Press Releases

2016

Brooklyn Public Library Branches Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month
September 30 2016
Brooklyn Public Library’s Summer Reading Program Serves Record Number of Students
September 22 2016
Bklyn Incubator Funds Second Round of Innovative Programming at BPL Branches
September 15 2016
Fall Cultural Season Sets New Course for Brooklyn Public Library
September 06 2016
Council Member Mark Treyger Joins Brooklyn Public Library for Reopening of Ulmer Park Branch
August 31 2016
Brooklyn Eagles Literary Prize Shortlists Announced
August 29 2016
Brooklyn Public Library Opens Interim Brooklyn Heights Branch
July 28 2016
Brooklyn Public Library Announces Longlists for Second Annual Brooklyn Eagles Literary Prize
July 25 2016
Construction Begins on Park Slope Library Reading Circle and Storytelling Garden
July 19 2016
Brooklyn Public Library Wins Knight News Challenge Award to Expand Innovative Telestory Program
June 23 2016
Brooklyn Public Library Presents Inaugural Dr. Lucille C. Thomas Award for Excellence in Librarianship
June 17 2016
Today’s Teens Are Tomorrow’s Techies at Brooklyn Public Library
June 15 2016
Hundreds of Brooklyn Kids Turn Central Library Into Board Game, Playland to Kick Off 2016 Summer Reading
June 09 2016
Inaugural Ned Vizzini Teen Writing Prize Recognizes New York City’s Next Generation of Literary Talent
June 08 2016
Statement on the Fiscal Year 2017 Budget
June 08 2016
Brooklyn Public Library Earns Nation’s Highest Honor for Museums and Libraries
June 01 2016
Brooklyn Public Library Spring Exhibition Season Features Original Work from 2016 BPL Artist-in-Residence
May 09 2016
Brooklyn Public Library Names László Jakab Orsós Vice President of Arts & Culture
May 05 2016
Brooklyn Public Library Gears Up for Fourth Annual Bike the Branches
April 25 2016
Council Member Laurie Cumbo, PS 532 Students Join Brooklyn Public Library for Reopening of Eastern Parkway Branch
April 04 2016
Brooklyn Public Library Announces Winners of Inaugural Bklyn Incubator Project
March 21 2016
Brooklyn Public Library Honors Borough’s Tech Innovators at 19th Annual Gala
March 09 2016
Brooklyn Public Library Invests in Language Access for Immigrant Patrons
February 23 2016
Celebration of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Highlights Winter Exhibition Season at Central Library
February 11 2016
The Review Panel, artcritical's Acclaimed Series of Live Criticism, Moves to Brooklyn Public Library
February 10 2016
Brooklyn Public Library Launches Second Annual PowerUP! Kreyol Business Plan Competition
February 03 2016
Bklyn Incubator Program to Fund Innovative, Branch-Driven Programming at BPL
February 01 2016
Brooklyn Public Library Named “Tech Mission Org of the Year” at Technical.ly Brooklyn Innovation Awards
January 29 2016
Nobel Prize-Winning Novelist Toni Morrison Headlines Black History Month Programming at BPL
January 27 2016
Brooklyn Public Library Wins NEH Common Heritage Grant to Document Demographic Changes in Three Neighborhoods
January 05 2016

2015

Council Member Rafael Espinal, Brooklyn Public Library Celebrate New Passport Office, Adult Learning Classes at Arlington Branch
December 14 2015
Brooklyn Public Library’s 12th Annual PowerUP! Business Plan Competition Awards More Than $30,000 to Borough Entrepreneurs
December 09 2015
Brooklyn Public Library Announces Winners of Inaugural Brooklyn Eagles Literary Prize
October 24 2015
Brooklyn Public Library Expands Multilingual, ESOL, Citizenship Services with Support from Apple Bank
October 21 2015
Brooklyn Public Library Expands Hours of Service Across Borough
October 07 2015
Brooklyn Public Library to Add Sunday Hours at Midwood, Borough Park Branches
October 07 2015
Brooklyn Public Library to Debut Children’s Recommendation and Family Engagement Service
October 05 2015
Brooklyn Public Library’s Fall Exhibitions Explore Egg Tempera Art, Coney Island Dreams and the Secret Lives of Books
October 01 2015
Participatory Art Project Opens Conversation on Transition in Brooklyn’s Prospect Heights Neighborhood
September 30 2015
BPL Connects Brooklynites with Free MiFi Devices for Home Internet Access
September 21 2015