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 to 2 a.m. Sunday. Participants joined leading ...

BOROUGHWIDE — It’s a slam dunk team-up: The defending WNBA Champion New York Liberty and Brooklyn Public Library are collaborating to issue 100,000 special edition library cards featuring the team’s ...

The Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) hosted its first Digital Discovery Day at the Saratoga branch in Bedford-Stuyvesant on May 15, connecting residents with the technological tools and resources it ...

Seven-day service is coming back to the Brooklyn Public Library after Mayor Eric Adams and the City Council agreed to restore millions of dollars of funding for the city’s library systems. Sunday ...

There’s a new bookworm in charge at the Brooklyn Public Library. Longtime BPL employee Edwin B. Maxwell stepped into the role of Chief Librarian on Wednesday, where he’ll oversee the library’s many ...

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 ...

Hannah Kliger joined the CBS News New York team as a reporter in May 2022, focusing her coverage in Brooklyn. A native New Yorker, Hannah has received several awards for her investigative journalism ...

An interim library is set to open in Red Hook next month, in the midst of a two-year closure of the neighborhood’s local branch. The Red Hook Library shut its doors in March 2023 for a $17 million ...

Delivering Together is a new project from the Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) created especially for New York City’s app-based food delivery workers.The libraries provide safe, supportive spaces across ...

The worldwide pandemic has threatened many of the businesses you rely on every day, but don’t let it take away your source for local news. Now more than ever, we need your help to ensure nothing but ...

The Brooklyn Public Library's façade papered with lyrics from American rapper Jay-Z's discography. (all photos by Gregg Richards, courtesy the Brooklyn Public Library) “There is a knowing in being an ...

The Brooklyn Public Library’s beloved Night In The Library event is returning for its 10th year this weekend. The seven-hour-long event is part performance, part party and a chance for New Yorkers to ...