OCT
17
Black Poetry Day
Join us on our branch's Facebook page for a special reading of classic Black poetry!
OCT
18
Grab and Go: DIY Vote Button
Come to Carroll Gardens Library to pick up Grab & Go Kits! New crafts will be placed out every Monday morning and will be there as supplies lasts!
This weeks craft is: DIY Vote Buttons
Materials Include: VOTE...
New Books Bonanza!
The Dyker Library has a wealth of new books published in 2021. Come check these titles out and get a blue BPL tote bag to carry. First come first served.
Borough Park Presents Storytime: Mr. Mike Reads About Italian American Heritage
In honor of Italian American heritage month, Mr. Mike reads about an important figure in Italian history, Francis of Assisi. Mr. Mike reads Francis, The Poor Man of Assisi, by Tomie de Paola. The book was longer than Mr. Mike's camera...
Grab & Go Bag Pick up for BPL Beauty: The Perfect Cat-Eye Tutorial
While supplies last, pick up the Alcone Company Perfect Cat-Eye kit, curated by makeup artist and model Clara Rae.
Don't forget to register for the virtual event, Thursday, October 21st, 7pm – 8pm, here!
Have you always wanted to...
WELCOME WEEK AT CONEY ISLAND
Do you know that Brooklyn Public Library is now fine free?
The Coney Island Library presents Welcome Week beginning October 18 to celebrate fine free checkouts.
Celebrate with Coney Island Library! We will have a library card...
Virtual English Conversation Group
Join other adults who are learning to speak English for fun conversation online with Zoom video!
Please register with your name and email to receive the information to join the group. The Zoom link will be emailed one (1) hour before the...
Gathering Wool: knit and crochet
Join us for a virtual knitting/crocheting/needlework get together. Share your projects and your morning coffee.
Registered participants will recieve an email with the Zoom link one hour before the program starts.
Storytime in the Yard
Join us for a morning of books and songs as your baby or toddler acquires early literacy, fine motor, and language developmental skills.
Registration is recommended, to ensure physical distancing. Please email [email protected]
Gerritsen Beach Adult Storytime
Have you ever wished someone would read to you as an adult? Do you want to take in some good literature without spending a lot of time on it? At adult storytime, a librarian will read short stories and/or poetry to you, and all you have to...
Microsoft Excel Basics
Microsoft Excel Basics introduces new and returning spreadsheet users to the basics of storing, managing and analyzing data in a spreadsheet document. This lesson covers the core features of Microsoft Excel 2010.
Voter Information Storytime with Ms. Sarah
Join Ms Sarah for a virtual storytime all about voting! We will learn why voting is so important through stories, songs, and rhymes.
Remember: Election Day is Tuesday, November 2, 2021. Polls are open from 6am to 9pm....
Grab & Go Kids Create
Create something new and all your own! Pick up a Grab and Go Arts & Crafts kit from the second floor to take home and create! Kits available while supplies last.
*Kits may contain small parts that are not suitable for...
Courtyard Ribbon-Cutting! #WelcomeWeek
We are officially opening the Brighton Beach courtyard to the public again to kick off Welcome Week, and we'll be cutting a ribbon and playing a few tunes to mark the occasion. We hope you'll enjoy our newly fixed up outdoor space in the lovely...
Adult Book Club/Discussion Clinton Hill Library Noon Book Discussion
The Clinton Hill Noon Book Discussion is returning as a virtual book discussion now that the summer has ended. Reconnect at this first meeting of the fall and decide on future books to discuss. Old and new members welcome! Please come with...
Grab & Go Crafts: Paper Pumpkin Craft
Create a paper pumpkin for some Autumn fun.
Borough Park presents toddler time with Miss Lynn
Join Miss. Lynn on theBorough Park Library Facebook Page for songs stories and literacy tips. It is geared for children ages 18mos. to 36mos. The video will remain on our facebook page for 48hrs.
Virtual English Conversation Group CANCELED Cancelled
Join other adults who are learning to speak English for fun conversation online with Zoom video!
Please register with your name and email to receive the information to join the group. The Zoom link will be emailed one (1) hour before the...
Resume & Career Help
We are happy to serve you with resume and career help.
For a review of your resume send the document via an attachment to [email protected]
Give in your email an overview of the help you would like plus the...
Creative Aging: Watercolor for Beginners & Beyond with Nan Carey
Enjoy painting with the challenging, beautiful medium of watercolor. Explore color mixing, washes and glazing and experiment with the many ways to use watercolor. Subjects will be still-life, landscapes and portraits. Each class will feature a...
Virtual American Sign Language Storytime
**While our in-person events are on hold, we are offering virtual programming via Facebook Live broadcasts from our branches!*
Join us for virtual American Sign Language storytime with stories, songs and rhymes for children and...
Virtual Storytime: Cast Your Vote with Ms. Raquel!
Join Ms. Raquel from Central Library's Youth Wing for a fun, family program and learn why voting is so important through stories, songs, and rhymes. Remember, it's an election year in NYC!
View Virtual Storytime on the...
Resume & Career Help Live!
Get assistance with your resume, cover letter, or career-related questions live with a librarian via Zoom. Participants will receive up to 30 minutes of feedback and guidance.
Please click here to sign up for a time slot. If you are...
Grab & Go: Hoot If You LOVE BPL #WelcomeWeek
While supplies last--come pick up a kit to make an adorable owl craft and cover it with hearts to show your love for Brooklyn Public Library! Hoooooooot! Kits can be picked up at our table out on Brighton Beach Avenue along with other BPL...
Welcoming Week Special Guest: Arab- American Family Support Center Outdoor Tabling Event
Founded by the Arab-American Community. Open to All.
The Arab-American Family Support Center (AAFSC) provides culturally and linguistically competent, trauma-informed, multi-generational social services to the marginalized and under...
Welcome Week Tabling
Brooklyn Public Library is going fine free and welcoming everyone back to the library! Swing by our table on the avenue to greet library staff, ask questions and make suggestions, and pick up some BPL swag!
Grab & Go: Kids Create Piggy Bank Craft
Create something new and all your own! Get a Grab and Go Arts & Crafts kit to take home and create a Piggy Bank craft (While supplies last.)
*Kits may contain small parts that are not suitable for young...
Traveling is My Passion: A Virtual Travel Club from the Kings Bay Library
In the era of the global pandemic, travel is nearly impossible. We, the travel lovers, do not know when we can plan a trip anywhere in the world with no masks, no rubber gloves, no hand sanitizer, no Covid-19 virus test.
Let us sit down...
Welcome Week: Pick and Paint 3D Models @ the Homecrest Library
Let's celebrate Fall with painting! Choose from: Pumpkins ApplesBunnies and more.
While supplies last
Cooking Matters for Kids Virtual Workshop with City Harvest
Kids and families, join us online for free cooking and nutrition classes led by City Harvest! Classes are for children ages 6-12.
In this six-week virtual program, kids will:
Have fun cooking healthy foods! Play fun...
Ballpoint Pen Drawing with Freddy Santiago
Ballpoint pen artwork created over the years have been favorably compared to art created using traditional art mediums. In this class participants will learn the basics techniques of drawing with a ballpoint pen. They will then explore drawing...
Tiny Techs: Kidlo (ages 3-6)
Children Ages 3-6
We invite you to learn how to code using following instructions, counting, and sequencing, This is a block coding program to introduce the ideas and concepts of coding to your children. You don't need to download...
Chess Workshop
Join the Highlawn Library and improve your game with chess master Reinaldo Duran.
This program, for kids and teens, takes place on lichess.org. Please create an account on lichess.org ahead of time. We will send you...
Teen Outdoor Crafts: Mindfulness Jars
Join YA Librarian, Jes G. outside the library for a fun and relaxing craft - mindfulness jars!
Mindfulness jars can help you calm down when feeling anxious or upset. They are also lots of fun to make!
Ages 12+
Our Garden Club
Hear stories, sing songs, and help things grow. Come join our garden club and get your hands dirty while having fun.
This program is outdoors and social distancing and masks are required.
Because of social distancing concerns this...
Civic Engagement for Teens
This highly interactive workshop provides an overview into why voting at the local level is so important.
Learn about:
How New York City youth turnout to vote What each elected official does at the local level How to...
Virtual Spanish Conversation Group CANCELED Cancelled
Join other adults who are learning to speak Spanish online on Zoom video.
Please register with your name and email to receive the information to join the group. The Zoom link will be emailed one (1) hour before the group...
Rent Relief and Eviction Moratorium Info Session w/ NHS and New Lots Literacy Zone
Neighborhood Housing Services Brooklyn and the New Lots Literacy Zone are partnering together to bring you an info session that covers everything you need to know about the eviction moratorium in New York City....
Polish for Beginners 4.0
This class is the continuation of the advanced group. We are not accepting new students, unless you are at an advanced level. In such case please contact instructior Izabela Barry at [email protected]
Virtual English Conversation Group
Join other adults who are learning to speak English for fun conversation online with Zoom video!
Please register with your name and email to receive the information to join the group. The Zoom link will be emailed one (1) hour before the...
2021 Local Elections in NYC and You! (Haitian Creole Interpretation)
Join DemocracyNYC, NYCVotes, the Mayor's Public Engagement Unit, and the Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs for a presentation on the 2021 general elections in NYC and how you can make a difference.
This year, New Yorkers will elect a...
AMYRA
This will be a special opportunity to experience the multiplicity of AMYRA's artistry. Amyra will be sharing music from her debut album WITNESS, followed by the first in person screening of her new short film and composition MANA SKY. There will...
Cinema Ephemera
A visual playlist of inspiring art, music, and history, projected on the facade of iconic Central Library. Stroll by after sundown this summer and see concert footage, short films that capture street life over the decades, historical footage from...
OCT
19
Welcome Week: Get to know the Dekalb Branch
Welcome Week get to know the Dekalb Library
Browse our collections and visit the Branch to find out about our programs .
Creative Aging: Acrylics made easy with Leonid Filitsyan
This Creative Aging virtual program is hosted by Spring Creek Library!
The program will be taught by the artist Leonid Filitsyan via Zoom and scheduled for Tuesdays, beginning September 21st, and will end with a culminating...
Virtual Kids Create! First 5 Years
Join us every Tuesday for a new art project you can easily replicate at home. These fun artistic exploration will help your little one develop their creativity and their fine motor skills.
New videos are posted...
Grab & Go Bag Pick up for BPL Beauty: The Perfect Cat-Eye Tutorial
While supplies last, pick up the Alcone Company Perfect Cat-Eye kit, curated by makeup artist and model Clara Rae.
Don't forget to register for the virtual event, Thursday, October 21st, 7pm – 8pm, here!
Have you always wanted to...
WELCOME WEEK AT CONEY ISLAND
Do you know that Brooklyn Public Library is now fine free?
The Coney Island Library presents Welcome Week beginning October 18 to celebrate fine free checkouts.
Celebrate with Coney Island Library! We will have a library card...
Borough Park Presents: Drawing and Watercolor for Beginners and Beyond
Develop drawing skills and enjoy painting with the challenging, beautiful medium of watercolor in this online class. Each class will feature a demonstration and one-on-one guidance from Nan Carey, a professional art teacher with over fifteen...
Zoom Storytime with Ms. Abby!
Join us for an interactive Virtual Storytime on Zoom, with Ms. Abby from the Cypress Hills Library!
We will be sharing books, songs, and rhymes on Community, celebration, and why reading makes you feel good, to celebrate BPL's going...