The Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) is launching a new vinyl lending library for record aficionados and new initiates alike. Beginning today, patrons can listen to any of 400 records at newly-installed ...

Brooklyn Public Library is one of the nation’s largest library systems and among New York City’s most democratic institutions.

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 ...

Brooklyn Public Library has reopened the Ryder Library in Bensonhurst after a three-year closure, unveiling a modern, ...

As the Brooklyn Public Library prepares to turn the page on 2024, it’s looking back on the last year in literature and taking stock of which books Brooklynites loved most. Locals checked out millions ...

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 ...

Recently, the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Arch at the center of Grand Army Plaza was wrapped in scaffolding—a la Christo and Jeanne-Claude—to undergo restoration. Nearby, another landmark has also been ...

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 ...

The Brooklyn Public Library's Central Library façade was papered with lyrics from American rapper Jay-Z's discography. (photo Rhea Nayyar/Hyperallergic) Visitors to Brooklyn Public Library's (BPL) ...

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 ...

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 ...