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New Lots Library redesign pays tribute to its roots as an African burial ground

By Anna Bradley-Smith

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Books

Between the Bookends: Here are the Brooklyn Public Library’s most popular books of 2024

By Kirstyn Brendlen

Damian Williams, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, speaks during an interview in New York on March 13, 2024.

Caribbean Life

Caribbean-American US Attorney for the Southern District of New York announces anticipated resignation

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Nonbinarian Bookstore: New haven for queer literature to open in Crown Heights

By Briana Brady

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Brooklyn Book Festival takes over this weekend with Children’s Day and Festival Day

By Jon Sosa

In 2023, the American Library Association reported the highest number of challenged book titles ever documented, a number that increased by 92% from 2022.

Books

Brooklyn Public Library leads charge against book censorship with events and national day of action

By Adam Daly

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Culinary fusion: How love and lox sparked Shalom Japan’s 10-year success in Williamsburg

By Anna Bradley-Smith

Sponsors and Supporters joined author Kamla Millwood, fifth from left, during her first July 28 book tour launch at the Brooklyn Children's Museum in Crown Heights.

Caribbean Life

Author Kamala K. Millwood launches book tour at Brooklyn Children’s Museum

Brooklyn Cyclones make magic with fans on Harry Potter Night

By Annie MacKeigan

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Downtown

Brooklyn Book Festival returning this September with nine days of literary revelry

By Natalie Dahan

This is a cartoon version of pigeons on a wire.

Politics

Brooklyn Public Library curates list of books ‘to contextualize this week in politics’ amidst chaotic election cycle

By Kirstyn Brendlen

NY: Brooklyn Central Library celebrates Sunday reopening

Politics

Turning the page: Library lovers and officials celebrate return of Sunday service at Grand Army Plaza branch

By Gabriele Holtermann

NY: The People’s Ball 2024

Books

People’s Ball returns to Brooklyn Public Library with vibrant celebration of style and inclusivity

By Gabriele Holtermann

Bookworms looking for love will head to the Center for Fiction speed dating event on Feb. 9.

Downtown

Booking for love! The Center for Fiction gets singles in Valentine’s mood with speed dating event

By Jada Camille

The Brooklyn Public Library has announced a new challenge to visit each of their 62 branch locations.

Books

Branching out! Brooklyn Public Library challenges library-goers to ‘Browse the Branches’

By Isabel Song Beer

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Books

The year in books: Brooklyn Public Library unveils its most-borrowed books of 2023

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Kids & Education

Bensonhurst students showcase their first published works in Ditmas Park bookstore

By Jada Camille

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PHOTOS: The return of the sun brings literary crowds to the Brooklyn Book Festival

By Susan de Vries

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Brooklyn Heights

Seeking to ‘democratize history,’ renovated Center for Brooklyn History reopens with new exhibit

By Ximena Del Cerro

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Books

‘The Caribbean story really is a universal story’: Fifth annual Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival begins Sept. 7

By Isabel Song Beer

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The 52nd annual Village Halloween Parade.

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West Indies' Romario Shepherd in action against South Africa at the Wanderers Stadium, Sandton, South Africa - March 28, 2023.

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Things to Do with the Kids This Weekend in Brooklyn!

New York Family

Fun Things to Do with the Kids This Weekend in Brooklyn!

Meredith Beck's sons Jamie and Henry are the inspiration for Little Oaks Center for Neurodevelopment.

Little Oaks Center for Neurodevelopment receives official nonprofit status