Press Releases

2019

Brooklyn, New York, and Queens Public Library Culture Pass Initiative Provided 70,000+ Free Passes in its First Year
August 13 2019
Brooklyn Public Library In Collaboration with Laurie Anderson Launches Inaugural International Lou Reed Tai Chi Day
July 02 2019
Brooklyn Public Library Unveils Bronze Statue of Knuffle Bunny at Park Slope Library with Mo Willems and Council Member Brad Lander
June 27 2019
Statement on Kanopy
June 24 2019
CFB 5 Borough Candidate Training Tour Stops by Brooklyn Public Library’s Eastern Parkway Branch This Saturday
June 21 2019
Brooklyn Public Library Debuts Multi-Panel Mural in Central Library Youth Wing
June 19 2019
Statement on the New York City Budget from Brooklyn Public Library President and CEO Linda E. Johnson
June 14 2019
Brooklyn Public Library Encourage Students to Read A Universe of Stories: Summer Reading Challenge Blasts Off With Over 60 Borough Wide Events
June 03 2019
Brooklyn Public Library Announces Tribute Exhibition Honoring Pioneering Alternative Art Space Franklin Furnace Featuring Works by Shirin Neshat, Willie Cole, Tehching Hsieh, Rashaad Newsome and Jenny Holzer
May 31 2019
Brooklyn Public Library Honors Brooklyn Nets and Barclays Center, Newbery Winning Author and Educator Kwame Alexander, and Jackie Cuscuna and Brian Smith, Founders of Ample Hill Creamery at Annual Gala Hosted by Baratunde Thurston
May 23 2019
Brooklyn Public Library and Prospect Park Alliance Announce Professors and Line-Up of Free Courses for the Inaugural Semester of Immigrant-Taught University Open Air
May 16 2019
Brooklyn Public Library Celebrates National Bike Month with Installation of Permanent Bike Repair Station
May 13 2019
NYC Public Libraries Receive $1 Million from the New York Life Foundation to Support Summer Reading and Education
May 07 2019
Emma’s Torch and Brooklyn Public Library Celebrate Grand Opening of Emma’s Torch at BPL with Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony
April 16 2019
New poll states New Yorkers say libraries make a significant positive impact, are key to supporting progressive city initiatives, and need increased support, even as City budget cuts loom
April 08 2019
Brooklyn Public Library Partners with Best Buy to Open Teen Tech Center at Kings Highway Library; New Center is First in New York
March 29 2019
Brooklyn Public Library and Prospect Park Alliance Announce Open Call for Immigrant Professors, Researchers, and Academics to Teach the Inaugural Semester of University Open Air
March 28 2019
Brooklyn Public Library Announces Exhibition of “Photo Requests from Solitary” Shedding Light on the Interior Lives of Men and Women Held in Solitary Confinement Across the U.S.
March 26 2019
Theater of War Productions and Brooklyn Public Library Present Extended 10-Week Run of ANTIGONE IN FERGUSON May 8 – July 13, 2019
March 21 2019
Brooklyn Public Library Served People 9.3 Million Times In Person and Online And Presented More than 72,000 Programs to the Public in 2018
March 14 2019
Library Presidents Urge City Hall to Keep New Yorkers Strong By Making Libraries Stronger; Libraries Discuss Need for Restored and Increased Funding to Cope with Rising Costs, Heightened Demands, and Increasing Need
March 11 2019
Brooklyn Public Library Announces Second Annual International LitFilm: A BPL Film Festival About Writers March 18 – March 24
February 28 2019
Brooklyn Public Library Launches Flagship Podcast to Tell You Stories From Around the Borough Featuring the Voices of Dungeon Masters, Grandmothers, Activists and Everyday Brooklynites
February 25 2019
Brooklyn Public Library Announces 2019 Spring Season Featuring an Array of Prize-Winning Authors, Journalists, Performers, Artists, and Scholars From Around the World, and the Mayor of South Bend, Indiana
February 11 2019
The City, Fifth Avenue Committee and Brooklyn Public Library Break Ground on Innovative New Library with Affordable Housing Above in Sunset Park
February 06 2019
Brooklyn Public Library and the Cultural Services of the French Embassy Present New York Edition of “Night of Philosophy and Ideas”
January 11 2019

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