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The branch was founded in 1910 and initially occupied several storefronts. The Kings Highway branch moved to its current location in 1954, designed by architects Knapp and Johnson and constructed by the Department of Public Works in 1954. It was the first branch library to be erected in Brooklyn by the City of New York. [6]
Library Image Address Historical Note; 1: Stephen A. Schwarzman Building (Main Branch) Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street: Built after the New York Public Library was formed as a combination of two libraries in the late 1890s. The architectural firm Carrère and Hastings constructed the structure in the Beaux-Arts style, and the structure opened on ...
Carnegie Grants for Library Buildings, 1890-1917. New York: Carnegie Corporation of New York. OCLC 2603611. Dierickx, Mary B. (1996). The Architecture of Literacy: The Carnegie Libraries of New York City. New York: Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art and the New York City Dept. of General Services. ISBN 1-56256-717-9.
The Flushing branch first opened in January, 1902 at Jamaica Ave and Jagger Avenue. It moved 3 times until it settled at its present location in 1998 at 41-17 Main Street, Flushing, New York. [2] 21: Forest Hills: 108-19 71st Avenue, Forest Hills, NY 11375 The Forest Hills branch first opened in 1915 at 1 Station Sq, Forest Hills, NY.
[11] [12] The Brooklyn Public Library system was approved by an Act of Legislature of the State of New York on May 3, 1892. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] The BPL opened its first branch library, the Bedford Library at PS 3 in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn , in December 1897; [ 14 ] [ 15 ] this branch moved among various buildings, including a former mansion ...
The Brooklyn Public Library system was approved by an Act of Legislature of the State of New York on May 3, 1892. [3] The Brooklyn Common Council then passed a resolution for the establishment of the Brooklyn Public Library on November 30, 1896, with Marie E. Craigie as the first director.
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Decatur Street (Brooklyn), New York, U.S. See also. Decatur (disambiguation) This page was last edited on 11 March 2015, at 14:46 (UTC). Text is available under ...