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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 ...
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.
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.
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.
[2] [3] The library was one of the first in NYC to utilize a "merchandising format" of displaying books. [2] The Cortelyou branch was one of 10 branches to close temporarily during the COVID-19 pandemic. [4] The library was remodeled in 2021, led by community organization Friends of Cortelyou Library. The branch re-opened in late 2021 after the ...
List of Brooklyn Public Library branches; M. Macon Library This page was last edited on 23 February 2019, at 04:57 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
The library at Pratt Institute opened in 1888 in the Main Building on Pratt's campus in the Clinton Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn. [4] [5] The library moved into a new building located on Ryerson Street in May 1896. [3] Originally called the Pratt Institute Free Library, it was open to anyone who lived or worked in Brooklyn. [2]