List of Brooklyn Public Library branches 2

List of Brooklyn Public Library branches

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The Brooklyn Public Library consists of a Central Library, a Business & Career Library, and 58 neighborhood branches in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Eighteen libraries are historic Carnegie libraries.^[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).

Clinton Hill Library [3]		380 Washington Avenue	The branch opened in 1973.[23]
Coney Island Library [4]		1901 Mermaid Avenue	The branch opened in 1911 as an unmanned deposit station. Ten years later, it moved to the former Coney Island Times offices and became fully staffed. In 1954 another branch was built. According to BPL’s website, the library was referred to as “the first-ever library built on stilts over the Atlantic Ocean.” The branch was rebuilt in 2013 after being damaged in Hurricane Sandy.[24]
Cortelyou Library		1305 Cortelyou Road	The branch was first proposed in 1968, but did not open until 1983.[25]
Crown Heights Library		560 New York Avenue	The branch was built in 1958 as part of a plan by mayor Abraham Beame.[26]
Cypress Hills Library		1197 Sutter Avenue	The branch was founded in 1955 and the current building opened in 1995.[27]
DeKalb Library		790 Bushwick Avenue	Built in the classical revival style with Carnegie funds. The library was rehabilitated in 1950.[6]
Dyker Library		8202 13th Avenue	The one-story structure, opened in 1974, was designed by Daniel Laitin and features a blue-green glazed facade.[28]
East Flatbush Library		9612 Church Avenue	The branch opened in 1945 and temporarily closed for renovations in September 2018.[29]
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.[6] It is a two-story structure with 12,000 square feet (1,100 m2) of floor space. The branch was renovated at least four times, most recently in 2016.[30]
Flatbush Library		22 Linden Boulevard	The branch was built in 1905 as a Carnegie library.[31]
Flatlands Library		2065 Flatbush Avenue	The branch was opened in a former Prudential Savings Bank branch in 1949, and moved to its current 6,000-square-foot (560 m2) space in 1955.[32]
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.[6] It opened in 1906, and since then it has gone through numerous renovations. The most recent renovation was completed in March 2011.[33]
Gerritsen Beach Library		2808 Gerritsen Ave. (Bartlett Place)	The branch has been operating since the 1950s, though it moved to its current location, a 10,000-square-foot (930 m2) structure, in 1997.[34]
Gravesend Library		303 Avenue X	The branch opened in 1962 and was renovated in 2001.[35]
Greenpoint Library		107 Norman Avenue	The site originally housed a Carnegie library that opened in 1906, but it was replaced in the 1970s.[36][37] The branch closed in mid-2017 for a two-year renovation, which would necessitate the replacement of the existing building with a new facility called the Greenpoint Library & Environmental Education Center.[38]
Highlawn Library		1664 W. 13th St. at Kings Highway
Homecrest Library		2525 Coney Island Avenue
Jamaica Bay Library		9727 Seaview Avenue	The branch opened in 1973.[39]
Kensington Library		4207 18th Avenue	The branch was originally created in 1908 as a “deposit station” with a small collection. It had relocated three times by 1912, and moved again in 1960.[40] The current building, 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.[6]
Kings Bay Library		3650 Nostrand Avenue	The branch opened in 1951, and has occupied its current location since 1959.[41]
Kings Highway Library		2115 Ocean Avenue	The branch was founded in 1910 and initially occupied several storefronts. The Kings Highway branch moved to its current location in 1954, designed by architects Knapp and Johnson and constructed by the Department of Public Works in 1954. It was the first branch library to be erected in Brooklyn by the City of New York.[6] The branch was renovated in 2009 and now contains a reading room in the basement and a passport office.[42]
Leonard Library		81 Devoe Street	The 26,000-square-foot (2,400 m2) library opened in 1908 and was designed by William Tubby.[43]
Macon Library		361 Lewis Avenue	The Macon Library was the 11th Carnegie Brooklyn library.
Mapleton Library		1702 60th Street	Founded in the 1930s, the Mapleton branch moved to its present building in 1955.[44]
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.[6]
McKinley Park Library		6802 Fort Hamilton Parkway	The branch was originally a deposit station when it opened in 1911. The branch moved to the current 7,425-square-foot (689.8 m2) building in 1959, and the structure was restored in 1995.[45]
Midwood Library		975 East 16th Street	The branch was founded in 1912 and relocated several times before moving to its current location. The branch was rebuilt in the 1950s and again in 1998, and a public plaza was built in 2013.[46]
Mill Basin Library		2385 Ralph Avenue	The branch first opened in 1940, and it has been located in its current building since 1975.[47]
New Lots Library		665 New Lots Avenue	The branch was founded in 1942 and became a BPL branch in 1949.[48]