Port St. John Public Library

The Port St. John Public Library stands at 6500 Carole Ave., Port St. John, FL 32927, and Brevard County Library Services runs it as one of the county branches.

The branch phone is (321) 633-1867, the same number the county gives for meeting room bookings (Port St. John branch page). Port St. John has no city government, and its branch is part of the county system. Brevard created a Free Public Library District so that city and unincorporated residents alike get library service without charge, and the district answers to the Board of County Commissioners (library district record). The district lists the system's administrative office at 308 Forrest Ave. in Cocoa, phone (321) 633-1801, and a library budget year starting each October 1.

A single borrower's card works across the county's libraries. Its history page records that the Brevard County Federated Library System began in 1971, that Brevard County Ordinance 72-1 replaced the rescinded Florida Statute 150 as the legal basis for running the libraries countywide, and that one member library's borrower card works at all the others (county library history page). That page also links a separate history page for the Port St. John branch. Who qualifies for a card, what ID to bring and what non-residents pay are covered in the countywide library system guide on this site.

The Port St. John branch opens every day of the week, with Sunday hours from noon to 5 p.m. and one late night, Wednesday, when it stays open until 8 p.m.

Wednesday is the odd day in the pattern: the doors open at noon instead of 9 a.m., and close at 8 p.m. (Port St. John hours). The countywide branch directory carries the same address, phone and seven-day schedule for Port St. John, a match between both county listings (countywide branch directory). Mobile print jobs can be sent from anywhere, then paid for and picked up at the branch during those posted hours.

Port St. John opens earliest on Sunday among the nearby county branches, at noon, while the Mims / Scottsmoor and Merritt Island branches stay closed all day Sunday.

For a north Brevard household the practical split is simple. On Sunday the choice is Port St. John from noon, or Titusville and Cocoa's Central branch from 1 p.m. (county branch hours). On weeknights, the Port St. John branch is late only on Wednesday, so a Monday or Tuesday evening visit means Titusville, and a Thursday evening means Mims / Scottsmoor, Merritt Island or Central. The Mims / Scottsmoor branch is also closed on Saturday, when Port St. John keeps its 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. hours.

Returning a Port St. John book does not require a trip back to Carole Avenue. County library history notes that an item borrowed at one member library can go back to any other member library (county library history). One exception sits in the south of the county: a standing notice says the after-hours drop at the Melbourne library is out of service, so returns there happen while that branch is open (Library Services home page).

Meeting rooms at the Port St. John library are reserved by phone at (321) 633-1867, and the branch has a meeting room for up to 80 people and a conference room for up to 15.

The large Port St. John meeting room lists a kitchen, a microwave and refrigerator, WiFi, a flip chart, a DVD player, a transparency projector and a movie screen (Port St. John meeting and study rooms). The Port St. John conference room tops out at 15 people. Two study rooms with a capacity of 4 to 6 people are also available, but they may not be reserved in advance.

The library is also where a county advisory board meets. Brevard County lists the meeting location of the Port St. John Dependent Special District Board as 6:00 PM at the Port St. John Library, 6500 Carole Ave. (Port St. John Dependent Special District page). Under Ordinance 96-30, as amended by Ordinance 05-22, that board is an appointed seven member advisory board that acts in lieu of the Planning and Zoning Board for requests inside the Port St. John district. Agendas and minutes are posted on the county's advisory board agendas page, and the administrative contact is the Brevard County Planning and Development Department at (321) 724-1230. The same county page lists the county commission's meeting location separately, at 5:00 PM in Building C of the Government Center in Viera.

Yes: Port St. John has internet PCs that card holders use at no charge, $1 guest passes, an accessible workstation, free WiFi and mobile printing paid in cash.

The branch page describes its public PCs as fully equipped for internet access and free of charge to library card holders, while a visitor with no card pays $1 for a guest pass (Port St. John computers and printing). One station is a specially equipped ADA accessible computer. Mobile printing at Port St. John is pay on pickup, and the branch takes cash only for it.

Beyond the Port St. John building, the county library system lists online resources including Overdrive and Libby, Beanstack, Hoopla, Value Line and LinkedIn Learning, along with language learning, financial research tools and technology help through apps and tutorials (Brevard County Library Services). These are countywide services rather than branch ones, and the county library system guide explains how to sign up.

The recurring children's events on the Port St. John branch calendar are a toddler story time every Thursday and Friday at 10:30 a.m. and a movement session for children 5 and younger every Thursday at 9:30 a.m.

Toddler Story Time runs from 10:30 to 11:00 AM on Thursdays and Fridays for ages 3 to 5, with silly songs, rhythm sticks, circle-time rhymes, stories read by a librarian and a simple craft, and adult supervision is required at all times (Port St. John branch calendar). The Thursday movement session, from 9:30 AM to 10:00 AM, uses scarves, parachutes, rhythm sticks and egg shakers with animal-inspired stretches. Both are part of a county program series named for getting ready for kindergarten. The branch also lists a drop-in playdate in its Children's Department for children 5 and under, with toys, tents, tunnels, blocks and coloring, and families can check out books to take home.

For adults, the Port St. John calendar lists the Port Readers book club, with copies of each title held at the reference desk. Meeting dates for the club and for one-off events are posted on the branch's event calendar rather than fixed on the branch page.

Last verified: October 21, 2026, with fresh reads of the Carole Avenue branch listing, Brevard's branch directory, its Library Services home and 50-year history, the library district record and the Port St. John advisory board page.