2014-bayport-blue-point.pdf |website=osc.state.ny.us |access-date=July 21, 2021}}</ref> The library’s collection began from donated books, with tradition stating that the donated books were gathered, home by home, via wheelbarrow. Today, the library’s logo is a wheelbarrow containing books, paying homage to the institution’s beginnings. The library was first contained in a room of the Blue Point School (now Blue Point Elementary School) before moving to various locations including the building what is now the Blue Point Liquor Store, and houses along Blue Point Avenue. In 1957 the current building was built at 203 Blue Point Avenue. Two additions to the building have made the library almost three times its original size.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bayport-Bluepoint Public Library |url=https://nyheritage.org/contributors/bayport-bluepoint-public-library |website=nyheritage.org |access-date=July 21, 2021}}</ref> The library was completely run by volunteers up until 1970, making it one of the last volunteer-run libraries in New York State.<ref>{{cite web |title=A Brief History Of The Bayport-Blue Point Public Library |url=https://www.bayportbluepointlibrary.org/library-info/history |website=bayportbluepointlibrary.org |access-date=July 21, 2021}}</ref>

On December 6, 2018, voters in the Bayport-Blue Point School District approved the purchase of the St. Ursula Center at 186 Middle Road in Blue Point for $3.65 million, to become the future home of the Bayport-Blue Point Public Library. The convent, which had served as a novitiate, retreat center and most recently a retirement home for the Ursuline Sisters of Tildonk, is scheduled to undergo a $13,197,800 renovation to convert the home into a 28,000 square foot public library with additional program and collection space, state-of the-art technology, an outdoor Community Garden, and more.
<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.tildonkursuline.org/update-on-the-sale-of-st-ursula-center-in-blue-point/ |title=Update on the Sale of St. Ursula Center - Ursuline Sisters of Tildonk |access-date=2019-04-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412005742/https://www.tildonkursuline.org/update-on-the-sale-of-st-ursula-center-in-blue-point/ |archive-date=2019-04-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref>