Jun. 6, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen This summer, Brooklynites can step into a lush, fantastical world without leaving the borough as the Brooklyn Public Library welcomes “Tove Jansson and the Moomins: The Door is Always Open,” the first-ever U.S. exhibit dedicated to the author and her treasured characters. Jansson, a beloved Finnish writer and…
May. 1, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen After a four-year closure the newly-renovated Bedford Library reopened last week, finally welcoming Bed-Stuy residents back to the stacks. Though the library looks largely the same, it has been retrofitted with a new high-efficiency HVAC system and other energy-conserving measures — making it a “model for energy efficiency,”…
Nov. 20, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen Getting called for jury duty — which usually means long hours waiting to find out if you’re even needed and eligible, or multiple days on-call in case something comes up — can inspire dread. But, it’s a civic duty, and a critical part of the right to a…
Jul. 8, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
Seven-day service is coming back to the Brooklyn Public Library after Mayor Eric Adams and the City Council agreed to restore millions of dollars of funding for the city’s library systems.
Nov. 16, 2023 By Adam Daly
After a decade of planning and waiting, bookworms and locals gathered on Wednesday to cut the ribbon on the new Sunset Park Library and dozens of new affordable apartments on the floors above it.
Oct. 5, 2023 By Augostina Mallous Mayor Eric Adams, alongside the presidents of New York City’s three public library systems — Brooklyn Public Library, New York Public Library, and Queens Public Library — joined forces with local librarians and teens at Brooklyn’s Central Library at Grand Army Plaza on Wednesday to mark an influential week…
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Sep. 20, 2023 By Jada Camille Nearly three months after the City Council struck a deal to restore millions of dollars in funding for the city’s public libraries as part of the Fiscal Year 2024 budget, Council Member Justin Brannan and New York City Council Speaker Adrienne E. Adams stopped by the Bay Ridge library…
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