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Sheepshead Bay Library

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Things To Do In Southern Brooklyn This Week: Holiday Karaoke, Toys For Tots Drive & More

The Be Proud Foundation’s 2014 Toys for Tots drive. (Photo: Be Proud Foundation [https://www.facebook.com/BeProudNY/photos/a.326426244224860.1073741834.226935024173983/326426410891510/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)Lots to do in southern Brooklyn this week. Get in the holiday spirit with some karaoke with your neighbors. There’

Which Library Should Win An ‘Oscar’ And $20K? Nominate Your Branch By December 18

Source: WikipediaLove your library? Whether your go-to branch is the Sheepshead Bay Library [http://www.bklynlibrary.org/locations/sheepshead-bay] (2636 East 14th Street), Homecrest Library [http://www.bklynlibrary.org/locations/homecrest] (2525 Coney Island Avenue), or the Kings Bay Library [http://www.bklynlibrary.org/locations/kings-bay] (3650 Nostrand Avenue), you

Things For Kids To Do In Southern Brooklyn: The Nutcracker, Holiday Tree Lighting, Card Making & More

Photo by Ron Guest [https://www.flickr.com/photos/guest_family/3130874630] Looking for something to do with the whole family this week? There are a lot of great kid-friendly events coming up in Brooklyn, and we’ve selected some of our favorites. See the full details below! For more

Things To Do In Southern Brooklyn This Week: Holiday Card Making, Poetry Jam Session & More

(Photo: Mosman Library [https://www.flickr.com/photos/mosmanlibrary/5275902450/] / Flickr)There’s lots to do in southern Brooklyn this week. Add a special touch to your holiday cards this season by attending a card making workshop. There’s also a history lesson, a poetry jam, a media education seminar

Things To Do In Southern Brooklyn This Week: Creative Mask Making, Smoke Alarm Giveaway, 75th Anniversary For Manhattan Beach Community Group

(Photo: vivi_gon_falc [https://www.instagram.com/p/8mVgAjyLw7_WopwAF4lLFzxDgKaPNuzeRz3S40/] / Instagram)Lots to do in southern Brooklyn this week. City Councilman Chaim Deutsch is giving away free smoke alarms, there is a poetry jam session in Coney Island, a mask making workshop and a free movie at the library.

Things For Kids To Do In Southern Brooklyn: Halloween Parade, Pumpkin Fest, Letter People

March the boardwalk in costume, and maybe win a prize! (Photo via Coney Island [https://www.facebook.com/coneyislandfun/photos/pb.18664769513.-2207520000.1445361222./10152495503114514/?type=3&theater] )Looking for something to do with the whole family this week? There are a lot of great kid-friendly events coming up

Things To Do In Southern Brooklyn This Weekend: International Film Festival, Sand Sculpting Competition & More

Photo by Bensonhurst BeanSend us your own event listing by posting it for free on our new event calendar [/calendar/], or using our classifieds site, EverythingBK [http://www.everythingbk.com/]. New Utrecht International Film Festival [http://www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/new-utrecht-international-new-utrecht-library-081315] When: Thursday, August 18, 2:30pm-4:30pm Where: New

Tomorrow: Workshop Offering Help For Homeowners At Sheepshead Bay Library

Buying, fixing or paying off a home? A resource workshop offering help for homeowners, with the ins and outs on how to avoid foreclosure and keep money in your pockets, among other things, is being offered at the Sheepshead Bay branch of the Brooklyn Public Library (2636 East 14th Street)

Architects Propose Redesigns Of Sheepshead Bay, Coney Island And Brighton Libraries

Image via Center for an Urban Future. [www.nycfuture.org].Libraries are already centers of community life and now, several architects have imagined them also serving as hubs for everything from retail and affordable housing to disaster relief. Five Brooklyn library branches — including Sheepshead Bay [http://www.bklynlibrary.org/locations/

Help Your Favorite Local Library Win $20,000!

Love your library? Whether your go-to branch is Homecrest, Kings Highway or Brighton Beach, you can help it win $20,000 in the second annual NYC Neighborhood Library Awards [http://www.nyclibraryawards.org/]. To nominate a location, neighbors are asked to fill out a short survey [https://www.surveymonkey.com/