Visit the Teen Tech Center at the Annex!
The Teen Tech Center at The Annex offers teens FREE access to laptops (including MacBooks), cutting-edge technology and software, and collaborative areas for getting creative!
History
Before the Annex became a dedicated Teen Tech Center, it provided interim library service for all ages during construction of the Adams Street Library.
Staff Picks
- Waterfront Reads
- Freelancing
- Brooklyn Books for Kids and Teens
- Audiobooks Read by the Author
- If You Are Scared of Poetry
Coney Island : 40 Years, 1970-2010Harvey Stein
Coney IslandLaura Jean Hoffman
The lost tribe of Coney Island : headhunters, Luna Park, and the man who pulled off the spectacle of the centuryClaire (Journalist) Prentice
Good old Coney Island : a sentimental journey into the past : the most rambunctious, scandalous, rapscallion, splendiferous, pugnacious, spectacular, illustrious, prodigious, frolicsome island on earthEdo McCullough
Coney Island : lost and foundCharles Denson
Images of Red Hook, BrooklynThomas Rupolo
Brooklyn's Bay Ridge and Fort Hamilton : a photographic journey, 1870-1970Brian Merlis
Brooklyn noir 3 : nothing but the truth
Brooklyn noir 2
Brooklyn noir
The Brooklyn Navy YardJohn Bartelstone
The last bohemia : scenes from the life of Williamsburg, BrooklynRobert Anasi
Last exit to BrooklynHubert Selby
Sailor Twain ; or, The mermaid in the HudsonMark Siegel
The accidental playground : Brooklyn waterfront narratives of the undesigned and unplannedDaniel Campo
On the waterfront : the Pulitzer Prize-winning articles that inspired the classic movie and transformed the New York HarborMalcolm M (Malcolm Malone) Johnson
On the waterfrontBudd Schulberg
The essential guide to freelance writing : how to write, work, & thrive on your own termsZachary Petit
Starting your career as a freelance writerMoira Anderson Allen
Starting your career as a freelance photographerTad Crawford
The gig economy : the complete guide to getting better work, taking more time off, and financing the life you want!Diane Mulcahy
The gig is up : thrive in the gig economy, where old jobs are obsolete and freelancing is the futureOlga Mizrahi
Freelance to freedom : the roadmap for creating a side business to achieve financial, time and life freedomVincent Pugliese
Side hustle : from idea to income in 27 daysChris Guillebeau
The $100 startup : reinvent the way you make a living, do what you love, and create a new futureChris Guillebeau
The 4-hour workweek : escape 9-5, live anywhere, and join the new richTimothy Ferriss
Thriving in the gig economy : how to capitalize and compete in the new world of workMarion McGovern
Free agent nation : how America's new independent workers are transforming the way we liveDaniel H Pink
What if it does work out? : how a side hustle can change your lifeSusie Moore
One hot summer dayNina Crews
Moonshot : the flight of Apollo 11Brian Floca
The Brooklyn nine in nine inningsAlan Gratz
Secret SaturdaysTorrey Maldonado
Edward gets messyRita Meade
Zeus : king of the godsGeorge O'Connor
Athena : grey-eyed goddessGeorge O'Connor
Hera. Vol. 3 : the goddess and her gloryGeorge O'Connor
Aphrodite : goddess of loveGeorge O'Connor
Poseidon : earth shakerGeorge O'Connor
Ares : bringer of warGeorge O'Connor
Apollo : the brilliant oneGeorge O'Connor
Artemis : wild goddess of the huntGeorge O'Connor
A tree grows in BrooklynBetty Smith
The coldest winter everSister Souljah
P.S. be elevenRita Williams-Garcia
Between Madison and PalmettoJacqueline Woodson
BecomingMichelle Obama
Kitchen confidentialAnthony Bourdain
Calypso : essaysDavid Sedaris
BossypantsTina Fey
Year of yes : how to dance it out, stand in the sun and be your own personShonda Rhimes
The last black unicornTiffany Haddish
Postcards from the edgeCarrie Fisher
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry.Neil deGrasse Tyson
Norse mythologyNeil Gaiman
Creative questauthor Questlove
FloridaLauren Groff
Cringeworthy : a theory of awkwardnessMelissa Dahl
Failure is an option : an attempted memoirH Jon Benjamin
How to read a poem and fall in love with poetryEdward Hirsch
How to read poetry like a professor : a quippy and sonorous guide to verseThomas C Foster
Beautiful & pointless a guide to modern poetryDavid Orr
How Poetry Can Change Your Heart.Andrea Gibson