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Park Slope Library, 431 6th Avenue (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)On Saturday, Council Member Brad Lander hosted a ribbon-cutting for the Park Slope Library’s new reading circle and storytelling telling garden at the 431 6th Avenue branch. Located in the gated green space overlooking 9th Street, the oasis
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Brooklyn Public Library, Central Library, 10 Grand Army Plaza (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)The Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) approved plans Tuesday to install electronic informational signs outside seven landmarked Brooklyn libraries. The Brooklyn Public Library commissioned the design firm LVCK LLC [http://lvckdesign.com/] to create a proposal [http:
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Rendering via bklynlibrary.org [http://www.bklynlibrary.org/sunset-park-project] Join a public design meeting tomorrow, April 20 from 6pm to 8pm to help decide the future of the Sunset Park Library. NYC Council Member Carlos Menchaca (District 38) sent out an announcement last week inviting the public to attend the
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(Rendering via Magnusson Architecture and Planning PC)Today, the Brooklyn Public Library announced the approval of a redevelopment plan for the Sunset Park branch, which includes adding 49 affordable apartments on-site. The new building will replace the current library at 5108 4th Avenue. The New York City Council voted unanimously
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(Photo by Carly Miller)Construction started today on the green roof at the Brooklyn Public Library’s Windsor Terrace branch, a project neighbors voted on through participatory budgeting in 2014. The branch, at Ft. Hamilton Parkway and East 5th Street, will get a 7,500-square-foot green roof [http://ecobrooklyn.com/
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Photo by Friends of Park Slope Library via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/FriendsofParkSlopeLibrary/photos/a.289605454502995.1073741827.289590644504476/482473631882842/?type=3&theater] Get a head start on your spring cleaning and donate your gently used books and media to the Park Slope Library’s upcoming Spring Book Sale
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Photo by bklynlibrary via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BJarU-KjwfD/?taken-by=bklynlibrary]Time is running out to nominate your favorite library for a chance to win $20,000 in the NYC Neighborhood Library Awards [http://www.nyclibraryawards.org/]. The NYC Neighborhood Library Awards have been celebrating the essential role
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Invitation for Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams’ Black History Month Celebration [http://www.brooklyn-usa.org/event/black-history-month-celebration/] at Brooklyn Borough Hall, February 22ndFebruary is Black History Month and there are a variety of events happening all around Brooklyn to observe it—from panel discussions, poetry readings, musical performances, history tours,
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Courtesy: Marvel ArchitectsA “controversial” and “contentious” proposal to replace a neighborhood library and add yet another tower to the Brooklyn skyline is inching forward. As first reported by the Brooklyn Daily Eagle [http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/2016/12/29/buildings-dept-oks-plans-lux-tower-site-brooklyn-heights-library] , the Department of Buildings approved plans last month for
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(Photo via Ditmas Park Corner)A recent DPC article [/blog/library/brooklyn-public-library-gets-3-million-grant-bring-xbox-every-branch/] announcing that a state grant would bring video game consoles (along with other technology) to every branch of the Brooklyn Public Library drew some skeptical remarks from commenters who doubted the expenditure was a good use of library
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A group shot of Assemblymembers and library staff at a funding celebration at the Central Library this morning. (Photo by Gregg Richards)New York State Assemblymembers have determined bringing video game consoles (and other technology) to every Brooklyn Public Library branch is a high priority, and have secured $3 million
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Community Board 7 [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb7/index.page] voted last week to support the redevelopment of the Sunset Park Library by the neighborhood affordable housing developer Fifth Avenue Committee [http://www.fifthave.org/]. The Fifth Avenue Committee have proposed to “build a new, nearly 21,000-square-foot branch