List of Brooklyn Public Library branches

The Brooklyn Public Library consists of a Central Library, a Business Library, and 58 neighborhood libraries. Eighteen libraries are historic Carnegie Buildings.^[1] The Brooklyn Public Library also has five adult learning centers.

The Brooklyn Public Library is one of three separate and independent public library systems in New York City. The other two are the New York Public Library (serving The Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island), and the Queens Library (serving Queens).

Libraries

	Library	Image	Address	Historical Note
1	Arlington Library		203 Arlington Avenue	Originally known as the East Branch and officially opened on November 7, 1906; renovated from 1950–52 and in 1980.
2	Bay Ridge Library		7223 Ridge Boulevard	First organized in 1880 by the Bay Ridge Reading Club, built on its present site in 1896, and became a branch library in 1901; the spacious, two-story structure open today was completed in 1960. In 2004 it underwent a $2.1 million renovation.[2]
3	Bedford Library		496 Franklin Avenue	This Library plan was recognized as an excellent example of library planning and design in the March 1903 issue of Library Journal. It was built using Carnegie funds. In 2000, an interior renovation and exterior restoration by Sen Architects was completed.[3]
4	Borough Park Library		1265 43rd Street
5	Brighton Beach Library		16 Brighton First Road
6	Brooklyn Heights Library		280 Cadman Plaza West
7	Brower Park Library		725 St. Marks Avenue
8	Brownsville Library		61 Glenmore Avenue
9	Bushwick Library		340 Bushwick Avenue
10	Business & Career Library		280 Cadman Plaza West	Established 1857; current building 1962
11	Canarsie Library		1580 Rockaway Parkway
12	Carroll Gardens Library		396 Clinton Street
13	Central Library		10 Grand Army Plaza
14	Clarendon Library		2035 Nostrand Avenue
15	Clinton Hill Library		380 Washington Avenue
16	Coney Island Library		1901 Mermaid Avenue
17	Cortelyou Library		1305 Cortelyou Road
18	Crown Heights Library		560 New York Avenue
19	Cypress Hills Library		1197 Sutter Avenue
20	DeKalb Library		790 Bushwick Avenue	Built in the classical revival style with Carnegie funds. The library was rehabilitated in 1950.[3]
21	Dyker Library		8202 13th Avenue
22	East Flatbush Library		9612 Church Avenue
23	Eastern Parkway Library		1044 Eastern Parkway	This medium-sized library, built with funds donated by Andrew Carnegie, was designed with a classical limestone facade with large arched windows and entrance portal.[3]
24	Flatbush Library		22 Linden Boulevard
25	Flatlands Library		2065 Flatbush Avenue
26	Fort Hamilton Library		9424 Fourth Avenue	Fort Hamilton was among the first communities to benefit from philanthropist Andrew Carnegie's $1.6 million gift to build branch libraries in Brooklyn.[3]
27	Gerritsen Beach Library		2808 Gerritsen Ave. (Bartlett Place)
28	Gravesend Library		303 Avenue X
29	Greenpoint Library		107 Norman Avenue
30	Highlawn Library		1664 W. 13th St. at Kings Highway
31	Homecrest Library		2525 Coney Island Avenue
32	Jamaica Bay Library		9727 Seaview Avenue
33	Kensington Library		4207 18th Avenue	Completed in 2012, was the first new library built in over 20 years. Designed by Sen Architects, the project was heralded by the Art Commission of the City of New York for its successful integration of green design with other human, urban and architectural aspects.[3]
34	Kings Bay Library		3650 Nostrand Avenue
35	Kings Highway Library		2115 Ocean Avenue	Kings Highway Library, designed by architects Knapp and Johnson and constructed by the Department of Public Works in 1954, was the first branch library to be erected in Brooklyn by the City of New York.[3]
36	Leonard Library		81 Devoe Street	Opened in 1908; designed by William Tubby
37	Macon Library		361 Lewis Avenue	The Macon Library was the 11th Carnegie Brooklyn library.
38	Mapleton Library		1702 60th Street
39	Marcy Library		617 DeKalb Avenue	Formally known as the Tompkins Park Free Library, this branch opened in the center of Tompkins Park on June 6, 1899.[3]
40	McKinley Park Library		6802 Fort Hamilton Parkway
41	Midwood Library		975 East 16th Street
42	Mill Basin Library		2385 Ralph Avenue
43	New Lots Library		665 New Lots Avenue
44	New Utrecht Library		1743 86th Street
45	Pacific Library		25 Fourth Ave. at Pacific St.	The Pacific Branch was the first Carnegie Branch to open to the public in Brooklyn, on October 8, 1904. Designed by Raymond F. Almirall and built by the Church Construction Company, the New York Tribune praised the new branch for its classical and dignified design.[3]
46	Paerdegat Library		850 E. 59th Street
47	Park Slope Library		431 6th Ave. at 9th St.	This library began life as a small collection of books on natural history in the Litchfield Mansion in Prospect Park. In 1906, the building, designed by Raymond Almirall was finished, using Carnegie funds.[3]
48	Red Hook Library		7 Wolcott Street
49	Rugby Library		1000 Utica Avenue
50	Ryder Library		5902 23rd Ave. (bet. 23rd Ave. at 59th St.)
51	Saratoga Library		8 Thomas S. Boyland Street
52	Sheepshead Bay Library		2636 East 14th Street
53	Spring Creek Library		12143 Flatlands Avenue
54	Stone Avenue Library		581 Mother Gaston Boulevard
55	Sunset Park Library		5108 4th Avenue
56	Ulmer Park Library		2602 Bath Avenue
57	Walt Whitman Library		93 Saint Edwards Street
58	Washington Irving Library		360 Irving Avenue
59	Williamsburgh Library		240 Division Avenue	The original building was designed by Richard A. Walker in classical revival style.[3]
60	Windsor Terrace Library		160 East 5th Street

See also

• List of Carnegie libraries in New York City
• List of New York Public Library branches
• List of Queens Library branches

References

1. http://www.bklynpubliclibrary.org/
2. http://www.bklynpubliclibrary.org/locations/bay-ridge
3. http://misc.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/btb/architecture.html

Further reading

• Vollmer Associates, and Mary B. Dierickx. 1982. A historic summary of Grand Army Plaza and Eastern Parkway from the plaza to Washington Avenue, Borough of Brooklyn. New York: New York City Dept. of Transportation, Bureau of Highways.