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The Cortelyou Library Friends [https://www.facebook.com/cortelyoulibraryfriends] got so many books from generous neighbors last time around [/blog/library/donate-your-unwanted-volumes-to-the-cortelyou-library-friends-book-sale] , they’re having another sale tomorrow from 2-4pm. “Thank you to everyone who came out last weekend to support the Cortelyou library by both donating and buying books,
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The Cortelyou Library Friends [www.facebook.com/cortelyoulibraryfriends] are about to kick off another season of volunteer story time, and they need your help! Parents, nannies, folks without kids, students–all are encouraged and welcome to read at story time starting Thursday, September 5. Here are the slots they’re
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Public schools across the city are closed for Anniversary Day [/blog/history/history-at-home-this-day-in-the-brooklyn-daily-eagle-17] on Thursday, June 6, but Brooklyn Public Library [http://www.bklynpubliclibrary.org] will be bursting at the seams with fun activities to celebrate the official kickoff of Summer Reading [http://www.bklynpubliclibrary.org/summerreading]. Here’s what
Holidays
The Park Slope Library [http://www.bklynpubliclibrary.org/locations/park-slope] is one of several Brooklyn Public Library branches that are closed this Friday, March 29 for Good Friday. All branches will be closed on Sunday for Easter. If you’re looking for a place to borrow books, hang out with
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Now that we have a beautiful new Kensington Library [/library/what-do-you-think-of-the-new-kensington-library], we are left wondering what will happen to the old one, which is standing empty at 410 Ditmas Avenue. A sign hangs in front for potential businesses to contact Hoffman Realty at 718-332-4000, but what kind of business could
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When she’s not pouring over British mysteries, hanging out with her family (a seventh-grade son, two second-grade daughters, and a fellow-librarian husband), or clutching a cup of Connecticut Muffin coffee, Stephanie Brueckel keeps the Park Slope Library bookish as the head librarian (or in BPL parlance, “Neighborhood Library Supervisor
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When the Cortelyou Library reopened in March, many parents and caregivers mentioned that they would like to see more storytimes. Due to staffing shortages, this is difficult, so the Cortelyou Library Friends Group [https://www.facebook.com/cortelyoulibraryfriends] is initiating volunteer-led storytimes and other volunteer-led activities at the library, to
graffit gone
We did it! – Maybe? – In Bensonhurst Bean’s first civic victory of sorts, the 23rd Avenue side of the Brooklyn Public Library’s Ryder Branch is now graffiti free! We first brought you a photo of the poorly spray painted tags last week [/things-not-to-do-in-a-budget-crisis-1-graffiti-your-local-library/]. Since first seeing the graffiti, we
book sales
Today is the first day of the Gerritsen Beach Library Book Sale. Help support the library and stock your shelves by picking up some “gently used and like-new books,” as well as DVD, VHS tapes (what are those?), and more. The sale is going on all weekend until Monday at
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Back in May, Sheepshead Bites spoke up about the importance of neighborhood libraries as the city considered cutting a whopping $17.5 million dollars from the Brooklyn Public Library system [/save-our-libraries/]. If those cuts passed, it would have ushered in a layoff of one of every six employees, reduced operational