MAY
22
NYC Test and Trace: COVID Test and Vaccine Van at Central Library
The official NYC Health + Hospitals testing and vaccine van will be outside Central Library offering:
COVID Tests for ages 4+ at no cost to you; and COVID Vaccines for ages 12+. Walk-up vaccinations available to all eligible New...
NYC Livecode Meetup
LiveCode.NYC is a New York City-based collective that gathers to discuss, promote, and explore real-time programming. Our meetups are open to all. Come with works in progress to show, with ideas to bounce around, or just with your own curiosity...
Jewish Heritage Month Storytime
May is Jewish American Heritage Month! Join us for a special storytime program in on the Central Library Plaza honoring this special month that celebrates over 350 years of Jewish life in the United States. We will be reading folktales...
MAY
23
Grab & Go: Kids Create
Create something new and all your own! Get a Grab and Go kit to take home and create! For kids age 5-12 years old. Kits available while supplies last.
*Kits contain small parts that are not suitable for young children ages 0-4...
Teen Grab and Go: BPL’s 125th Celebration Beaded Bracelets!
Calling all teens! Create your own beaded bracelets in honor of Brooklyn Public Library’s 125th birthday!
Each kit contains an arrangement of various shades of blue and white beads that can be made into any pattern of your choice, a pipe...
Grab and Go Crafts: Make a Vegetable Garden!
Create a vegetable garden that you don't have to water or get your hands dirty. Pick up grab and go kits with all the supplies and instructions at the Williamsburgh Branch!
Free Notary Services
Some restrictions apply. Please call Harold,Jones: 917-592-5875 to confirm a notary is available before you visit.
(BY APPOINTMENT ONLY)
Valid photo ID was signature is required ( a current deiver's license or passport is...
Babies & Books Cancelled
Ms Hunter is back with Storytime!!!!! Explore books, sing songs, learn fingerplays, and meet other babies and caregivers. I can't wait to see you in person.
*mask requirement is required for all ages 2 and over
Babies & Books
Join us for storytime in the reading garden! We will be singing songs, learning rhymes, and reading books together.
*This is a lapsit storytime for infants who are not yet walking. Walking toddlers should attend the Toddler...
Leonard Garden Storytime!
Join your favorite librarians for a Monday morning story time in the Leonard Library garden! Read, sing and dance together weather permitting!
Space is limited, please stop by the reference desk for a ticket beginning at 10am.
StoryTime
Join us outside on the lawn of the Fort Hamilton Library for Storytime, sunshine and fresh air...
Babies & Books Cancelled
Join us outside on the lawn of the Fort Hamilton Library for Storytime, sunshine and fresh air...
Story Time On the Grass @ Fort Hamilton Cancelled
Join us for Storytime on the grass at Fort Hamilton. Enjoy the outdoors and listen to a story. All are welcome.
Toddler Time
Enjoy stories, songs, and rhymes for children from 18 months to 3 years old and their parents and caregivers.
Limited space (16 individuals only)
Masks are mandatory for everyone, age 2 and up, entering the program room....
Grab & Go Kit
Get crafty at the Rugby Branch! Kits will be available all day long starting at 11 AM until supplies run out.
Share your finished product with us on Facebook @RugbyLibraryBPL or @BrooklynPublicLibraryFamily.
Storytime at Washington Irving
Join us for a morning of books and songs as your baby or toddler acquires early literacy, fine motor, and language developmental skills!
Capacity is 30 people – we will have tickets. Registration is not required – you can register here...
Therapeutic Arts & Beyond
The Flow and Restore Collective began delivering Holistic Wellness Services to community organizations in the Five Boroughs in 2016. In 2019, the company incorporated and became insured as a unit of 20 Certified Holistic Wellness Practitioners,...
Blood Pressure Screening
You can get your blood pressure checked for free at the Kings Bay Library. Kings Bay library in partnership with the Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNS) offers taking blood pressure every Monday from 11 am to 12 pm. The taking of blood...
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.
The topics covered in...
Chess Workshop
Come to the Flatlands Library on
Monday May 23rd at 11AM to play/learn how to play chess!
Dyker Presents: Learn Art Fundamentals from Rob Silverman
For Beginners or the Experienced artist. Rob Silverman will help you build a strong foundation and improve your skills to help you create realistic form, exciting color and engaging composition. This series of 8 progressive sessions at Dyker will...
Drop In Resume & Career Help (Washington Irving)
Get free one-on-one resume help, education and career advice, interviewing prep, LinkedIn profile tips, and more with help from a Job Information Resource Librarian.
Please call the branch to confirm the times above, as they are subject...
Creating Content Your Customers Value | NYC SBS
Many businesses think that marketing only means advertising. As effective entrepreneurs know, however, customers are more interested and loyal to businesses whose marketing content provides value.
This course will provide you with the...
Babies & Books
Join us for storytime in the reading garden! We will be singing songs, learning rhymes, and reading books together.
*This is a lapsit storytime for infants who are not yet walking. Walking toddlers should attend the Toddler...
Reliving Legends Photobooth
Ever wondered what it would be like to stand next to a legend?Well, now you can at the Clinton Hill branch!
Standing in front of a green screen, we'll insert you into an iconic black and white photograph of famous legends or...
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...
Monday Matinee
Join us at the Clinton Hill branch this May for Monday Matinees!
May 9th and May 23rd from 1pm to 3pm.
May is Photography Month so we'll screen films about photography and the film industry.
As this is...
Menstruation Mondays! Free Period Kits for Those in Need
Period Product Distribution Days When: Every Monday through June 13, while supplies last Where: Central Library, Youth Wing--Young Adult Reference Desk What: A week's worth of menstruation products. Each kit may include 7 tampons, 7 maxi...
Drop-In Resume & Career Help
Stop by the Central Library's Business & Career Center for help with your job search questions. All sessions are one-on-one but timeslots are limited.
Borough Park presents Chess Workshop with Juan Tica
Join the Borough Park Library and improve your game with chess masterJuan P Tica. You are invited to our scheduled Chess Program via Zoom.
This program, for kids and teens, takes place on lichess.org. Please create...
Borough Park presents Chess Workshop with Juan Tica
Join the Borough Park Library and improve your game with chess masterJuan P Tica. You are invited to our scheduled Chess Program via Zoom.
This program, for kids and teens, takes place on lichess.org. Please create...
Borough Park Presents Chess with Juan Tica
Join Certified Chess Instructor, Juan P Tica virtually from Brooklyn Public Library Borough Park for instruction and competition. Please create a Free Online Chess account at this link: https//lichess....
Creative Writing Workshop
The writing workshop is designed to allow writers of all backgrounds, ages and experience levels to work together and grow as writers. Participants write to the prompt offered by the experienced and trained leader and are...
East New York Reads Homework Help
Brooklyn Public Library is offering virtual homework help sessions via the East New York Reads Initiative to school aged students. ALL students from K to 5th grade are welcome to join. The sessions take place on Zoom. Link will be provided...
Anime Mondays
Come chill out with Librarian Kristian at the Mill Basin Library for an hour of anime every Monday. Woohoo!
Arts and Craft
Show your creative side. Make new friends.
Chess Workshop
Chess workshop for kids
Kahoot! Trivia
Challenge your friends to a trivia game. We will be using the online trivia platform Kahoot!
Register so that we can send you a secure Zoom link.
Join the Highlawn Chess Workshop with Chess Master Reinaldo Duran
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...
Bklynthology Information Session
Teens 13-18 are eligible to win gift cards by writing short stories! Join us on Zoom to learn about BKLYNthology, a short story anthology being published at the New Utrecht branch. During the Zoom meeting, we will be going over expectations...
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...
RESCHEDULED DATE: Beginnings, Middles, and Ends IV: Evidence of Things Not Seen
This listing is for the rescheduled date of this program. RSVPs from the original date will be honored here.
Beginnings, Middles, and Ends explores the moments that make up our lives in song. Works that bookend careers, meditate on...
Adult Book Club/Discussion: Diana Wynne Jones's "Cart and Cwidder"
Join the Diana Wynne Jones Adult Book Discussion as we discuss "Cart and Cwidder (Dalemark Book I)":
Cart and Cwidder is the first in the best-selling Dalemark Quartet of books and tells the story of Moril and his brother and sister who...
MAY
24
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...
Teen Grab and Go: BPL’s 125th Celebration Beaded Bracelets!
Calling all teens! Create your own beaded bracelets in honor of Brooklyn Public Library’s 125th birthday!
Each kit contains an arrangement of various shades of blue and white beads that can be made into any pattern of your choice, a pipe...
Bebés Geniales Bushwick and Brownsville
Join us for a brain-building program on Zoom for children 0-3 years and their parents or caregivers from Bushwick or Brownsville. Includes storytimes in English and Spanish, early literacy tips, craft ideas, songs with a...
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 receive an email with the Zoom link one hour before the program starts.
Green Market @ Cadman Plaza!
Your new Brooklyn Heights Library is opening June 8th - let's celebrate together!
Join us at the Green Market on Cadman Plaza on Tuesdays. We'll be there - with some giveaways! - to answer any questions about the new...
