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Laptop Loan
For more information about laptops for use in the library, visit our laptop loan page.
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After-hours Returns
Return your BPL materials in our exterior book drop when the branch is closed.
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Meeting Rooms
To see available spaces, review BPL’s meeting room policy, and request a reservation, visit our room reservation website.
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Extended Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi signal that can reach up to 300 feet outside the library, available 24/7; learn more about Bklyn Reach.
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Outdoor Services
Offering outdoor seating, browsing, programs and more—weather permitting. Learn more about BPL Outdoors.
- Cooling Center
The new Greenpoint Library and Environmental Education Center serves as both a full-service library and a community hub for environmental awareness, activism and education.
At 15,000 square feet, the new Library doubles the size of our previous building and provides significantly enlarged indoor and outdoor spaces to house expanded activities related to the exploration of the environment as well as everyday library use. Greenpoint Library features elements that interact with the natural world, including a gardened reading deck, windows that act as sun dials, and a cistern to collect rainwater for the rooftop demonstration garden. Inside, the library has distinct adult, young adult and children’s reading rooms and collection spaces, and community spaces for regular library programming as well as those supporting environmental education. Lab spaces for interactive projects, a large community event space (which divides into two of the lab spaces), lounge seating, small meeting rooms and staff spaces are distributed on the two main floors.
We are thrilled to welcome the community to their new neighborhood library!
Friends of Greenpoint Library
Friends of Greenpoint Library is a group of organized volunteers who help our neighborhood library through advocacy, fundraising and promotion. Join the Friends of Greenpoint Library e-mail list here.
Staff Picks
- Greenpoint Staff Favorites
- Greenpoint and the environment
- Dziedzictwo polskie na Greenpointu
The water will come : rising seas, sinking cities, and the remaking of the civilized worldJeff Goodell
Earth a.d. the poisoning of the american landscape and the communities that fought backMichael Lee Nirenberg