All LA County Library locations will be closed Monday, May 29 in observance of Memorial Day. Our Digital Library is available 24/7.
LA County Department of Public Health is partnering with LA County Library to provide free flu vaccines, Covid-19 vaccines, and updated bivalent boosters to people 6 months of age and older, no health insurance required.
LA County Department of Public Health is partnering with LA County Library to provide free flu vaccines, Covid-19 vaccines, and updated bivalent boosters to people 6 months of age and older, no health insurance required.
Updated bivalent boosters help protect against the original coronavirus strain and the newer Omicron strains.
Make an appointment online at your preferred location to avoid longer wait times. Appointments available on myturn.ca.gov. Search by zip code.
*Open for walk-ins. Vaccines available while supplies last.
The LA County Department of Public Health recommends flu vaccinations for all persons 6 months of age and over, including healthy children and adults.
Covid-19 vaccines, please visit www.publichealth.lacounty.gov/ip/.
Important information for minors being vaccinated at a site run by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health:
Clifton M. Brakensiek Library has served the community of Bellflower for more than 100 years. The first branch was opened on March 11, 1914.
The library moved four times until its present facility was dedicated on August 16, 1975, and named in honor of Clifton M. Brakensiek, MD, who donated the land on which the library is built.
It served as the Automated Circulation System pilot site and was the first County library to implement the new online circulation system in 1989.
In 1915 there were 213 library cardholders and 412 books on the shelves. The circulation for 1915 was 3,433. Today's circulation is approximately 200,000 with 40,000 registered borrowers. The Library has an active Friends of the Library group.
On December 19, 2002, the Brakensiek Library reopened for service following several months of renovation. The project was a joint effort of Fourth District Supervisor Don Knabe, the City of Bellflower, The Friends of the Library and the County of Los Angeles Public Library. The remodeled library has a new look with a redesign of the interior, technology upgrades and two new public service desks.
