To create this list, a committee of nearly two dozen librarians performed what Chief Librarian Edwin Maxwell calls ...

Basketball and books are colliding as the Brooklyn Public Library teams up with the New York Liberty to release special-edition Liberty-themed library cards. The cards — featuring images of the ...

The "250 for 250" is a handpicked, librarian-curated list of the 250 most notable books from 250 years of American history.

GRAND ARMY PLAZA — Brooklyn Public Library hosted the eighth annual Night in the Library over the weekend, keeping the doors open from 7 p.m. Saturday, March 16, to 2 a.m. Sunday, March 17.

Mayor Eric Adams, alongside the presidents of New York City’s three public library systems — Brooklyn Public Library, New York Public Library, and Queens Public Library — joined forces with local ...

"250 for 250" by the Brooklyn Public Library features titles published between 1776 and 2025, offering a wide range of ...

The 14-book guide highlighted Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt’s book, “How Democracies Die” – which warns of former President Donald Trump’s impact on American democracy; and Robert Dallek’s “How ...

One of Brooklyn's most prolific icons, Jay-Z, has driven scores of New Yorkers to their local public library. The Brooklyn Public Library activated more than 14,000 new library memberships between ...

Recently, the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Arch at the center of Grand Army Plaza was wrapped in scaffolding—a la Christo and Jeanne-Claude—to undergo restoration. Nearby, another landmark has also been ...

The Brooklyn Public Library branch was honored last week as an innovator in operations, and economic and workforce development, as part of The Urban Libraries Council’s 2012 Top Innovators awards. The ...