Here’s some news that will have Brooklyn readers cheering: The Brooklyn Public Library threw open its front doors this week after almost two years of work on its front plaza.
And soon, the new front entrance — which faces Grand Army Plaza — will boast public tables and chairs, as well as some fountains. But the biggest change will be underneath all that: a new auditorium where the library will be able to hold performances and concerts.
“It will be nice to have a place to sit out and meet friends,” said library regular Ryan Holmberg. “There’s nothing else like that in the area.”
Visitors have been forced to use the staff entrances while the work was being done, but no longer (now the staff entrance will get its own renovation).
Library spokeswoman Stefanie Arck said the plaza will be completely finished sometime in August, and the auditorium will be done a month later.
The $15.7-million project was originally supposed to be completed by last October.
