Help Your Favorite Local Library Win $20,000!

Love your local library? Bensonhurst has plenty to choose from. Whether your favorite branch is New Utrecht (1743 86th St.), Ulmer Park (2602 Bath Ave), Highlawn (1664 W 13th St.), Ryder (5902 23rd Ave.), Mapleton (1702 60th St.), or Dyker Heights (8202 13th Ave.), now is your chance to nominate it for a $20,000 prize in the second annual NYC Neighborhood Library Awards.

To nominate a location, neighbors are asked to fill out a short survey about the branch’s services and strengths. Anyone can vote, including library staff, elected officials, and representatives of businesses or community groups (and, of course, locals not affiliated with any of those things)–just be sure to do so before December 12 at 11:59pm.

Out of 25 semifinalists and 10 finalists, five libraries across NYC will ultimately be selected as winners. Last year’s top five included Queens’ Corona Library, Staten Island’s New Dorp Library, the Lower East Side’s Seward Park Library, and Brooklyn’s Macon and, most notably, Sheepshead Bay libraries.

You can watch videos about the winners here:

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For more information about the contest, you can visit its website and Facebook page.