Press Releases

2018

A Night of Philosophy and Ideas 2018 to Include Flash Philosophy Workshop and Talks Curated by The New York Times “The Stone” Editors
January 10 2018

2017

New IDNYC Enrollment Center Now Open at Brooklyn Public Library’s New Lots Branch
December 22 2017
Brooklyn Public Library’s PowerUP! Business Plan Competition Awards Top Prize to Direct Bus Service from Nearby Cities to NYC’s Outer Boroughs
December 12 2017
Brooklyn Public Library and Apple Bank Celebrate Holiday Traditions from Around the World with Everyone is Welcome Here World Language Series
December 08 2017
Route Fifty Recognizes Brooklyn Public Library’s Telestory Program for Preserving Family Ties in the Face of Incarceration
November 21 2017
PowerUP! Your Holiday Purchases: Support Brooklyn Entrepreneurs on Saturday November 18, 2017
November 16 2017
Brooklyn Public Library and Zipcar Expand Partnership to Kings Bay Library; Twenty-One Zipcar Vehicles Now Available at Te
November 14 2017
Brooklyn Public Library Commissions 2017 Man Booker International Prize Winner David Grossman to Deliver Inaugural Message from the Library Lecture
November 13 2017
Brooklyn Public Library First in the Country to Host Tiny Science Museum
November 08 2017
Brooklyn Public Library Announces 2017 Literary Prize Winners
November 02 2017
Bard at Brooklyn Public Library’ to Help Nontraditional Students Earn Liberal Arts Degrees at their Local Library
October 31 2017
Brooklyn Public Library Breaks Ground On Innovative Greenpoint Library and Environmental Education Center
October 23 2017
New Utrecht Library Wins NYC Neighborhood Library Award
October 03 2017
Shortlists Announced for Brooklyn Public Library Literary Prize
September 11 2017
Brooklyn Public Library Announces 2017 Longlist For Third Annual Literary Prize
July 19 2017
Brooklyn Public Library to Begin Construction of Innovative Greenpoint Environmental Education Center
June 19 2017
Council Member Brad Lander, Brooklyn Public Library Open Park Slope Branch’s Reading Circle and Storytelling Garden
May 08 2017
Brooklyn Public Library Debuts Where the Wild Things Are Library Card
March 28 2017
Sunset Park Library Redevelopment Project Approved by City Council
March 16 2017
New Spectrum Learning Lab Boosts Technology Resources, Programming at Bushwick Library
March 13 2017
Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Children's Museum Announce Innovative Partnership to Bring Family Library to Crown Heights
February 14 2017
Council Member Chaim Deutsch, Brooklyn Public Library Celebrate Reopening of Brighton Beach Library
February 13 2017
Brooklyn Public Library, Cultural Services of the French Embassy Host 'A Night of Philosophy & Ideas'
January 29 2017
Brooklyn Public Library, Cultural Services of the French Embassy to Host 'A Night of Philosophy & Ideas'
January 06 2017

2016

Brooklyn Public Library’s PowerUP! Business Plan Competition Awards More Than $30,000 to Borough Entrepreneurs
December 07 2016
Brooklyn Public Library, Assemblymember Joe Lentol, Brooklyn Assembly Delegation Unveil New Technology for All BPL Branches
November 29 2016
Council Member Vincent Gentile, Brooklyn Public Library Celebrate Improvements at Dyker Branch
November 09 2016
Council Member Vincent Gentile Joins Brooklyn Public Library to Celebrate Reopening of New Utrecht Branch
November 03 2016
Brooklyn Public Library Announces Winners of Second Annual Brooklyn Eagles Literary Prize
October 22 2016
Brooklyn Public Library Branches Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month
September 30 2016
Brooklyn Public Library’s Summer Reading Program Serves Record Number of Students
September 22 2016
Bklyn Incubator Funds Second Round of Innovative Programming at BPL Branches
September 15 2016
Fall Cultural Season Sets New Course for Brooklyn Public Library
September 06 2016
Council Member Mark Treyger Joins Brooklyn Public Library for Reopening of Ulmer Park Branch
August 31 2016
Brooklyn Eagles Literary Prize Shortlists Announced
August 29 2016
Brooklyn Public Library Opens Interim Brooklyn Heights Branch
July 28 2016
Brooklyn Public Library Announces Longlists for Second Annual Brooklyn Eagles Literary Prize
July 25 2016
Construction Begins on Park Slope Library Reading Circle and Storytelling Garden
July 19 2016
Brooklyn Public Library Wins Knight News Challenge Award to Expand Innovative Telestory Program
June 23 2016
Brooklyn Public Library Presents Inaugural Dr. Lucille C. Thomas Award for Excellence in Librarianship
June 17 2016