May 23, 2012
Also Visit NY State Arts
Libraries
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Brooklyn
This library system--the fifth largest in the country--serves more than six million people each year. The famous Central Library, whose building resembles an open book, is the main reference center and the core of a borough-wide system with 58 branches in as many neighborhoods.
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Brower Park Branch—Brooklyn Public Library
Brooklyn
Mon, Tues & Fri: 10 am-6 pm
Wed: 1-8 pm
Thurs: 1-6 pm
Sat: 10 am-5 pmThis locations also has Spanish-language materials. For more information, click here.
Brownsville Branch—Brooklyn Public Library
Brooklyn
Mon, Wed & Fri: 10 am-6 pm
Tues: 1-8 pm
Thurs: 1-6 pm
Sat: 10 am-5 pmWith a collection of 7,000 books donated by the Hebrew Educational Society, the branch opened in 1905. In 1908, it moved to its present two-story brick and limestone Carnegie building. Its high usage spurred the 1914 construction of Brownsville Children's Library on nearby Stone Avenue, the first library in the world devoted exclusively to children. Later, it became the Stone Avenue Branch. For more information, click here.
Bushwick Branch—Brooklyn Public Library
Brooklyn
Mon: 1-8 pm
Tues, Wed & Fri: 10 am-6 pm
Thurs: 1-6 pm
Sat: 10 am-5 pmThe library moved to its present home in a Carnegie library in 1908. A Carnegie library is one built with money donated by Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. By 1919, nearly half of the 3,500 libraries in the United States had been constructed through his grants. For more information, click here.