Mission
It is the mission of Brooklyn Public Library to ensure the preservation and transmission of society's knowledge, history and culture, and ...
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280 Cadman Plaza West At Tillary Street,
Brooklyn, NY
About Us:Since 1943, the Business Library has supported the needs of businesses and individuals by providing free access to business and investment...
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About the Library:
First opened in a storefront on Nassau and Bridge streets in 1900, the predecessor to Walt Whitman branch, formerly called "Cit...
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History:
The Chatham Square Branch opened in 1903 at 33 East Broadway, replacing a branch of the New York Free Circulating Library that had ser...
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History
The Seward Park Branch of The New York Public Library is one of 65 branches erected with funds given to New York City by Andrew Carnegie. ...
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About the Library:
Pacific Branch was the first Carnegie library to open in Brooklyn. The building won praise for its 'dignified' design and its f...
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Friends of the Carroll Gardens
Library recently signed its charter and has a clear mission: To support the
library by fundraising and to help m...
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Historically Lower Manhattan was a manufacturing, business, and government center with little residential population. This has been changing since ...
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About the Library: An architectural gem, the original Red Hook Branch was the only Brooklyn Carnegie library to be built in Mediterranean Revival s...
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Branch History The many large windows in the tan brick facade of the Hamilton Fish Park Branch make the interior a bright and cheerful space. The ...
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Branch History:
Clinton Hill Library was built in 1973 to meet the needs of a vibrant and diverse community. The single-story building is set in a...
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About the Library:
Known as "Prospect Branch" until 1975, Park Slope Branch began at the turn of the century with a small collection of natural hi...
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Mission :
It is the mission of Brooklyn Public Library to ensure the preservation and transmission of society's knowledge, history and culture,...
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History
The Ottendorfer Branch of the New York Public Library opened in 1884 as New York City's first free public library. Designed by German-bo...
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History
The Tompkins Square Branch of The New York Public Library has been serving residents of Manhattan's Lower East Side since 1904. Historical...
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History
Tucked away in a quiet corner of the West Village, the Hudson Park Branch of The New York Public Library has served the community since ...
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About the Library:
In 1903, Williamsburgh Branch became the first Carnegie library built in Brooklyn. The 26,000 square-foot Classical Revival bu...
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Branch History
Brooklyn Public Library’s first branch opened on December 20, 1897, in the old P. S. 3 on Bedford Avenue. It moved several ti...
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History The Jefferson Market Branch has served the Greenwich Village community for over thirty years. The building, a New York City landmark, was ...
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