Press Releases

2018

Brooklyn Public Library Presents Week-long ‘Democracy Lab’ In 100+ Person Outdoor Inflatable Dome at Grand Army Plaza
May 24 2018
Sunset Park Library Interim Branch Opens for Patrons as New, Modern Sunset Park Library is Built
May 15 2018
Brooklyn Public Library Launches 15th PowerUP! Business Plan Competition
May 08 2018
Brooklyn Public Library Announces Plan to Upgrade Central Library to Meet Needs of Growing Borough
March 26 2018
NYC’s Public Library Presidents, Advocates & Elected Officials Launch Citywide Campaign to Urge City Hall to Invest More in Libraries
March 16 2018
Brooklyn Public Library Welcomed Over 8.1 Million Visitors in 2017 And Presented More than 66,000 Programs to the Public
March 15 2018
Brooklyn Public Library Names Susan Marcinek as New Board Chair
February 28 2018
Kings Highway Library Selected as Site of New Best Buy Teen Tech Center, the First in New York City
February 21 2018
Brooklyn Public Library Launches Six-Day International Literary Film Festival
February 08 2018
Brooklyn Public Library Celebrates Re-opening of Marcy Library with Council Member Robert E. Cornegy, Jr.
February 05 2018
Brooklyn Public Library Celebrates Re-opening of Mill Basin Library with Council Member Alan Maisel
January 29 2018
A Night of Philosophy and Ideas 2018 to Include Flash Philosophy Workshop and Talks Curated by The New York Times “The Stone” Editors
January 10 2018

2017

New IDNYC Enrollment Center Now Open at Brooklyn Public Library’s New Lots Branch
December 22 2017
Brooklyn Public Library’s PowerUP! Business Plan Competition Awards Top Prize to Direct Bus Service from Nearby Cities to NYC’s Outer Boroughs
December 12 2017
Brooklyn Public Library and Apple Bank Celebrate Holiday Traditions from Around the World with Everyone is Welcome Here World Language Series
December 08 2017
Route Fifty Recognizes Brooklyn Public Library’s Telestory Program for Preserving Family Ties in the Face of Incarceration
November 21 2017
PowerUP! Your Holiday Purchases: Support Brooklyn Entrepreneurs on Saturday November 18, 2017
November 16 2017
Brooklyn Public Library and Zipcar Expand Partnership to Kings Bay Library; Twenty-One Zipcar Vehicles Now Available at Te
November 14 2017
Brooklyn Public Library Commissions 2017 Man Booker International Prize Winner David Grossman to Deliver Inaugural Message from the Library Lecture
November 13 2017
Brooklyn Public Library First in the Country to Host Tiny Science Museum
November 08 2017
Brooklyn Public Library Announces 2017 Literary Prize Winners
November 02 2017
Bard at Brooklyn Public Library’ to Help Nontraditional Students Earn Liberal Arts Degrees at their Local Library
October 31 2017
Brooklyn Public Library Breaks Ground On Innovative Greenpoint Library and Environmental Education Center
October 23 2017
New Utrecht Library Wins NYC Neighborhood Library Award
October 03 2017
Shortlists Announced for Brooklyn Public Library Literary Prize
September 11 2017
Brooklyn Public Library Announces 2017 Longlist For Third Annual Literary Prize
July 19 2017
Brooklyn Public Library to Begin Construction of Innovative Greenpoint Environmental Education Center
June 19 2017
Council Member Brad Lander, Brooklyn Public Library Open Park Slope Branch’s Reading Circle and Storytelling Garden
May 08 2017
Brooklyn Public Library Debuts Where the Wild Things Are Library Card
March 28 2017
Sunset Park Library Redevelopment Project Approved by City Council
March 16 2017
New Spectrum Learning Lab Boosts Technology Resources, Programming at Bushwick Library
March 13 2017
Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Children's Museum Announce Innovative Partnership to Bring Family Library to Crown Heights
February 14 2017
Council Member Chaim Deutsch, Brooklyn Public Library Celebrate Reopening of Brighton Beach Library
February 13 2017
Brooklyn Public Library, Cultural Services of the French Embassy Host 'A Night of Philosophy & Ideas'
January 29 2017
Brooklyn Public Library, Cultural Services of the French Embassy to Host 'A Night of Philosophy & Ideas'
January 06 2017

2016